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  • Wild Oats Places 2nd Health Center in Stop & Shop; Plans 3 More

    BOULDER, Co. -- Natural and organic foods retailer Wild Oats Markets, Inc. here yesterday opened its second store-within-a-store boutique in a store operated by Ahold's Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop chain. The Wild Oats branded shop, in a store in Fairfield, Conn., is the second of five planned Holistic Health test stores in Stop & Shop units in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

  • 7-Eleven Launches Private Label Functional Foods

    DALLAS -- Betting that the appeal of nutraceuticals will grow, leading convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Inc. here is by launching Formula 7, a proprietary line of functional foods and beverages.

  • Loblaws to Raise Funds for Cancer Support Program

    TORONTO -- Loblaw Cos., Ltd. will participate fundraising campaign starting next month, to help women deal with the appearance-related side effects of cancer and its treatment. The effort is in partnership with Canadian national cancer support program Look Good Feel Better.

  • Food Lion Boosting Fresh, Applying Other Tweaks to Bloom

    SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion asked, and Bloom shoppers have answered: We want more fresh foods.

  • Sheetz Debuts 'New Era Of Convenience' With Prototype

    DANVILLE, Pa.-- Pioneering convenience store operator Sheetz, Inc. proclaims it will raise the bar on convenience for residents here when it opens its new 6,000-square-foot store this Wednesday.

  • Almost 20 Percent of Americans Classified as Gourmet Consumers: Report

    NEW YORK -- A report released yesterday by market research publisher Packaged Facts has found that just under one-fifth of U.S. adults can be classified as gourmet food consumers, and their purchases are driving a $41.2 billion industry.

  • New York City Health Care Law to Affect Food Retailers

    NEW YORK -- It looks like health care costs are going up for Big Apple retailers. The New York City Council yesterday passed the Health Care Security Act, Int. 468-A, which requires the city's grocers and other food retailers to provide health care for their workers. The legislation also applies to big-box stores that sell groceries. As a result, New York becomes the first municipality in the United States to impose such a law.

  • Bison Chili Debuts at Northeast Whole Foods Stores

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Select Whole Foods Market stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island will now feature fully cooked, prepackaged Ted's Montana Grill Bison Chili in the frozen food section. The chili is already on sale in the Southeast, at Whole Foods and Harry's Farmers Markets in Atlanta, as well as in Whole Foods stores in North Carolina and South Carolina.
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