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  • Organic and Functional Foods Have Plenty of Room to Grow in U.S.: ACNielsen
    NEW YORK -- Although organic and functional foods have generated a healthy amount of interest in the United States in recent years, these categories still have a lot of room to grow -- especially when compared to other markets around the globe. That's the conclusion of global consumer and marketplace information provider ACNielsen, which released results from a new global online survey yesterday.

  • Hannaford Bros. Taps IBM System z9 Mainframe for Supply Chain Management
    SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Brothers Co. has successfully implemented the IBM System z9 mainframe as the nerve center of its on-demand supply chain for over 300 retail stores and five major distribution centers. The new system is the culmination of a three-year, $1.2-billion development effort involving 5,000 IBM engineers, software developers, and security experts worldwide.

  • Weis Opens Superstore in Boonsboro, Md.
    SUNBURY, Pa. -- Weis Markets, based here, celebrated the opening of a new superstore in Boonsboro, Md. over the weekend. Earlier this fall the 158-store chain broke ground for a new superstore in nearby Thurmont, Md.

  • Piggly Wiggly, Fresh Brands Pledge 1M Lbs. of Food to Hunger Task Force
    SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Piggly Wiggly and Fresh Brands here have pledged 1million pounds of food donations to the Hunger Task Force through a new yearlong "Stomp Out Hunger" campaign.

  • Costco Collaborative Retail Exchange Program Expands to All Major Departments
    ISSIQUAH, Wash. -- Following a successful pilot earlier this year, warehouse club retailer Costco Wholesale and marketing information company Information Resources, Inc. have fully deployed the Costco Collaborative Retail Exchange (CRX) program across Costco's major food and nonfood departments in the United States.

  • Topco's Posner to address Daymon Worldwide Forum
    SKOKIE, Ill. -- Jeff Posner, e.v.p. and chief procurement officer of Topco Associates LLC, a privately held cooperative which provides procurement, quality assurance, packaging, distribution, and other services to the grocery and foodservice industries, will speak at the Daymon Worldwide Forum in May on supplier/retailer partnerships.

  • FRESH FOOD: Post-PMA Wrap-up: Bumper crop
    PMA's Fresh Summit was packed like never before with innovations, insights, and ideas.

  • Spectra Rolls Out Enhanced Consumer Trade Areas
    CHICAGO -- Spectra Marketing, a leading provider of consumer-centric segmentation and targeting services for the consumer packaged goods industry, yesterday unveiled its newly enhanced Consumer Trade Areas.

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