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With the weather fast heating up, Glendale, Calif.-based Nestle USA has introduced a more nutritious way than soda for children to quench their thirst: Juicy Juice Sparkling fruit juice beverage.

Shoppers can now savor international tastes just by visiting their nearest BJ’s Wholesale Club, with the introduction of the Natick, Mass.-based chain’s fresh Wellsley Farms brand imported pastries, European-inspired artisan breads and signature muffins, all offered at everyday low prices.

Consumers who fantasize about being a Fantana now actually have a shot at becoming the fourth member of the effervescent quartet by submitting audition videos to www.Fanta.com.

SmartCo Foods will debut its first value-focused grocery store June 23 at 6 a.m. in Denver, introducing a concept parent company Smart & Final developed to blend the best features of a local supermarket, warehouse club store and farmer’s market in one location, according to the Los Angeles-based retailer.

Northeasterners normally must wait until July for local ripe tomatoes, but some upstate New York Wegmans shoppers received theirs a lot earlier: the first ripe cherry and grape tomatoes were picked May 21 at the grocer’s Organic Research Farm in Canandaigua, N.Y., a mere two months after planting — fulfilling Wegmans’ ambition to get the fruit in its stores before the unofficial start of summer.

For those who want to enjoy Jamba Juice smoothies anytime, Jamba Juice Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Emeryville, Calif.-based Jamba, Inc., has teamed up with Phoenix-based Inventure Foods, Inc. to create the home version.

Today, over 100,000 older adults will engage in activities to improve their health as part of the 2010 National Senior Health & Fitness Day (NSHFD), a nationwide health and fitness event sponsored in part this year by fruit-based nutrition beverage brand BeneVia.

FreshDirect At The Office, the office food and beverage delivery service division of the online grocer FreshDirect, is now delivering to business customers in the New York metropolitan area’s Westchester and Fairfield counties.