Nonfoods

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The Food Institute (FI) here has added ex-GMDC exec Roy White to its staff in the position of v.p., sales, and put him in charge of expanding its membership and programming usage.

BALTIMORE, Md. - A "social movement" around food is developing in the United States, as consumers who feel helpless about other issues see they can excess control over what they eat, said nutrition professor and author Marion Nestle during a keynote address last week at the Natural Products Expo East Show here.

BALTIMORE, Md. - A "social movement" around food is developing in the United States, as consumers who feel helpless about other issues see they can excess control over what they eat, said nutrition professor and author Marion Nestle during a keynote address last week at the Natural Products Expo East Show here.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Responding to customer demand and requests from Florida state officials, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said plans to roll out its $4 generic prescription program in Florida beginning today, nearly four months earlier than expected.

CARSON, Calif. -- Bristol Farms yesterday opened its fourteenth California location - and it's first in the San Francisco Bay area.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Responding to customer demand and requests from Florida state officials, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. here said plans to roll out its $4 generic prescription program in Florida beginning today, nearly four months earlier than expected.

CARSON, Calif. -- Bristol Farms yesterday opened its fourteenth California location - and it's first in the San Francisco Bay area.

NEW YORK - Lower gas prices led to lower than expected performance in September for three meg-retailers Wal-Mart, Costco, and BJ's, the chains said yesterday