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  • NONFOODS: Natural HBC: Gone green
    Natural and organic personal care items are a large part of Natural Products Expo West this year.

  • AMI Foundation in Teleconference Counters Case Ready Packaging Flap
    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The American Meat Institute Foundation held a teleconference briefing yesterday to try to blunt further controversy surrounding modified atmosphere packaging technology that uses carbon monoxide to help maintain meat's natural red color.

  • COVER STORY: Health and Wellness: Get fit
    Some supermarket operators are gaining the expertise needed to make their stores more health-minded destinations -- but there's no miracle diet plan.

  • GROCERY: Pasta: Al dente
    Pasta's rebound from its Atkins-era slump makes the category just right for full-meal merchandising.

  • NMI Reports 2005 Health & Wellness Product Sales at $79 Billion
    HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. -- The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) said yesterday that retail sales in the U.S. consumer packaged goods health and wellness industry reached $79 billion in 2005, accounting for total growth of 15 percent over 2004.

  • Growing Numbers Seek Emergency Food Help Each Year: Report
    CHICAGO -- More than 25 million Americans -- including nearly 9 million children and 3 million seniors -- receive emergency food assistance each year from America's Second Harvest-The Nation's Food Bank Network, representing an 8 percent increase since 2001, according to a new report sponsored by Altria, parent company of Kraft Foods.

  • Trader Joe's Leases Two Atlanta-area Stores: Report
    MONROVIA, Calif. -- It's apparently official: Trader Joe's, based here, is entering the Atlanta market via two leased stores in Midtown and Sandy Springs. It would be the retailer's southernmost territory to date.

  • Hannaford Opens 50th Unit in Maine
    SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy, based here, will open its 50th store in its home state on Saturday, March 4. The 36,000-square-foot location, in Bridgton, will feature the chain's usual complement of service-oriented fresh departments and other amenities.
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