Nonfoods

KEENE, N.H. -- C&S Wholesale Grocers here has kicked off a 2007 literacy partnership with First Book, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that offers children from low-income families the chance to read and own their first new books.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here will introduce its own line of store-brand organic foods across all of its 176 stores beginning Sunday. The chain said the new Meijer Organics line will comprise more than 200 certified USDA organic products by year's end, ranging from extra-virgin olive oil and Mediterranean thin-crust pizza, to tea and vegetables.

KEENE, N.H. -- C&S Wholesale Grocers here has kicked off a 2007 literacy partnership with First Book, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that offers children from low-income families the chance to read and own their first new books.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here will introduce its own line of store-brand organic foods across all of its 176 stores beginning Sunday. The chain said the new Meijer Organics line will comprise more than 200 certified USDA organic products by year's end, ranging from extra-virgin olive oil and Mediterranean thin-crust pizza, to tea and vegetables.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Meijer Inc. here will introduce its own line of store-brand organic foods across all of its 176 stores beginning Sunday. The chain said the new Meijer Organics line will comprise more than 200 certified USDA organic products by year's end, ranging from extra-virgin olive oil and Mediterranean thin-crust pizza, to tea and vegetables.

NATICK, Mass. -- Despite food comps up about 3 percent and strong showings in such categories as bakery, paper products, produce, and soda and water, financially struggling BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. here posted overall net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 of $11.9 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, vs. net income of $51.6 million, or 76 cents per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2005 -- a dive of 77 percent.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here is planning to offer more items without trans fats, according to an online column by the company's v.p. of consumer affairs, Mary Ellen Burris, who said that such products can be expected in stores "soon."

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here is planning to offer more items without trans fats, according to an online column by the company's v.p. of consumer affairs, Mary Ellen Burris, who said that such products can be expected in stores "soon."