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NEW YORK - Tasty Baking Co., maker of Tastykake doughnuts, fruit pies and cookies, has named as its new CFO David S. Marberger, the former VP of finance for Campbell Soup Co.'s food and beverage division.

WASHINGTON - The backers of the 5 A Day for Better Health program, which advocates produce consumption, is at odds with the dairy industry over a new 3-A-Day for Stronger Bones campaign the diary group is launching this month, the Atlanta Journal and Constitution reports.

LOS ANGELES - By working with multiple local food companies, leading convenience retailer 7-Eleven Inc. is ready to offer fresh-made-daily and fresh-delivered-daily pastries, sandwiches, salads, entrees, sushi, fresh-squeezed juices, dairy products and produce to customers in its Southern California stores.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Hain Celestial Group Inc., the maker of natural foods such as Terra Chips vegetable snacks, said on Monday it has acquired privately held non-dairy beverage company Imagine Foods Inc.

November 22, 2002 - WASHINGTON -- Half of Americans (51 percent) say they will serve at least one organic dish this Thanksgiving holiday, according to a survey conducted for the Grocery Manufacturers of America by the polling company.

Luxury-starved citizens of the land of Castro desire American rice, eggs, and pears, but lack the cash to pay for them.

BOSTON - Robert Hawthorne unexpectedly resigned as chief executive of Ocean Spray on Wednesday after three years spent struggling to get better prices for the growers who own the cooperative and to compete with beverage giants Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Cadbury Schweppes, the Associated Press reports.

A slow economy, growing national chains, and a dire need for differentiation have retail executives looking favorably on store brands.