Nonfoods

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee Food & Beverage here is launching a consumer education campaign this summer that it said will set a new standard in nutrition transparency, and mark an industry first.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. Friday reported first-quarter sales in its core Northeast operations of $1.68 billion vs. $1.65 billion last year, with comparable-store sales rising 1.0 percent. Total company sales for the first quarter were $2.0 billion, vs. $2.0 billion in last year's first quarter.

WASHINGTON -- After a week of what was described as an "intense behind-the-scenes battle," members of the House Agriculture Committee at presstime struck a compromise and approved changes to a new Farm Bill, a key provision of which evidently clears the way for mandatory country of origin labels for meat products to begin next year.

WASHINGTON -- After a week of what was described as an "intense behind-the-scenes battle," members of the House Agriculture Committee at presstime struck a compromise and approved changes to a new Farm Bill, a key provision of which evidently clears the way for mandatory country of origin labels for meat products to begin next year.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee Food & Beverage here is launching a consumer education campaign this summer that it said will set a new standard in nutrition transparency, and mark an industry first.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. Friday reported first-quarter sales in its core Northeast operations of $1.68 billion vs. $1.65 billion last year, with comparable-store sales rising 1.0 percent. Total company sales for the first quarter were $2.0 billion, vs. $2.0 billion in last year's first quarter.

MONTVALE, N.J. -- The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. Friday reported first-quarter sales in its core Northeast operations of $1.68 billion vs. $1.65 billion last year, with comparable-store sales rising 1.0 percent. Total company sales for the first quarter were $2.0 billion, vs. $2.0 billion in last year's first quarter.

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee Food & Beverage here is launching a consumer education campaign this summer that it said will set a new standard in nutrition transparency, and mark an industry first.