Nonfoods

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CHICAGO - Hispanics clearly prefer Mexican food above all other cuisines when they step out to eat - but they care more that their Latino-styled dishes generally taste good than that they are authentic, according to new research from foodservice market watcher Technomic Information Services here.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Schnucks Markets here is applying the finishing touches to its newest concept DeKalb Marketplace store that will open its doors next Tuesday, Dec. 4.