Trader Joe's

MONTROVIA, Calif. -- Trader Joe's, the quirky limited assortment food retailer based here, is reportedly scouting for future sites in metro Atlanta, which would be the southernmost market yet for the chain.

MONROVIA, Calif. - Trader Joe's, based here, has decided to stop buying grocery bags from Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser, a company that the environmental advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN) calls "the No. 1 destroyer of old-growth forests in North America."

New York - Robert K. Futterman & Associates, LLC (RKF), an independent real estate firm specializing in retail leasing and investment sales, has been selected by Trader Joe's Co., Inc. to represent the specialty retail grocer in its expansion into Manhattan.

Improved quality, line extensions, product innovation, and high margins crown private label as the dairy aisle's royalty.

DENVER - The founders of Wild Oats Markets have collected their favorite qualities from competitors to create Sunflower Market, a new low-priced natural foods prototype, the Denver Post reports.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A push for downtown housing in Columbus, Ohio, has brought with it a drive to find a grocery store for support, Business First of Columbus reports.

MINNEAPOLIS - Monrovia, Calif.-based Trader Joe's Co. is looking for up to 10 locations as it prepares to enter the Twin Cities, according to real-estate sources cited by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's attorney general on Friday filed suit against five grocery chains for failing to properly warn consumers about the risk of mercury in fish, Reuters reports.