Nonfoods

‘Bringing Hope to the Table’ campaign aims to provide food, cash donations to 80 food banks nationwide,

Investigators are said close to an answer; meanwhile, some grocers are keeping their shoppers up to date on which are safe to eat.

ConAgra Foods launches MyPyramid packaging and advertising.

The majority of consumers are more concerned about the foods they eat today than they were five years ago, according to research from Deloitte Consulting.

HHS and trade associations will team up to improve consumer product safety.

Age-based distinctions among consumers’ use of restaurants run deeper than originally expected, according to a recently-released report from foodservice consultants Technomic.

The Food and Drug Administration said Saturday it was expanding its warning to consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw, red tomatoes, as evidence of the outbreak spread to 16 states.

Challenging economic times in the U.S. are driving more customers to Wal-Mart’s namesake stores, Eduardo Castro-Wright, president and c.e.o. of Wal-Mart U.S., said during an analyst and investor presentation that was part of the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Friday.