Nonfoods

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Starting this week, Giant Food Stores here will convert 13 recently acquired Clemens Markets to its own brand.

QUINCY, Mass. - Ahold-owned supermarket chain Stop & Shop has deployed a new online photo service to allow its customers to place orders for prints online through the Stop & Shop Web site.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Just two weeks after rolling out a low-cost program on certain generic drugs in its Florida stores, Wal-Mart, Inc. here is expanding the program to 14 more states based on customer demand.

ANN ARBOR, Mich and APTOS, Calif. - NSF International (NSF), an independent, non-profit public health and food safety solutions provider, has acquired Davis Fresh Technologies, a premier provider of food safety audits and consulting for the perishable food industry.

CHICAGO - IGA, the world's largest voluntary supermarket network, yesterday named 79-year-old Bernice Rinell of Polusbo, Wash., as the winner of IGA's 80th Anniversary Hometown Proud Sweepstakes. In addition to the $80,000 grand prize giveaway, IGA will donate to Habitat for Humanity a total of $9,000 in six Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) here has elected officers and members for its board of directors for 2006-2007.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) here has elected officers and members for its board of directors for 2006-2007.

NEWARK, DEL. - The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here recently submitted recommendations to the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it said would further strengthen the agency's proposed rule for "Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages."