Nonfoods

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Acosta Sales and Marketing Co. said it has appointed Jack Laurendeau to vice chairman of the board of directors effective March 1, 2007.

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- Retail sales within the U.S. consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry reached $91 billion in 2006 - a jump of 15 percent over 2005, according to a study released last week by market research firm The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) here.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is paying tribute to a locally grown fruit in its latest ice cream flavor. The retailer is using strawberries from Plant City, Fla., which is considered the winter strawberry capital of the world, in its newest Prestige Ice Cream flavor: Plant City Strawberry Ice Cream.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Bruce Weitz, president and c.e.o. of Kings Super Markets here, told a local newspaper yesterday that the company would be interested in buying "some or all" of the stores that are likely to come on the market in the wake of A&P's proposed purchase of Pathmark.

PHOENIX -- A local branch here of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union is reportedly attempting to stall Tesco's rollout of Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets in the area by targeting the chain's plan to sell liquor.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Bruce Weitz, president and c.e.o. of Kings Super Markets here, told a local newspaper yesterday that the company would be interested in buying "some or all" of the stores that are likely to come on the market in the wake of A&P's proposed purchase of Pathmark.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is paying tribute to a locally grown fruit in its latest ice cream flavor. The retailer is using strawberries from Plant City, Fla., which is considered the winter strawberry capital of the world, in its newest Prestige Ice Cream flavor: Plant City Strawberry Ice Cream.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Nash Finch Co. here said a fourth-quarter loss of $26 million was due to a large jump in pretax charges and a drop in sales.