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  • U.S. Coffee Buying Trends Buck Overall Frugality
    As upscale coffee is seen by consumers as a relatively inexpensive luxury, sales of the item continue to thrive even as many other industries suffer from consumer cutbacks on nonessential purchases, according to new market research by New York-based Packaged Facts.

  • Topco Adds SVP/Innovation Exec
    Glenn Backus, a former HEB Grocery Co. and Supervalu executive, has joined Topco Associates, LLC in a newly created position as its SVP of innovation, in which capacity he will be responsible for overseeing all facets of innovation in product, packaging and branding.

  • Organic Valley Heads Back to School
    With the back-to-school season coming up soon, Organic Valley is offering retailers across the United States “The Future is Organic,” a turnkey, cause-related campaign that will provide schools with educational materials to teach children about how food, health and the environment are all connected.

  • Grocers, Apple Growers Team Up to Fight Cancer
    New York apple growers, on behalf of 42 participating supermarket chains, have once again donated $25,000 to the American Cancer Society (ACS) as part of an ongoing effort to help fight cancer and raise awareness of the cancer-fighting benefits of eating apples.

  • Sophisticated Consumers Create New Confections Trends
    America’s love of sweets is coming of age. Consumers are more sophisticated and demanding when it comes to confections, according to “Confections and Dessert: Culinary Trend Mapping Report” from the Center for Culinary Development (CCD) and Packaged Facts.

  • FMI to Hold First H&W Conference in May
    The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) will hold its inaugural Supermarket Health & Wellness Conference, May 11 through May 13, 2010, in conjunction with FMI 2010, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

  • New Giant Store Showcases Hill PHOENIX Refrigeration Systems
    A major part of the 97,000-square-foot Harrisburg, Pa., Giant Super Food Store’s energy savings and reduced carbon footprint comes from the cutting-edge refrigeration systems from Conyers, Ga.-based Hill PHOENIX.

  • Food Lion Names Store Manager of the Year
    Food Lion banners and Bottom Dollar Food have honored Emory Turner with their 2009 Store Manager Excellence Award.
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