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  • Report Finds High Consumer Awareness of Food Safety Issues
    NEW YORK ¿- Safety is one of the most basic factors driving consumer food-purchasing behaviors, and consumer awareness of food safety issues is high, according to a new report jointly released by Packaged Facts and Wharf Research.

  • Trax Nets 15 New Retailers for Loss Prevention Solutions
    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Trax Retail Solutions, a loss prevention and store operations control solutions, added 15 new retailers to its list of customers, and expanded its relationship with seven additional retailers.

  • Wal-Mart Creates Private Equity Fund to Boost Supplier Diversity
    BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Further legitimizing its commitment to supplier diversity, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said it will invest $25 million to establish a private equity fund that will directly issue equity investments in up to nine women- and minority-owned business enterprises. The world's largest retailer unveiled the new fund on Monday at the 2005 National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) conference in San Diego.

  • Ethnic/Specialty Foods Distributor to Supply Publix Stores
    TAMPA, Fla. ¿ Paskert Distribution Co., a family-owned ethnic and specialty food distributor based here, has expanded its distribution area to include the greater Miami market, including Publix¿ conventional units, as well as its Hispanic format, Publix Sabor.

  • Green Hills Farms to Launch Biometric Loyalty, Payments Program
    SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Green Hills Farms plans to launch a biometric payment system with enhanced loyalty functionality. The system, called SmartShop, powered by biometric solution provider Pay By Touch, San Francisco, Calif., uses a finger scan not only to pay but also to access customized coupons, promotions, and rewards from an in-store kiosk.

  • Meijer Names Highline Mushrooms Produce Vendor of the Year
    GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- Meijer here named Highline Mushrooms, one of the largest independent family-owned grower/shipper of fresh mushrooms in Canada, as its produce vendor of the year.

  • University of Arkansas Study Quantifies Wal-Mart's RFID-Initiated Improvements
    BENTONVILLE, Ark., -- Wal-Mart customers found items they wanted in stock more often due to the retailer's use of electronic product codes (EPCs) powered by radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to an independent University of Arkansas study's initial findings.

  • ETHNIC MERCHANDISING: Latin lessons
    The inaugural Hispanic Retail 360 Conference instructed retailers on how to target, segment, and grow with this major, complex market.

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