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  • Updated Dietary Guidelines Released

    WASHINGTON - The government-appointed Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on Friday proposed its new federal dietary guidelines, which are issued every five years and form the basis of the food pyramid.

  • PMA Consumer Study Finds Supermarkets Top Destination for Produce Purchases

    NEWARK, Del. - More than half of consumers (54 percent) choose supermarkets as their most likely point of purchase for fresh fruits and vegetables during peak growing seasons in their regions, according to results of a recent national survey of 900 U.S. consumers commissioned by PMA and conducted by Opinion Dynamics Corporation in late July.

  • Aluminum Beer Bottles Launched

    PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Brewing Co. here has replaced the glass bottles for its Iron City beer with aluminum bottles developed by Alcoa. The bottles have the potential to replace glass beer bottles across the country, according to an Alcoa official.

  • Planet Organic Acquires Great Ocean Natural Foods

    EDMONTON, Alberta - Planet Organic Health Corp., which operates natural food supermarkets in Edmonton, Victoria, Calgary, and Port Coquitlam, as well as a chain of supplement and market stores across Canada, said yesterday it had signed an agreement to acquire Halifax, Nova Scotia-based retailer Great Ocean Natural Foods.

  • CPG Veteran Joins Daymon in Unique Retail Post

    STAMFORD, Conn. - Daymon Worldwide here, a leading private label sales and marketing firm, has named Barbara Simkins to the newly created post of director of retail services, to enhance the company's involvement in retail marketing, sales, and execution of private label brands directly at the store level.

  • GMA Supports Use of TDLinx Channel Definitions Throughout CPG Industry

    WILTON, Conn. and WASHINGTON - The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), the trade group representing food, beverage, and consumer product companies, on Friday urged its members to use the trade channel definitions created and provided by TDLinx in their efforts to go to market.

  • Industry Groups Weight in on Food Pyramid Revisions

    WASHINGTON - Representatives from the food industry were on hand here late last week to offer their views on how the food pyramid might be improved -- or, at the least, better communicated to consumers -- as the Aug. 27 deadline nears for written comments on the issue.

  • 'Choking Hazard' Labeling Bill Proposed in New York

    NEW YORK ¿ Legislation has been proposed in New York state that would require a wide variety of grocery products be labeled as choking hazards to children under 4. The state bill, modeled on proposed national legislation that has been bandied about recently, would apply to nuts, hard candy, gum, peanut butter, and popcorn.

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