Trading Partners

Christian W. E. Haub, executive chairman for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. has received a 2008 Annual Human Rights Award from the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC). The honor was bestowed in recognition of Haub’s efforts to preserve the quality of work-life balance for A&P employees.

In a bid to make to make fresh, local produce more readily available to Metro Detroit urban residents, the Associated Food & Petroleum Dealers (AFPD) and the Michigan Department of Agriculture’s “Select Michigan” program are launching a new “Buy Local, Eat Fresh” program.

Representatives of the food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods industry gathered yesterday in Washington for what the Grocery Manufacturers Association calls a “landmark” summit on import safety, co-sponsored by the GMA and 11 other industry trade groups.

Grocery Manufacturers Association president and c.e.o. Cal Dooley has been named president and c.e.o. of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). A search for his successor has begun. Dooley took the helm of GMA in January 2007.

Loyalty marketing and consulting firm dunnhumbyUSA this week opened a new office in Chicago, its third U.S. location, to expand business with existing clients there such as Kraft—and also build new business with other and retail consumer goods companies across the U.S.

Independent grocers last year experienced a solid 1.52 percent net profit before taxes, according to latest results from the "2008 Independent Operators Survey" conducted by the National Grocers Association and Financial Management Solutions.

A joint promotion from Wegmans Food Markets and Driscoll's Berries aims to help some at-risk Rochester and Syracuse, N.Y. high school students graduate, according to a published account. For every package of Driscoll’s strawberries sold at Wegmans stores from July 13 through July 20, the supplier will donate 50 cents, up to a maximum of $15,000, to Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection.

Stop & Shop said yesterday that it has raised its target amount of $3.75 million from the 2008 Triple Winner Game, a scratch-card promotion created to fund treatment and possible cures for those with childhood cancer. 2008's game marks the 18th annual Triple Winner Game for the Ahold USA banner.