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Manufacturers of foodservice equipment are keeping pace with the growth of dining away from home and the increasing takeout segment by producing products that allow operators to prepare food faster, more efficiently, cheaper and with an increasing commitment to the environment.

Safeway, Inc. yesterday became the first U.S.-based retail grocery chain and manufacturer of private label merchandise to join The Sustainability Consortium.

A recent Yale University study has found that popular characters, celebrities, toys and movie giveaways on food packaging are being employed more than ever to market foods to children at the retail level.

To make ends meet in these rocky economic times, Americans are leading truly busy lives — multitasking to beat the band — and that means a lot of meals eaten on the go. As a result, the takeout/carryout foodservice category remains truly strong, in spite of the current economic blues.

Lund Food Holdings, Inc. plans to deploy a scan-based trading initiative to streamline its operations and boost sales.

Miguel Gonzalez, president of Northgate Gonzalez Markets in Anaheim and Jerry Whitmore, sales manager at Oakland-based Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, will be inducted into the California Grocers Association Educational Foundation Hall of Achievement on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at an awards dinner in Orange County Calif.

With food safety a top-of-mind concern for suppliers, retailers and consumers alike, a recent Harris Poll of 2,010 adults found that four in 10 (42 percent) Americans attributed, at least in part, an illness they’ve suffered over the past two years to something they ate.

CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien will be keynote speaker at this year’s Hispanic Retail 360 Summit, being held Aug. 8 through Aug. 10 at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz.