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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Publix Super Markets unveiled what its president called a data synchronization solution that would expand and accelerate existing industry efforts, with retailers' needs uppermost in mind.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Charles H. Jenkins Sr., a longtime executive of Publix Super Markets and father of the chain¿s current c.e.o., passed away early yesterday morning at Lakeland Regional Medical Center. He was 90 years old.

NEW YORK -- According to double-blind taste tests conducted in 10 locations across the country by Meyers Research Center for the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), consumers by a 51-percent-to-49-percent say the prefer the taste of private label items over their national brand counterparts in 12 popular categories.

DAYVILLE, Conn. -- The health & wellness trend continues to be very good to United Natural Foods, Inc. here. The specialty distributor yesterday posted a record $534.3 million in net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2005, up $85.4 million, or 19 percent, from the $448.9 million it garnered in the year-ago period.

With successful pilots and an effective customization tool, Ahold's Rhonda Horn has been making the business case for global data synchronization at her company's disparate units.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Miami will get a taste of Publix' new Hispanic format, Publix Sabor, when the retailer here opens its second unit at Hialeah Mercado this Thursday.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- On the heels of its debut of a Hispanic-focused format, Publix Super Markets here is launching another specialty concept, this one centered on natural foods. The store will carry the banner GreenWise, a name that Publix has used in its store-within-a-store natural/organic sections, as well as atop private label line and branded magazine.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets, Inc. here has reported a 10.6 percent sales increase for the first quarter of 2005. Sales were approximately $5.1 billion.