PURCHASE, New York - Just in time for summer, Pepsi-Cola has said it will launch a bright blue cola called Pepsi Blue to boost sluggish cola sales, Reuters reports.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Harris Teeter is introducing Harris Teeter Naturals, a line of natural and organic private label products, in celebration of Earth Day.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Penn Traffic Company today announced that adjusted net income was $7.1 million or $0.35 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to $5.3 million or $0.26 per share in the prior year.
WASHINGTON - A florist research group says husbands are likeliest to buy their Valentine's Day flowers at the supermarket, primarily because they are likely to cost less there, The Associated Press reports.
NEW YORK - In the first few weeks of 2002, health- and comfort-related items, such as diet products, exercise equipment and board games, experienced a surge in sales at Wal-Mart, Reuters reports.
COLUMBUS - Online holiday shopping activity grew in 2001, according to preliminary results from consulting and market research firm Retail Forward's most recent survey of Internet users.
LONDON - Record numbers of customers helped the UK's Asda, the supermarket group owned by Wal-Mart, report double digit like-for-like sales growth over Christmas, the Financial Times reports.
WASHINGTON - The government last week banned the import of the fruit Spanish clementines after larvae of the Mediterranean fruit fly were found in some of the fruit, Reuters reports.
