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HAMPTON ROADS, Va.--Supervalu's Farm Fresh supermarkets unit in Virginia has become the latest chain to offer irradiated ground beef processed with SureBeam Corp.'s electron beam technology, SureBeam said.

TROY, Mich. (PRNewswire)--What do Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Kohl's, and Circuit City have in common? They were all rated at the top of their retail channels by consumers surveyed across the country.

NEW YORK -- Retailers continue to be pummeled by a poor economy and flagging consumer confidence, according to a new report from Standard & Poors Ratings Services.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Some 55 percent of Americans have tried organic foods and 87 percent of regular organics buyers rate them as being of higher quality. Those are the findings of a just-released nationwide survey commissioned by Whole Foods Market, a natural and organic foods supermarket chain based here.

WASHINGTON, DC - Water scarcity could leave millions of people without access to clean water or adequate food, warns a new report released in conjunction with World Food Day 2002, the Environment News Service reports.

NEW YORK - More Americans are going online now than at the end of last year, and more users are satisfied with their online experience, but trust remains a major concern, according to the Consumer Internet Barometer, a new quarterly measure of who's doing what on the Internet.

SAN DIEGO - Northeast retailer Price Chopper is the latest supermarket to sign on with SureBeam Corporation to offer shoppers irradiated ground beef. Hy-Vee just announced that it will sell the products throughout the Midwest.

WASHINGTON - Approximately 47 percent of out-of-stocks are caused by inadequate store ordering and forecasting, and 25 percent by poor shelf management, according to a new study by GMA, Food Marketing Institute and CIES -- The Food Business Forum, that examines the issue globally.