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  • Fat Content and Calories of Most Concern to Consumers: ACNielsen
    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- American consumers rate themselves as the world's most savvy shoppers when it comes to understanding nutrition labels on the foods they buy. But rather than worry about preservatives or additives, most focus on fat content and calories, according to a new global survey of consumers by ACNielsen.

  • Personal Care Manufacturers Lead Record Half-Year for FSI Coupons
    NEW YORK -- In a sign that manufacturers have upped the ante on their coupon promotions, FSI coupon use was on the rise in the first half of the year, led by a 15.7 percent jump in personal care product coupons, according to the latest Marx FSI Trend Report issued yesterday.

  • Food Lion Names Ex-Kroger Exec as Fresh S.V.P.
    SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion has brought in a merchandiser from Kroger to help with its ongoing strategy to focus more intensively on fresh.

  • BI-LO Expands Micro-Marketing Strategy
    GREENVILLE, S.C. -- BI-LO here said it is upgrading its ability to micro-market to shoppers, by deploying planning and forecasting applications that enable it to tailor shelf assortments tailored to more specific local customer demand.

  • Tesco Stores Ltd Pilots new Bi-optic Scanner/Scale Solution
    LONDON, United Kingdom -- In an effort to boost productivity at its checkouts, Tesco is piloting a new bi-optic, in-counter scanner/scale solution in 400 lanes.

  • Nash Finch Nets 2Q Profit, Advances '05 Outlook
    MINNEAPOLIS -- Raising its earnings outlook for the full year, Nash Finch moved the needle forward with second-quarter net profits of $9.7 million, or 75 cents a share, reversing a year-ago loss stemming from the closings of 18 stores as recent acquisitions bolstered sales 19.8 percent to $1.085 billion. For the second quarter of 2004, the company had reported a net loss of $15.6 million, or $1.26 per diluted share.

  • AFFI Praises Late TV Dinner Inventor
    MCLEAN, Va. -- The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), based here, yesterday issued a heartfelt tribute to one of its own -- Gerald E. "Gerry" Thomas, inventor of the TV dinner, who died in Paradise Valley, Ariz. this week of cancer at the age of 83.

  • Spartan Stores Fiscal '06 1Q Earnings Jump
    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Overcoming lower sales with expense reductions, Spartan Stores' profit climbed 71 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended June 18, while earnings rose to $2.7 million, or 12 cents per share, from $1.6 million, or 8 cents per share, a year earlier.
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