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The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is backing away from the catalyst role it endeavored to fill beginning last spring on the potential creation of a national fruit and vegetable research and promotion board.
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Pittsburgh’s grocery scene became a lot larger today with the long awaited unveiling of Giant Eagle’s 150,000-square-foot flagship Market District destination store in the new Settlers Ridge lifestyle shopping center in Robinson Township.
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Fairbank Farms, an Asheville, N.Y.-based ground beef supplier, has issued a voluntary recall for fresh ground beef sold in eight eastern states, after it emerged that about 545,699 pounds produced by the company between Sept. 14 and Sept. 16 might be tainted with E.coli O157:H7.
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Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc. plans to acquire 20 pharmacies located inside of its Pick ’n Save and Copps stores in Wisconsin that are operated by Aurora Health Care.
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. has teamed with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) to offer customers health bards in all 353 of the grocery chain’s Florida Winn-Dixie and Save-Rite locations.
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In an effort to dramatically simplify and improve the way it promotes and supports sale items, supercenter pioneer Meijer, Inc. has implemented a streamlined system for its sale items, featuring Everyday Best Price, Sale and Price Drop tiers.
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With produce traceability factoring as a front and center issue among grocery trading partners, the Kroger Co.’s new proprietary line of fresh salads includes new technology on the packaging that enables customers to learn where the produce was grown as part of grocery chain’s “Quality You Can Trace” program.
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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. has promoted Carol DiNicolantonio to the position of VP of pharmacy, A&P. In making the promotion public, the Montvale, N.J.-based grocer cited DiNicolantonio’s performance and leadership in her business unit as reasons for the appointment.
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To ensure that its employees and customers throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota have the information they need to stay healthy during peak influenza season, Roundy’s Supermarkets is reaching out with a company- and community-wide educational effort that provides relevant information about the seasonal flu and H1N1 viruses, prevention methods, and available vaccination options.
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While controversy swirls as to the laxity of its criteria, the Smart Choices Program, which was launched in August by a coalition of major consumer packaged goods manufacturers amid much fanfare, said last week that it would voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage broader use of its logo by member companies.
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This changing market is driven by a wide range of influences.
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Male consumers are continuing to invest in their personal hygiene, according to recent research.
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Conversations with consumers about the household cleaning category reveal a shift in the way consumers think about why and how they clean their home.
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Recent studies indicate that Americans of all ages are failing to get their daily recommended servings of fruits and veggies — despite the fact that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease and some cancers (State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009).
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ConAgra Foods’ pledge to reduce salt across its portfolio of food products by 20 percent by 2015 is an amazing effort.
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Retailers and marketers shared insights on serving the needs of the growing Latino market.
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In this last of a six-part series, Dave Nazaruk, senior vice president, retail business development for StayWell/MediMedia USA, continues his exploration of the role of retail in revolutionizing health care and the economy.
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According to the “Beverage Trends: Culinary Trend Mapping Report” from the San Francisco-based Center for Culinary Development and Rockville, Md.-based Packaged Facts, the sweet spot in the U.S. beverage market, long dominated by a handful of major brand lines, is shifting to niche products that target a diverse set of consumer needs driven by healthy attributes.
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It would be hard to think of a new dimension the nutrition navigation system idea, various versions of which are currently being employed by retailers, CPG companies, private label product vendors and others, but a new initiative has done just that: The Affordable Nutrition Index (ANI), a food-rating program that analyzes both nutrition and cost value of food, made its official debut yesterday at the American Dietetic Association’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo in Denver.
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Under a joint initiative with the Department of Health, select Winn-Dixie pharmacies in Florida, Louisiana and Alabama are filling prescriptions of the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and/or Relenza at little or no charge for patients who have inadequate or no prescription insurance coverage.
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Spartan Stores, Inc.’s earnings declined 2 percent in the 12-week second quarter ended Sept. 12, 2009 to $10.4 million, or 47 cents a share, down from $10.6 million, or 48 cents a share, while sales fell to $610 million from $627 million a year earlier.
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A high-profile lineup will headline Hy-Vee’s Whole Health Experience, a symposium of the latest trends in nutrition, weight loss and physical fitness, on Nov. 8 from noon to 6 p.m.
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Because of limited inventories and commercial supplies of liquid Tamiflu®, over 4,000 Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies across the United States are converting the available capsules to liquid form.
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The latest round of PG's Editors' Picks showcases a roundup of promising products to meet grocery shoppers' most pressing wants and needs.
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A leader in gluten-free grocery retailing, Hiller’s Markets will host a gluten-free food fair Oct. 18 at its Plymouth, Mich., store.
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Going to Seed
Pomegranates are big business, which means that the edible seeds — more often called arils — of the currently ubiquitous fruit are poised for a sales spike of their own.
 A Cup of Beauty
Consumers now can sip their way to a healthier, glowing complexion with Yogi Skin DeTox.
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 Progressive Grocer's 2009 Produce Operations Review
Against a trying backdrop of persistently weak economic conditions, fierce competition and financially wary shoppers, supermarket produce departments faced much harsher headwinds during the past 12- month period than they have in recent years, as evidenced by marginal comparable-sales gains and a tentative outlook for the balance of the year, according to results of Progressive Grocer's 2009 Annual Produce Operations Review.
 PG's CES: Inside the Market Basket: Economical Choices Bring Grocery Gains
Total supermarket sales were $430.3 billion, up $13.2 billion from the $417.2 billion recorded in 2007 -- continuing the trend of slightly higher percentage increases in each of the past five years, according to Progressive Grocer's 62nd Annual Consumer Expenditures Study (CES), now greatly expanded from the eight-page print edition to 35 pages of research.
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