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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers Association said it will unveil its new GMA Environmental Sustainability Resource Guide at its first-ever GMA Environmental Sustainability Summit for the Food, Beverage and Consumer Products Industry here later this month.

KEASBEY, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. said yesterday that it has entered into a wholesale agreement with New York-based retailer Gristedes, adding the 40-store chain to its growing list of non-ShopRite customers.

ATLANTA -- The United Egg Producers here said yesterday that a new research study by a UK-based university indicated that traditionally produced cage eggs in the U.S. might be more environmentally friendly than free range alternatives, and that egg production as a whole is less harmful on the environment than other production of other livestock.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. here is launching a companywide effort to increase the number of stores that donate to food banks across the country, via a program dubbed Perishable Donations Partnership (PDP). The chain will dedicate a senior staff person in at the corporate level, Kathleen Wright, to director the program.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Grocery Manufacturers Association said it will unveil its new GMA Environmental Sustainability Resource Guide at its first-ever GMA Environmental Sustainability Summit for the Food, Beverage and Consumer Products Industry here later this month.

KEASBEY, N.J. -- Wakefern Food Corp. said yesterday that it has entered into a wholesale agreement with New York-based retailer Gristedes, adding the 40-store chain to its growing list of non-ShopRite customers.

PLANO, Texas - Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages here has mated two of its beverage brands to bring a traditional soda fountain favorite to the grocery store aisle, in the form of A&W and Sunkist Floats.

PLANO, Texas - Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages here has mated two of its beverage brands to bring a traditional soda fountain favorite to the grocery store aisle, in the form of A&W and Sunkist Floats.