DENVER - As Albertsons celebrated a new store opening in Denver this week, the retailer announced plans to significantly expand its presence in the state of Colorado.
NEW YORK - More than 130,000 visitors from across the globe embarked upon Paris last week to attend SIAL 2002, a biennial trade show for food industry executives.
SAN FRANCISCO - West Coast ports were scheduled to reopen Wednesday after President Bush stepped in to stop a management lockout that cost the U.S. economy, including food companies, billions of dollars.
WASHINGTON - The Food Marketing Institute and the American Meat Institute separately released statements opposing new country-of-origin guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
TORONTO - Canadian food processing company Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has expanded its artisan bread product line with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Grace Baking Company.
HAVANA, Cuba - Cuban officials on Sunday said the country had struck deals to buy more than $66 million in American food at a historical agribusiness show, The Associated Press reports.
