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BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons, Inc., based here, intends to open low-price or price-impact grocery stores in several cities across the country, indicating a growing shift toward low-cost formats in the supermarket industry, the Daily Herald in Utah reports.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart and eight product manufacturers have begun testing electronic product codes, or EPCs, at certain supercenters and one regional distribution center in the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.

LARGO, Fla.- Breakthrough Engineered Nutrition, a wholly owned subsidiary of Innovative Companies, Inc., announced today that it has launched CarbSlim Bites with Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons, the second-largest food-drug retailer in the United States, with about 2,300 stores in 31 states.

By selling previously viewed video and DVD titles that the big-box retailers don't carry, grocers can turn the category into a high-margin profit center.

Grocers, producers, and especially consumers are all reaping the rewards of more consistent organic produce.

HILLSBORO, Ore. - Determined to build its first store in Oregon's Washington County, Wal-Mart is taking its case to the state's Court of Appeals, according to the Oregonian. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant's decision is the latest development in an 18-month battle over traffic, design, and location of the proposed store.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., citing improvements in its distribution network, said yesterday it has decided not to build a 1.2 million-square-foot regional distribution center in Wallkill, N.Y., according to AP and other published sources.

MADISON, Wis. - Two men who say they were deceived into thinking they were buying wild salmon when they were really getting farm-raised fish have filed separate but similar lawsuits in Dane County Circuit Court, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.