Frozen Foods

NATICK, Mass. -- Spurred by solid sales of bakery, cheese, dairy, frozen, meat, and produce items, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. yesterday posted July 2007 sales of $650.5 million, a 6.0 percent increase from July 2006's $613.9 million. July comparable-club sales rose 1.5 percent, including a negative impact of 0.6 percent from gasoline sales and a negative impact of 0.4 percent from the absence of pharmacy sales vs. last year. Last year the retailer reported a July comparable-club sales rise of 1.9 percent, including a 1.1 percent contribution from gas sales.

PITTSBURGH -- The owner of a nightclub and tapas bar here is getting into the grocery business, with a new store being billed as the first food market to open in the downtown corridor in decades.

PITTSBURGH -- The owner of a nightclub and tapas bar here is getting into the grocery business, with a new store being billed as the first food market to open in the downtown corridor in decades.

Too much time reading spreadsheets -- and not enough on the floor -- can skew a retailer's perception of what shoppers really want.

Too much time reading spreadsheets -- and not enough on the floor -- can skew a retailer's perception of what shoppers really want.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here, in cooperation with the makers of Hidden Valley ranch dressings, have expanded the Love Your Veggies nationwide school lunch campaign for the 2007-08 school year. The program will award 51 grants totally more than $500,000 - giving one per state, as well as one grant to a school in Hidden Valley's hometown of Oakland, Calif.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here, in cooperation with the makers of Hidden Valley ranch dressings, have expanded the Love Your Veggies nationwide school lunch campaign for the 2007-08 school year. The program will award 51 grants totally more than $500,000 - giving one per state, as well as one grant to a school in Hidden Valley's hometown of Oakland, Calif.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here, in cooperation with the makers of Hidden Valley ranch dressings, have expanded the Love Your Veggies nationwide school lunch campaign for the 2007-08 school year. The program will award 51 grants totally more than $500,000 - giving one per state, as well as one grant to a school in Hidden Valley's hometown of Oakland, Calif.