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PITTSBURGH - This month Heinz is introducing to consumers the first nationally branded organic ketchup in supermarket and organic food stores nationwide.

CHICAGO - Minneapolis-based retailer Cub Foods announced it has begun a new Hispanic marketing program and has selected The San Jose Group (SJG), based in Chicago, as its first-ever Hispanic advertising and marketing agency of record.

NEW YORK - Innovation is booming in the pet food industry, and new healthy and nutraceutical food options are taking over retail shelves, according to a new Packaged Facts Report, The U.S. Market for Pet Food.

NEW YORK - A new survey published in the July issue of Consumer Reports magazine finds that Sears, Roebuck & Co., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Target Corp. scored high with shoppers for merchandise quality and convenience, while Wal-Mart and Kmart fared the worst.

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Wednesday rejected President Bush's call for permanent repeal of the estate tax, while Republicans signaled plans to turn the vote to their advantage in the fall campaign for control of Congress, The Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of respondents (49 percent) to a new survey by the Grocery Manufacturers of America said a familiar brand name was the first or second most important element when making a purchase in the supermarket.

PARIS - France's Carrefour SA today said that it will open eight hypermarkets in China this year as it seeks to double its hypermarket presence in the country by 2004, Dow Jones Newswires reports.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has said it has agreed to work with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop voluntary ergonomics guidelines for retail grocery stores.