Nonfoods

NEW YORK --Unique retail concept KidFresh here, which offers child-oriented food products, is currently enrolling participants for its cooking classes aimed at children from 3 to 10 years old

IRVINE, Calif. -- Western Growers Association based here delivered on a promise to plant the seeds of change with a proposed California State Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement that would establish an inspection program to bolster safety standards for the handling of fresh spinach and other greens.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here is the exclusive carrier of bananas from EARTH University, as part of a partnership to support education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable agriculture in the developing world, the chain said.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here is the exclusive carrier of bananas from EARTH University, as part of a partnership to support education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable agriculture in the developing world, the chain said.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here has chosen West Chester, Pa.-based Prescient Applied Intelligence, Inc.'s Demand Planning and Inventory and Replenishment Planning modules to generate orders for about 800 vendors.

WASHINGTON -- Supermarkets may score a touchdown in Super Bowl-related sales this year. Consumers plan on spending an average of $56.04 on Super Bowl-related merchandise this year, up from last year's $36.78, according to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association's (RAMA) 2007 Super Bowl Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. Total spending for the Feb. 4 Super Bowl is expected to reach $8.7 billion.

BOULDER, Colo. -- The newly opened Naples Wild Oats Marketplace will donate $10,000 raised from yesterday's culinary competition to three Naples nonprofit organizations.

WASHINGTON -- Supermarkets may score a touchdown in Super Bowl-related sales this year. Consumers plan on spending an average of $56.04 on Super Bowl-related merchandise this year, up from last year's $36.78, according to the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association's (RAMA) 2007 Super Bowl Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey. Total spending for the Feb. 4 Super Bowl is expected to reach $8.7 billion.