Halloween

NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. yesterday posted October 2006 sales of $602.6 million, a 2.5 percent rise from the $588.1 million reported in the year-ago period. However, despite a strong showing from some grocery categories, comparable-club sales declined 0.7 percent for the month, including a negative impact from gas sales of 2.5 percent.

STILLWATER, Minn. -- Twin Cities residents, fill up your candy bowls. A new survey conducted by Cub Foods here found that 83 percent of kids plan to trick or treat in their neighborhoods this year.

STILLWATER, Minn. -- Twin Cities residents, fill up your candy bowls. A new survey conducted by Cub Foods here found that 83 percent of kids plan to trick or treat in their neighborhoods this year.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. here has joined with businesses across the country to help battle childhood cancer, through the retailer's 15th annual Halloween Promotion benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- For the ninth consecutive year, Shaw's Supermarkets and Star Markets are teaming up with the March of Dimes for the annual Pick-a-Pumpkin campaign to fund research and programs to save premature babies. From Oct. 16 through Oct. 30 shoppers will be able to buy a paper pumpkin for $1 or $5 to donate to the March of Dimes, in more than 210 Shaw's and Star Markets stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- For the ninth consecutive year, Shaw's Supermarkets and Star Markets are teaming up with the March of Dimes for the annual Pick-a-Pumpkin campaign to fund research and programs to save premature babies. From Oct. 16 through Oct. 30 shoppers will be able to buy a paper pumpkin for $1 or $5 to donate to the March of Dimes, in more than 210 Shaw's and Star Markets stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

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