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SEATTLE -- Certified organic retail cooperative PCC Natural Markets here said it has removed from its shelves all products containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Topco Associates LLC here said it will unveil a new consumer food scoring system hitting stores in mid-2008, that will equip consumers to make at-a-glance food comparisons on the basis of overall nutritional quality.

SEATTLE -- Certified organic retail cooperative PCC Natural Markets here said it has removed from its shelves all products containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Topco Associates LLC here said it will unveil a new consumer food scoring system hitting stores in mid-2008, that will equip consumers to make at-a-glance food comparisons on the basis of overall nutritional quality.

NEWARK, Del. -- Cathy Green, c.o.o. of Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion, LLC., will chair the broad industry committee charged with putting flesh on the Produce Traceability Initiative to build and activate a consistent, whole-chain traceability solution, said the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

NEWARK, Del. -- Cathy Green, c.o.o. of Salisbury, N.C.-based Food Lion, LLC., will chair the broad industry committee charged with putting flesh on the Produce Traceability Initiative to build and activate a consistent, whole-chain traceability solution, said the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) here.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - The Blackhawk Network, a subsidiary of Safeway Inc. here, yesterday card-based added Cincinnati-based grocery chain The Kroger Co. to its Gift Card Mall program, which will be up and running at the leading grocery chain in time for the holiday season.

CHICAGO - Hispanics clearly prefer Mexican food above all other cuisines when they step out to eat - but they care more that their Latino-styled dishes generally taste good than that they are authentic, according to new research from foodservice market watcher Technomic Information Services here.