Nonfoods

NEWARK, Del. - Boosting produce demand can indeed be child's play, according to new research on children and their consumption of produce from Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

NEWARK, Del. - Boosting produce demand can indeed be child's play, according to new research on children and their consumption of produce from Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Taco Bell as the lead sponsor, the National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) here will host a produce safety conference in Monterey, Calif., March 29 to March 30, 2007.

CHICAGO -- Health-conscious Americans looking for fast and convenient meal alternatives have turned in large numbers to smoothies. According to a report by Mintel here, smoothie manufacturers pulled in over $2 billion last year from made-to-order and packaged products, an increase of more than 80 percent in the last five years.

CHICAGO -- Health-conscious Americans looking for fast and convenient meal alternatives have turned in large numbers to smoothies. According to a report by Mintel here, smoothie manufacturers pulled in over $2 billion last year from made-to-order and packaged products, an increase of more than 80 percent in the last five years.

CHICAGO -- Health-conscious Americans looking for fast and convenient meal alternatives have turned in large numbers to smoothies. According to a report by Mintel here, smoothie manufacturers pulled in over $2 billion last year from made-to-order and packaged products, an increase of more than 80 percent in the last five years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With Taco Bell as the lead sponsor, the National Restaurant Association and National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) here will host a produce safety conference in Monterey, Calif., March 29 to March 30, 2007.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Pick 'n Save store manager Jim Gauden presided over a delivery of 6,863 pounds of food to a local food shelter, courtesy of the Roundy's Foundation based here. The donation made to the Portage, Wis. Food Pantry was valued at $10,148 and included tuna, cereal, peanut butter, various lunch meats and pasta, fruit cocktail, soup, beef stew, and pancake and waffle mix.