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SAN CARLOS, Calif. - Consumer demand management solutions provider DemandTec, Inc. today hosted the one-millionth trade promotion deal between a retailer and manufacturer on its DemandTec TradePoint platform.

NEW YORK -- Energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull brand, benefiting from burgeoning sales in the noncarbonated beverage segment, are expected to grow at a yearly rate of 12 percent, exceeding $9 billion by 2011, according to "Energy Drinks in the U.S.," a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts here.

WASHINGTON -- At a press conference yesterday at the U.S. Capitol, food retail buyer, manufacturer and consumer groups joined forces with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) to request that the White House increase FDA's food safety resources.

NEW YORK -- Energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull brand, benefiting from burgeoning sales in the noncarbonated beverage segment, are expected to grow at a yearly rate of 12 percent, exceeding $9 billion by 2011, according to "Energy Drinks in the U.S.," a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts here.

NEW YORK -- Energy drinks such as the popular Red Bull brand, benefiting from burgeoning sales in the noncarbonated beverage segment, are expected to grow at a yearly rate of 12 percent, exceeding $9 billion by 2011, according to "Energy Drinks in the U.S.," a new report from market research publisher Packaged Facts here.

WASHINGTON -- At a press conference yesterday at the U.S. Capitol, food retail buyer, manufacturer and consumer groups joined forces with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) to request that the White House increase FDA's food safety resources.

CHICAGO -- New research from foodservice consultancy Technomic here found that virtually everyone enjoys dessert from time to time. In a survey of 1,500 consumers, the vast majority (85 percent) said they eat dessert once a month or more, and no respondents said that they "never" eat dessert.

WAUKESHA, Wis.-- U.S. consumers have greater faith in consumer advocatesand grocers than in the government or food companies when it comes toproviding useful information about food choices, according to a newnational survey by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Media commissioned byMorgan&Myers, a communications firm specializing in food and agriculturebased here.