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  • Henry's Farmers Market Goes Wild with American Shrimp

    BOULDER, Colo. -- Henry's Farmers Market, a division of Wild Oats Markets based here, has set sail on a partnership with Wild American Shrimp, Inc. to raise funds for the hurricane-stricken shrimping areas of the Southern Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions.

  • TransFair USA Gears Up for Fair Trade Month

    OAKLAND, Calif. -- TransFair USA, a third-party certifier of Fair Trade products in the United States, is urging retailers to get ready for the third annual Fair Trade Month this October during which supermarkets will be able to promote their Fair Trade Certified product sales with free POS materials and a consumer sweepstakes made available by TransFair USA.

  • Oakland's Farmer Joe's to Sell Grass-Fed Beef

    VINA, Calif. -- Community-based independent natural and organic food retailer Farmer Joe's Market plans to sell natural grass-fed beef in its existing store and a new store which is slated to open June 24.

  • Dole Promotes Gilmore Eastern Seaboard Sourcing Veep

    WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Peter Gilmore has been promoted to v.p./eastern seaboard sourcing by Dole Food Co. here.

  • Fish farm to expand for Big Y

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Through a sourcing deal with a regional fish farm, Big Y Foods will buy 5,000 pounds a week of barramundi, a freshwater fish originally from Australia, while the farm, Montague, Mass.-based Australis Aquaculture, LLC will expand its capacity with a 19,400-square-foot addition.

  • Wal-Mart to Support Sustainable Fisheries

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart here said plans to purchase all of its wild-caught fresh and frozen fish for the North American market from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified fisheries within the next three to five years, as part of a commitment to offering sustainable products at affordable prices to its customers.

  • Wal-Mart Nets Wild American Shrimp

    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- As part of its push to up the quality of its offerings, Wal-Mart has begun to carry certified Wild American Shrimp in nearly 900 locations.

  • Gourmet Food Purveyor Founder Buys Out Partner

    NEWARK, N.J. -- Ariane Daguin, co-owner of D'Artagnan, a purveyor of specialty foods that also supplies branded products to supermarkets and specialty stores around the New York metropolitan area, has bought out her partner and co-founder of two decades' standing, George Faison, and will continue to run the business alone.
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