Nonfoods

WIND GAP, Pa. -- In the latest instance of tampering in the area, a sealed can of Progresso minestrone purchased Saturday at a Giant Food Store here was found to contain a "slightly rusty" sewing needle. This was the fifth report of needles or pins discovered in products bought from area food stores over the past two weeks.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart is at the gate of Los Angeles, with its newest Wal-Mart supercenter just opened Friday in Santa Clarita, Calif., bringing the banner closer than ever the Los Angeles city limits.

PITTSBURGH -- Forget about its importance as a sporting event; the Super Bowl is one of the nation's biggest food events of the year, and supermarket operators this season are making sure they score every extra point they can.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Bros. Co. here is making a bid to win over more Massachusetts shoppers with the opening of its biggest stores in Taunton and Easton, Mass. this weekend. The stores, both of which will make their debut on Saturday, measure about 56,000 square feet each.

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Martin's Food Market held the grand opening of a 66,000-square-foot store yesterday in Waynesboro, Va. The retailer is a division of Ahold USA.

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Ahold USA division Tops Markets, LLC, based here, and the board of directors of weekend food and entertainment festival Taste of Buffalo, which is presented by Tops, are inviting teens to enter the 2006 Taste of Buffalo Poster Art Contest. Entrants will submit original artwork based on this year's theme, "We Be Jammin' On Delaware," a reference to the festival's location on Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. The contest is open to students in grades 9 to 12 who are currently enrolled in a public, private, or parochial high school in Erie or Niagara counties.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Hannaford Supermarket and Pharmacy here will hold the grand opening of its new 62,000-square-foot Rochester, N.H. store on Saturday, Jan. 28.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Big Y Foods, Inc. here said yesterday that that Michael P. D'Amour has been appointed fresh foods director, a position created to allow the New England grocer to further stress high-quality fresh items.