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  • Please Squeeze Some More

    Previously available only in “appleapple” and “applestrawberry” flavors, GoGo squeeZ all-natural, no-added-sugar applesauce from French manufacturer Materne has rolled out three additional flavors -- applecinnamon,” “applepeach” and “applebanana” -- as well as packaging graphics focusing on key product benefits and flavor differentiation.

  • Probiotic Pasta

    The first probiotic-enhanced pasta line available to consumers, Essentials Digestive Health from Racconto, a Melrose Park, Ill.-based importer-producer of private label and branded Italian pasta features GanedenBC30, the patented probiotic strain developed by Cleveland, Ohio-based Ganeden Biotech, Inc.

  • 10,000 Retail Stores to Shutter by End of Year

    There will be as many as 10,000 retail store closures by the end of 2009, according to Chicago-based corporate consultancy Grant Thornton, LLP. Its “Reviving Retail: Strategies for Growth in 2009” report highlights the fact that the success of online retailers combined with consumers’ adoption of private label has greatly affected businesses.

  • Kroger Pharmacies Offer Customers Seasonal Flu Vaccinations

    In a bid to make it easy and affordable for customers to get seasonal influenza immunizations early, The Kroger Co.’s 1,900 in-store pharmacies will once again offer flu vaccines for $25.

  • Q4 Caps ‘Very Good’ Fiscal ’09 at Winn-Dixie

    Thanks in large part to successful merchandising and marketing initiatives, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. yesterday defied the recession by posting net income of $9.4 million, or 17 cents per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended June 24, 2009, vs. a net loss of $5.5 million, or 10 cents per diluted share, year-ago period.

  • For the Perfect Picnic

    The Food’s-ON™ Six Pack offers shoppers three desirable features: it’s completely self-contained, it won’t blow away in the wind, and it’s 100 percent eco-responsible.

  • Cool Bean

    Never heard of the adzuki bean? If the folks at Phoenix-based Boulder Canyon Foods have their way, people will be hearing a lot more about it.

  • Manufacturers Changing Tactics in Response to Recession: Study

    According to a recent report from U.K.-based global research firm IGD, 90 percent of manufacturers have altered their strategies to deal with the economic recession, and 88 percent have taken action to reinforce their products’ value.
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