Nonfoods

TUCKWILA, Wash. -- Northwest Grocers (NWG), a consortium of 55 independent grocery retailers providing advertising, administrative, and information technologies services to its member stores, has opted to provide its own retail price hosting services from its headquarters here, with Melville, N.Y.-based BRdata's Retail BOSS back-office software.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- SPINS, a leading information and service provider for the natural products industry based here, said yesterday it has expanded its partnership with the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA).

MONTREAL, CANADA - Global food trends will take center stage at the fourth edition of SIAL Montreal, a food products exhibit scheduled here next month.

MONTREAL, CANADA - Global food trends will take center stage at the fourth edition of SIAL Montreal, a food products exhibit scheduled here next month.

MONTREAL, CANADA - Global food trends will take center stage at the fourth edition of SIAL Montreal, a food products exhibit scheduled here next month.

MONTREAL, CANADA - Global food trends will take center stage at the fourth edition of SIAL Montreal, a food products exhibit scheduled here next month.

NORWALK, Conn. -- The Stew Leonard III Children's Charities here said it has released a children's storybook "The Healthy Way," seeking to show youngsters "how to incorporate healthy eating and activity in a fun, engaging way."

IRVINE, Calif. - While federal lawmakers listened to testimony from leaders of the produce and meat industry yesterday during the first in a series of hearings examining the allegedly flawed national food safety framework, Western Growers Association (WGA) here was cheering the green light given this week by California officials for the farm industry's plan to establish voluntary safety standards for leafy vegetables.