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The supermarket chain's new Keeps Fresh process sets the tone for the meat case of the future.

Better ingredients, ethnic offerings, and "homemade" center plate entrees are upping the ratings of the 50-year-old TV dinner category.

AUSTIN, Minn. -- Hormel Foods Corp. today announced the acquisition of Sparta, Wis.-based Century Foods International in a $115 million cash transaction. Century Foods International is a manufacturer of nutritional products, dairy proteins and blends, and cheese products.

NEW YORK -- Health concerns associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), like stroke and an increased risk of breast cancer, are causing many women consumers to try soy isolflavones as a natural and milder solution to relieve menopausal symptoms.

ATLANTA -- Federal prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation into fraud allegations against Coca-Cola Co., including claims that the beverage giant rigged a market test at Burger King outlets to inflate the popularity of its slush drink Frozen Coke.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Schnuck Markets, Inc. has selected pizza as the first product to be introduced under a new "Dining In" brand of high-end private label refrigerated and frozen foods, reports the St. Louis Business Journal.

Imports, light products and--thanks to the Atkins diet--low-carb ultra brews are the hot items in the beer case.

The companies that sell most of America's food are being called on to combat the overeating epidemic. Some of them were promoting healthy eating long before it became a national priority.