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  • Supermarket Sues Over Confidential Yahoo! Postings

    Nash Finch has filed a lawsuit alleging that "person or persons unknown--possibly employees--posted confidential information" about the company on a Yahoo! message board. The Edina, Minn.-based company's suit claims "breach of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets" and stipulates that if "the defendants turn out to be current or former employees, they would have violated Nash Finch's Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and Associate Handbook."

  • Union Grocery Workers Strike in Houston Area

    workers at Rice Epicurean Markets walked off the job and marched in picketlines Monday after contract negotiations with the supermarket chain collapsed.

  • Union for Laneco Workers Says It Has Agreed to Severance Proposal

    The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, representing over1,100 workers at Laneco stores in eastern Pennsylvania today announced that it was willing to recommend that the workers whowere recently laid off accept a severance proposal made by Supervalu.

  • Kmart Issues Statement in Response to the Target Lawsuit

    Kmart has released a statement in response to the Target lawsuit (see "Target to Sue Kmart Over Advertising," Aug. 21). The company remains committed to its 'Dare to Compare' pricing campaign.

  • Wal-Mart and Wisconsin Consumer Agency Reach Accord

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection have resolved an administrative issue relating to the state's Unfair Sales Act.

  • Big V Supermarkets Reviews Wakefern Court Decision

    Big V Supermarkets Inc. said on Thursday that it is reviewing its legal and strategic alternatives in light of the oral decision issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denying Big V's request for a declaratory judgment that the company could withdraw from the Wakefern cooperative without incurring a financial penalty.

  • FTC Gives Merger of PepsiCo and Quaker Unconditional Clearance

    PepsiCo and The Quaker Oats Company said today they have received unconditional clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to merge. With the last remaining regulatory hurdle to the transaction removed, they intend to complete the transaction within the next several business days.

  • Diverse Groups Unite to Oppose Nestle's Merger With Ralston Purina

    A diverse group of antitrust experts, national consumer organizations and major farm groups have joined forces to announce their opposition to Nestle's $10.1 billion merger with Ralston Purina. If regulators approve the deal, Swiss-based Nestle would become the world's biggest pet food company and control roughly 45 percent of the $7 billion U.S. pet food market.
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