Nonfoods

CHICAGO -- In 2006 a record-breaking barrage of new products flooded store shelves, according to a report from the Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) here. Close to 182,000 new products were introduced globally, with key booming areas focusing on mind, body, and general good health.

NEW YORK -- U.S. importers, distributors, restaurateurs, supermarkets, and specialty food stores have the chance to grow their product lines and offerings by importing products from France, according to the French Trade Commission, part of the French Embassy, which will hold the inaugural French Food Connection this spring to facilitate contacts between the two nations.

NEW YORK -- U.S. importers, distributors, restaurateurs, supermarkets, and specialty food stores have the chance to grow their product lines and offerings by importing products from France, according to the French Trade Commission, part of the French Embassy, which will hold the inaugural French Food Connection this spring to facilitate contacts between the two nations.

NEW YORK -- Sales of organic, hormone-free, eco-friendly, locally grown, cruelty-free, and other ethical products will maintain double-digit growth over the next five years, surpassing $57 billion in 2011, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts.

NEW YORK -- Sales of organic, hormone-free, eco-friendly, locally grown, cruelty-free, and other ethical products will maintain double-digit growth over the next five years, surpassing $57 billion in 2011, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts.

NEW YORK -- Sales of organic, hormone-free, eco-friendly, locally grown, cruelty-free, and other ethical products will maintain double-digit growth over the next five years, surpassing $57 billion in 2011, according to a new study by market research firm Packaged Facts.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- This week Price Chopper Supermarkets here is hosting a series of anniversary celebrations at its Bristol and Southington, Conn. stores. Among the scheduled festivities are senior days, pharmacy clinics, floral clinics, Citizen Bank giveaways, contests, raffles, and prizes. Activities for children include free press-on tattoos and balloons. Additionally, shoppers will be able to sample products in the grocer's pizza, deli departments, as well as at various specialty stations.

CHICAGO -- Eight conventional supermarkets in the San Francisco Bay area will be converting to the IGA Banner as they join the world's largest voluntary supermarket network, with aggregate worldwide retail sales of more than $21 billion per year.