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WILMINGTON, Del. - Wal-Mart and Safeway are the newest companies to join the new Fruits & Veggies -- More Matters license agreement initiative launched by the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here. All told, 33 retail companies representing approximately 20,000 individual retail stores across the nation have signed on with the More Matters campaign.

AUSTIN, Texas - In a surprise move, Whole Foods Market here is fighting back against the mainstream grocery chains, supercenters, and specialty operators that have moved in on its natural turf by moving to acquire its leading super-natural direct competitor, Boulder, Colo.-based Wild Oats Markets

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. beat analysts' expectations yesterday, reporting record sales and earnings for the latest quarter. Net sales were $98 billion, an increase of 10.9 percent over the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006, while income from continuing operations was $3.9 billion, an jump of 8.8 percent, the retailer said.

WASHINGTON -- The FDA on Friday warned consumers to destroy any Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006, in the widening of an earlier alert about salmonella-contaminated peanut butter tentatively tied to a ConAgra plant in Georgia that manufactures Peter Pan-branded peanut butter and also Great Value-branded peanut butter that is distributed to Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON -- The FDA on Friday warned consumers to destroy any Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006, in the widening of an earlier alert about salmonella-contaminated peanut butter tentatively tied to a ConAgra plant in Georgia that manufactures Peter Pan-branded peanut butter and also Great Value-branded peanut butter that is distributed to Wal-Mart

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- Affluent consumers can afford to be more selective about shopping, but their habits reveal that the lure of a good deal can consistently influence their selectivity can still some interesting patterns, according to a study just released by the Nielsen Company here.

OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods has voluntarily recalled all varieties of peanut butter under the Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value labels carrying the product code 2111 on the lid, and said it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a link to the tainted products and its plant in Sylvester, Ga., where the peanut butter was made. So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tentatively linked the product to almost 300 incidents of salmonella poisoning in 39 states.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- In the latest shuffle in the corporate suite, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said yesterday that the chief of its online operations, Carter Cast, will now lead the U.S. business strategy function for the company, and that Raul Vazquez will replace Cast as president and c.e.o. of Walmart.com, effectively immediately.