Nonfoods

LANDOVER, Md. and QUINCY, Mass. -- Giant Food, LLC and the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said yesterday that as part of the Ahold banners' ongoing Value Improvement Program (VIP), they would lower everyday prices on thousands of dairy, frozen and coffee products. The price reductions, which will affect all Giant-Landover and Stop & Shop stores, will be implemented next month.

LANDOVER, Md. and QUINCY, Mass. -- Giant Food, LLC and the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said yesterday that as part of the Ahold banners' ongoing Value Improvement Program (VIP), they would lower everyday prices on thousands of dairy, frozen and coffee products. The price reductions, which will all Giant-Landover and Stop & Shop will be implemented next month.

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. -- John Cirelli, the founder and chairman of Cirelli Foods, New England's largest family-owned broadline foodservice distributor, died Oct. 23 at the age of 94. He was a resident of South Yarmouth, Mass.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Safeway, Inc. and its Southern California-based Vons division yesterday shared more specifics about how they're helping areas devastated by the Southern California wildfires. The Safeway Foundation is pledging a $500,000 cash donation to support local emergency organizations spearheading relief efforts for communities devastated most by the fires.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- To mark Make a Difference Day, the national day of community caring celebrated on the fourth Saturday of every October, Wegmans Food Markets here will help raise awareness about celiac disease at events held at the Nature's Marketplace department of 30 Wegmans stores. On Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., registered dietitians will answer shoppers' questions about the condition at select locations in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- To mark Make a Difference Day, the national day of community caring celebrated on the fourth Saturday of every October, Wegmans Food Markets here will help raise awareness about celiac disease at events held at the Nature's Marketplace department of 30 Wegmans stores. On Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., registered dietitians will answer shoppers' questions about the condition at select locations in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- To mark Make a Difference Day, the national day of community caring celebrated on the fourth Saturday of every October, Wegmans Food Markets here will help raise awareness about celiac disease at events held at the Nature's Marketplace department of 30 Wegmans stores. On Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., registered dietitians will answer shoppers' questions about the condition at select locations in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland.

TYLER, Texas -- Lending another meaning to the phrase "Texas tea," Brookshire Grocery Company's manufacturing operations recently rolled out Crystalbrook Pomegranate Green Tea, a beverage loaded with antioxidants.