ATLANTA - Food poisoning from bacteria like E. coli and salmonella has dropped dramatically in the United States in just six years, the government said Thursday.
CHICAGO - Target Corp. said on Monday it plans to spend $3.3 billion to $3.5 billion in 2002, mostly to expand its discount Target stores, Reuters reports.
LOS ANGELES - E-commerce as an industry is accelerating, not maturing or decelerating, according to new quarterly numbers from BizRate.com, a comparison-shopping site and e commerce research firm.
NEW YORK - A woman is suing Robert's American Gourmet Food Inc. for $50 million saying its label on Pirate's Booty corn and rice puffs ruined her diet, the Associated Press reports.
LONDON - J Sainsbury's chief executive on Friday warned of the growing competitive threat to the nation's two largest food retailers from accelerating sales at Asda, the Wal-Mart-owned chain, the Financial Times reports.
HOUSTON - As Albertson's withdraws from the Houston market, it leaves behind 500,000 of the most affluent grocery shoppers in the market and sets off a feeding frenzy among its former competitors.
AUSTIN, Texas - Whole Foods Market will receive a Regional Excellence award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The WILD Foundation and the host sponsor Animal Planet for its 2001 "Fish for Our Future" educational awareness campaign.
