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  • HEB Kicks Off Centennial Celebration

    SAN ANTONIO - H-E-B Grocery Co. and Southwest Airlines joined forces yesterday to celebrate H-E-B's 100th anniversary by delivering the largest food bank donation ever made in a single day.

  • London-based Consultancy Acquires Cannondale Associates

    FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Leading U.S. sales and marketing consultancy Cannondale Associates may soon be catapulted into the global arena, under a new owner, the Kantar Group, which is a division of London-based WPP Group.

  • Gelson's President Elected Chairman of California Grocery Association

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Robert Stiles, president of Gelson's Markets, was elected chairman of the board for the California Grocers Association (CGA) for 2004-2005. Stiles won the post in a unanimous vote during the association's annual meeting, which was held in conjunction with the 2004 Western Food Industry Exposition in Las Vegas.

  • Annual Meat Conference Coming March 6-8 in Orlando

    WASHINGTON, D.C. ¿ Plans are currently underway for the 2005 Annual Meat Conference, which will take place March 6-8, 2005 at the Caribe Royal Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

  • New Low-Price Plan at Giant Eagle Focuses on Popular Items

    PITTSBURGH ¿ Even if the Pittsburgh Steelers are defeated by their cross-state NFL rivals the Philadelphia Eagles this weekend, Steel City residents could still walk away winners as a result of a new price reduction strategy rolled out by the market leading supermarket chain Giant Eagle.

  • October Sales Up at Costco, BJ's, Family Dollar

    ISSAQUAH, Wash; NATICK, Mass.; and MATHEWS, S.C. - Costco Wholesale Corp., BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. and Family Dollar Stores, Inc, yesterday issued their October sales results, and the news from all three companies was positive.

  • Tesco Checks Out 'Wearable' Computers

    UNITED KINGDOM - Tesco plans to equip its staff with $9 million worth of wearable computers in a bid to boost fulfillment efficiency for customer orders placed over its tesco.com Web site.

  • Meijer Focusing on Diabetes Education

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Regional grocery and general merchandise retailer Meijer will be giving away thousands of diabetes education kits this weekend, as the company kicks off a month-long focus on the chronic disease that affects at least 17 million Americans.

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