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  • FDI Board Approves Plan for Umbrella Organization With FMI

    DALLAS - The Board of Governors of Food Distributors International (FDI) has approved a plan in which the association's wholesale grocery companies will join an umbrella organization with members of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI).
  • Whole Foods Introduces Solar Power Lighting at Its Berkeley Store

    EMERYVILLE, Calif. - Whole Foods Market Inc., the world's largest natural and organic supermarket, is introducing solar energy as the primary lighting source at its store in Berkeley, Calif.
  • Study: Allergy Information is Hard to Find on Product Labels

    NEW YORK - A recent study conducted by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York found that just 7 percent of parents of allergic children could correctly spot milk as an ingredient in foods found in grocery stores across the nation, Reuters reports.
  • Winn-Dixie Introduces Customer Reward Card

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Beginning March 7, shoppers in most Florida and southeast Georgia Winn-Dixie stores can register to participate in a new program that will provide ongoing benefits that include merchandise discounts and other special incentives.
  • Stop & Shop, Pathmark Join Forces to Bid for Big V Stores

    QUINCY, Mass. - The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and representatives of certain creditors of Big V have filed a joint liquidating plan of reorganization that provides for the purchase of 26 Big V Supermarkets by Stop & Shop.
  • Albertson's Expands Online Grocery Service to Oregon

    PORTLAND, Ore. - Albertson's Inc. today expanded its online grocery service into Oregon, offering convenient delivery or store pick-up at 31 neighborhood stores in Oregon's Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties and Washington's Clark County.
  • Irish Shoppers Begin Paying Tax on Plastic Bags

    DUBLIN, Ireland - The Irish government today began collecting a 13 cent environmental tax on plastic bags used in supermarkets, convenience stores and other shops, The Associated Press reports.
  • COVER STORY: The Niemann formula

    Maximize operational efficiency, consumer value, and employee satisfaction. That's all the Niemanns did in opening 22 successful new stores in the last three years. Simple, right?
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