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  • ‘Guiding Stars,’ Make Thyme for Dinner Join Forces on Recipe Ratings

    “Guiding Stars,” the pioneering store-wide nutrition navigation system, has broken further new ground via a new partnership with meal assembly business Make Thyme for Dinner that enables time-starved families to eat more nutritious meals at home.

  • Mann, Minute Rice Team for BTS Promo

    Mann Packing Co. and Minute Rice have joined forces on a fall promotion aimed at healthy family cooking during the busy back-to school season. Designed to provide shoppers with ideas and instructions for quick, easy and healthy meal solutions, the promo includes a $1 offer off any two Minute Rice products with the purchase of select packages of Mann’s fresh-cut vegetables.

  • Sam’s Club Cuts Out Paper Coupons

    Sam’s Club is giving its members the chance to say goodbye to coupon clipping. The warehouse club division of Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart has introduced of eValues, a personalized digital savings program providing paperless coupons.

  • Food and Beverage Executives Upbeat About 2010

    Food and beverage executives predict more profitable times are on the horizon, according to a KPMG Pulse Survey. Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents reported expectations for improved business in 2010.

  • Albertsons First Large Chain to Earn LEED Silver on a Remodel

    Albertsons’ remodeled La Habra, Calif., store has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver designation, making it the first major retail grocery store to receive such recognition for an interior remodel.

  • Nielsen: Consumers Continuing Back-to-Basics Purchases

    Consumers are sticking with basic purchases in categories like fresh meat, pasta and packaged dinners, along with baking mixes and supplies, as meal preparation consumption comes back to the home. Increases in wine and alcoholic beverages indicate that consumers are opting to consume their favorite beverages at home, too.

  • Ochsner, Rouses Markets Partner for Choose Healthy Initiative

    Louisiana’s largest independent grocer, Rouses Markets, and Ochsner Health System are launching a community initiative program -- “Choose Healthy” -- designed to educate people about the benefits of smart food and lifestyle choices, disease prevention, and regular medical checkups.

  • Consumers Skeptical of Organic, All-Natural Claims But Still Buy: Study

    When it comes to all-natural and organic foods, today’s consumers are wiser to the differences than most marketers might think and eager to purchase them if the price is right. More than three-quarters of respondents in a recent survey said they’d prefer to purchase organic and all-natural goods if those items were comparably priced with other leading brands.
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