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NEW YORK -- "No one would argue that V-8 juice isn't healthy." So said Wild Oats Markets' c.f.o. and s.v.p of operations, Ed Dunlap, during a presentation yesterday at the Banc of America Securities 2005 Consumer Conference here at the New York Palace hotel.

CERRITOS, Calif. -- More than 13,000 stores operated by retailers such as Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, and Ahold will assimilate a new audio service into their in-store promotions beginning in April. The service, Audio Connection, is being offered via a partnership between retail marketing provider Mass Connections, Inc., based here, and Salt Lake City-based In-Store Broadcasting Network (IBN).

CERRITOS, Calif. -- More than 13,000 stores operated by retailers such as Kroger, Albertsons, Safeway, and Ahold will assimilate a new audio service into their in-store promotions beginning in April. The service, Audio Connection, is being offered via a partnership between retail marketing provider Mass Connections, Inc., based here, and Salt Lake City-based In-Store Broadcasting Network (IBN).

BRUSSELS -- Delhaize Group here yesterday said it net profits posted a healthy rise in 2004, on organic sales growth of 2.8 percent in Belgium and the U.S.

FRAMINGHAM & QUINCY, Mass -- The Stop & Shop Co. and the nation's top ranked office supply chain have revealed plans to roll out Staples branded store-within-a-store sections across all 550 Stop & Shop and Landover, Md.-based Giant Food supermarkets.

BRUSSELS -- Delhaize Group here yesterday said it net profits posted a healthy rise in 2004, on organic sales growth of 2.8 percent in Belgium and the U.S.

FRAMINGHAM & QUINCY, Mass -- The Stop & Shop Co. and the nation's top ranked office supply chain have revealed plans to roll out Staples branded store-within-a-store sections across all 550 Stop & Shop and Landover, Md.-based Giant Food supermarkets.

CHICAGO -- Twelve grocers during the FamilyFarmed.org EXPO's Local Organic Trade Show here yesterday confirmed their commitment to stock and sell food that is grown in the Midwest by certified organic farmers.