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The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has presented Food Industry Association Executives (FIAE) president Barbara McConnell with an award for her leadership in promoting the food industry via state associations.

Tops Markets, LLC plans to open its first new store since it reverted to being to a locally operated company.

In a bid to help arm its corporate-owned retail associates and independent retailers with innovative ideas and aggressive attitudes amid a challenging and competitive economic cycle, Spartan Stores recently hosted two events aimed at enhancing consumers’ shopping experience and driving sales and profitability.

This article, the second of a four-part series, draws from “Consumers and Sustainability: Over-the-Counter Medications and Supplements” (September 2009), a joint publication of The Hartman Group and Packaged Facts.

The Penn Traffic Co. yesterday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, after the financially embattled grocer’s board of directors determined the move to be in the best interest of the company’s creditors and other stakeholders.

GoodGuide, a San Francisco-based mobile application development vendor, has launched a new iPhone iPhone application designed to scan barcodes and provide health, environment and social responsibility ratings of products and companies.

For its third quarter of 2009, Canadian grocer Loblaw Cos., Ltd. posted basic net earnings per common share of 69 cents, an increase of 12 cent, or 21.1 percent, from the 57 cents reported last year; and net earnings of CAN $189 million (US $179.8 million), a rise of $32 million, or 20.4 percent, from the CAN $157 million (US $149,4 million) logged in the year-ago period.

In response to attendee and exhibitor requests — and also to the difficult economy — international food and drinks exhibition Alimentaria 2010 will be held March 22 to March 26, 2010, in a single location: Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía venue.