Nonfoods

SCHENECTADY, NY -- Price Chopper yesterday said it added more than 1,000 new natural and organic items across several categories in its 115 stores that span six Northeastern states.

KEENE, N.H. -- To give underprivileged people in the area the best start to the day possible, C&S Wholesale Grocers here has donated 13 truckloads of food -- including 6,000 boxes of cereal from C&S vendor Malt-O-Meal in Minneapolis -- to the Brattleboro, Vt. Area Drop-In Center via Project Feed the Thousands in 2007.

NEW YORK -- Functional foods and beverages -- those products that provide a positive pharmaceutical benefit beyond basic nutrition by virtue of their inclusion of medically beneficial ingredients -- are growing into a huge niche market estimated at nearly $25 billion in 2006 and destined to touch $39 billion by 2011, said market research publisher Packaged Facts in a new study.

KEENE, N.H. -- To give underprivileged people in the area the best start to the day possible, C&S Wholesale Grocers here has donated 13 truckloads of food -- including 6,000 boxes of cereal from C&S vendor Malt-O-Meal in Minneapolis -- to the Brattleboro, Vt. Area Drop-In Center via Project Feed the Thousands in 2007.

NEW YORK -- Functional foods and beverages -- those products that provide a positive pharmaceutical benefit beyond basic nutrition by virtue of their inclusion of medically beneficial ingredients -- are growing into a huge niche market estimated at nearly $25 billion in 2006 and destined to touch $39 billion by 2011, said market research publisher Packaged Facts in a new study.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite blizzard conditions that delayed flights in the Midwest, more than 400 Nash Finch Co.-supplied retailers from six Midwest divisions joined with over 400 vendor/suppliers at Walt Disney's Contemporary Resort for a semi-annual, two-day buying event.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite blizzard conditions that delayed flights in the Midwest, more than 400 Nash Finch Co.-supplied retailers from six Midwest divisions joined with over 400 vendor/suppliers at Walt Disney's Contemporary Resort for a semi-annual, two-day buying event.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Despite blizzard conditions that delayed flights in the Midwest, more than 400 Nash Finch Co.-supplied retailers from six Midwest divisions joined with over 400 vendor/suppliers at Walt Disney's Contemporary Resort for a semi-annual, two-day buying event.