Nonfoods

CHICAGO -- Ingredient labels on food products will become easier to understand in 2008, concluded Mintel here based on recently completed research.

CHICAGO -- Ingredient labels on food products will become easier to understand in 2008, concluded Mintel here based on recently completed research.

BRUSSELS -- Delhaize Group, which is the parent company of Food Lion, Hannaford, and Sweetbay in the U.S., plans to continue focusing primarily on organic growth rather than growth through acquisitions, the company's c.f.o., Craig Owens, said yesterday during the group's annual investors' day. He noted, however, that the group would consider making acquisitions if the appropriate opportunities arise.

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Topco Associates LLC here said it will unveil a new consumer food scoring system hitting stores in mid-2008, that will equip consumers to make at-a-glance food comparisons on the basis of overall nutritional quality.

SEATTLE -- Certified organic retail cooperative PCC Natural Markets here said it has removed from its shelves all products containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

NEW YORK - Food connoisseurs will spend $59 billion on gourmet, specialty, and premium foods and beverages this year -- a growth of 10.9 percent over 2006 - and their annual appetite is on pace to grow $96 billion by 2012, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts.

NEWARK, Del. -- Cathy Green, c.o.o. of Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion, LLC., will chair the broad industry committee charged with putting flesh on the Produce Traceability Initiative to build and activate a consistent, whole-chain traceability solution, said the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

NEW YORK - Food connoisseurs will spend $59 billion on gourmet, specialty, and premium foods and beverages this year -- a growth of 10.9 percent over 2006 - and their annual appetite is on pace to grow $96 billion by 2012, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts.