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  • Mass. Food Retailers Petition for Right to Sell Wine
    BOSTON -- Food retailers here are pressing the state government to allow more of them to sell wine in their stores.

  • Houston Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association to Present Annual Gift to Local Food Bank
    HOUSTON -- Celebrating a yearly tradition that supports its hometown, Houston Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association presented its 19th annual Gift of Produce to the Houston Food Bank Friday at Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston. Since its inception, the Gift of Produce program has grown from a yield of 100,000 pounds of produce the first year to more than 1 million pounds each year for the past five years.

  • Food Lion Selling Exclusive Imported Pasta in Some Delis
    SALISBURY, N.C. -- In a move to add more high-quality, convenient items to its product mix, Food Lion here has begun offering Bertagni fresh filled pastas from Italy in more than 400 of its stores, via an exclusive partnership with Sterling Foods, Inc.

  • PBH Unveils New Web Site
    WILMINGTON, Del. -- To better attract and service a broad range of supporters, Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) unveiled a new corporate Web site this week designed to foster better communication between current and potential foundation supporters and partners.

  • PBH Applauds High Profile Call for Healthier Kids' Marketing
    WILMINGTON, Del. -- Leaders from the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here are hailing a new report released this week by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), which claimed food and beverage marketing aimed at kids points them to high-calorie, low-nutrient products.

  • Country Choice Organic Taps Former Hannaford Buyer for Sales
    EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Country Choice Organic, a manufacturer of organic cookies, hot cereal, and oatmeal squares here, has tapped natural/organic industry veteran Jocelyne Greg as East Cost regional manager.

  • Whole Foods Opens Community-focused Store in Denver Area
    AUSTIN, Texas -- Leading super-natural retailer Whole Foods Market here yesterday opened a new 55,000-square-foot unit in Belmar, Colo., which, in typical Whole Foods fashion, includes a focus on local and regional foods.

  • Marketing to Kids Influences Poor Nutritional Choices, IOM Study Says; CPG Industry Responds
    WASHINGTON -- A new report released yesterday by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM) here claimed food and beverage marketing aimed at kids points them to high-calorie, low-nutrient products. In the industry's defense, GMA, meanwhile, claimed its members were already doing many things to offer kids healthy choices.
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