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  • United Fresh, GMA Testify Before Congress on Traceability

    Leaders OF the United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) testified this week before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture as part of a hearing to address food traceability systems.

  • Private Label Tech

    It’s no surprise that the economy has thrown private label into the spotlight, but store-brand programs are about a lot more than price. Indeed, retailers are applying the tools they use for branded products to those products created in their own name, and technology is no different.

  • Healthy Family Meals for Less than $10

    The Women’s Bean Project, an organization devoted to creating better lives for the disadvantaged women it serves and their families, has unveiled four healthy and delicious gourmet food mix combinations that will feed a family of six for only $9.

  • K-VA-T Issued 100K+ Gift Cards During Holidays Using New Platform

    K-VA-T Food Stores issued more than 115,000 prepaid and gift cards this past holiday season, thanks to a new electronic payment solution it credited with smoothing the way.

  • Canadian Grocer to Sell Indoor-Grown Organic Herbs

    Canadian gourmet and organic food retailer Choices Markets plans to offer indoor-grown organic herbs in an exclusive agreement with Squamish Nation leaders and Vancouver, B.C.- based TerraSphere Systems, LLC.

  • Nash Finch Donates Two Truckloads of Water for Sandbag Volunteers

    Nash Finch Co. donated two truckloads -- or more than 72,000 bottles -- of its private brand Our Family water to the countless volunteers working in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. on sandbagging efforts to stave off Red River flooding.

  • PL Brands, Organic Products Drive Gain in Prestige Among Consumers

    The introduction of high-quality, store-brand organic products has changed consumer perceptions of private label grocery brands, according to results of the forthcoming J.D. Power and Associates Private Label Industry Report announced at the IRI CPG Summit in Las Vegas.

  • Supervalu Unveils Easy-to-Make Meal Solutions Destination Stations

    As part of its ongoing efforts to connect consumers with convenient, value-oriented family meals, Supervalu has fired yet another salvo with the launch of “Simply Good Meals,” a new branded destination category within its family of stores that houses easy-to-make meal components in one handy spot.
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