LAS VEGAS --Barrington Foods International, Inc., announced today they have begun a strategic alliance with Sierra Products Group, Inc. Sierra Products Group is an approved vendor for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and numerous other mass retailers.
The industry is sounding off about upcoming country-of-origin labeling regulations, but there appears to be little chance of easing the burdens they will bring.
Retailers can't do anything to keep E. coli out of a batch of frozen hamburgers. But there's plenty they should be doing to make their perishables departments safer for valued shoppers.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - General Mills Inc. has raised the price it charges wholesalers for its cold cereals by 2 percent, The Associated Press reports. Rival Kellogg Co. recently introduced a similar price increase.
After the initial rush to get into the gasoline business, supermarkets and other high-volume operators have entered a more mature stage of market development.
