Supermarket & Grocery Industry News

DALLAS - Fleming today announced that it has been selected by the Gas 'N Shop convenience store chain of Lincoln, Neb., to be the full-service supplier for their 70 stores.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission today cleared Swiss Food group Nestle SA's joint venture with French cosmetics giant L'Oreal to develop a new range of healthy cosmetics, Dow Jones newswire reports.

MONTVALE, N.J. - Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Inc. today reported a quarterly profit for the first quarter ended on June 15.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. announced today that it is continuing to accept ground beef products as part of a recall launched a week ago by the ConAgra Beef Co.

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Fresh Brands, Inc. announced yesterday that it had discovered a mistake that resulted in the understatement of its cost of goods sold for 2001, 2000 and 1999.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - ACNielsen announced that its Web-based category management intelligence system, Category Business Planner (CBP), will soon include information from Raley's, a leading West Coast retailer. Raley's owns and operates Raley's Superstores, Bel Air Markets, and Nob Hill Foods.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart and Safeway were two of the most notable names among the many retailers nationwide affected by the second largest beef recall in history.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. and PRINCETON, N.J. - The Meat and Poultry Data Standards Organization (mpXML) and the Uniform Code Council Inc. (UCC) have announced an initiative to synchronize efforts to develop global electronic trading standards for perishable meat and poultry products.