Nonfoods

The fresh stir-fry veggie line earned the award from the Disney online parenting community.

The chain placed the units in meat departments after a successful one-store trial.

The chain said the recall hit both its prepackaged store brand tuna salad and service deli product.

BJ's Wholesale Club is planning to roll out two locations in the Brooklyn, N.Y. neighborhoods of Bensonhurst and Canarsie -- and labor unions and local food retailers are none too happy about it, according to a local press report.

Two California fruit marketing organizations, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) and the California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA), will be among the 16 founding members of the Mediterranean Foods Alliance, with a mission “to bring the healthy pleasures of Mediterranean Diet into more homes, schools, restaurants – in short, all places Americans eat.”

Rouses Markets has expanded further into Mississippi by acquiring Choice Supermarket locations in Diamondhead and Long Beach. Donald Rouse, managing partner of Rouses Markets, said the chain was committed to the Gulf Coast rebuilding process when he revealed the purchase agreement yesterday.

Spartan Stores, Inc., said yesterday that its board of directors has named Dennis Eidson c.e.o. effective Oct. 15, 2008, while current c.e.o. Craig C. Sturken will continue in his role as executive chairman of the board.

Thanks in part to a lift from consumers who spent their economic stimulus checks disproportionately at discounters and warehouse clubs, Wal-Mart, BJ's Wholesale Club, Costco, and Target all reported increased July 2008 sales.