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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Despite intense competition, a challenging labor climate and an increasingly demanding American public, hard work appears to be paying off for the nation's supermarket operators. In a new consumer poll comparing various industries, the retail grocery business received the most positive -- and lowest negative -- scores.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Despite intense competition, a challenging labor climate and an increasingly demanding American public, hard work appears to be paying off for the nation's supermarket operators. In a new consumer poll comparing various industries, the retail grocery business received the most positive -- and lowest negative -- scores.

CHICAGO -- The votes are in and counted, and IGA yesterday named the winners of its 2005 National Hometown Holidays Recipe Challenge. A panel of culinary chefs from the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago's Culinary Arts program chose the seven finalists' recipes, which were culled from more than 500 original submissions from shoppers to IGA stores across the United States during the annual marketing event, held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13 last year.

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Pet product buyers and category managers have more opportunities than ever to grow the category in supermarkets, judging from the findings of a new study released by American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA).

CHICAGO -- The votes are in and counted, and IGA yesterday named the winners of its 2005 National Hometown Holidays Recipe Challenge. A panel of culinary chefs from the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago's Culinary Arts program chose the seven finalists' recipes, which were culled from more than 500 original submissions from shoppers to IGA stores across the United States during the annual marketing event, held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13 last year.

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Pet product buyers and category managers have more opportunities than ever to grow the category in supermarkets, judging from the findings of a new study released by American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA).

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix here has ended its ban on computer-generated "cents off" coupons, according to published reports. The regional chain was among several supermarkets that banned the coupons following a rash in 2003 of nationwide counterfeit coupons, which manufacturers found hard to detect and therefore refused to honor.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix here has ended its ban on computer-generated "cents off" coupons, according to published reports. The regional chain was among several supermarkets that banned the coupons following a rash in 2003 of nationwide counterfeit coupons, which manufacturers found hard to detect and therefore refused to honor.