Nonfoods

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- Online grocer FreshDirect yesterday said it launched "Presto Italiano," the latest addition to its well-received Fresh Dining four-minute meals.

WILMINGTON, Del. - With 90 percent of Americans failing to meet their daily recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have teamed to make fruit and veggies top-of-mind for parents and children during the month of September as families pack their lunch bags and head back to school.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a bid both to help "rebuild trust in the Winn-Dixie brand" and improve profitability, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it is completely redesigning and relaunching its corporate brands program, with the goal of having at least 1,000 redesigned SKUs on shelves by the end of fiscal 2008.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a bid both to help "rebuild trust in the Winn-Dixie brand" and improve profitability, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. here said yesterday it is completely redesigning and relaunching its corporate brands program, with the goal of having at least 1,000 redesigned SKUs on shelves by the end of fiscal 2008.

CHICAGO -- Lower-income households actually outpace their higher-income counterparts in consumer packaged goods (CPG) spending, and will spend $85.3 billion on CPG in 2007 while generating an additional $84 billion in incremental CPG growth during the next decade, according to a new study by market research firm Information Resources, Inc.

WILMINGTON, Del. - With 90 percent of Americans failing to meet their daily recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) here and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have teamed to make fruit and veggies top-of-mind for parents and children during the month of September as families pack their lunch bags and head back to school.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- In celebration of 20 years since the introduction of what has become the nation's largest food and fitness magazine, 12 recipe contest finalists from across the country are participating in a cook-off for cash at the third annual Cooking Light Ultimate Reader Recipe Contest today, held at Kings Cooking Studio at the Kings Super Market location in Short Hills, N.J.

CHICAGO - Kim Feil, s.v.p./c.m.o. of Sara Lee Food & Beverage will keynote the inaugural networking event of the Greater Chicago area group of the Network of Executive Women (NEW) on Tues., Sept. 11, 2007 at the Lyric Opera Building.