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OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods, Inc. here said it has resumed production of its Banquet and private label pot pies at its Marshall, Mo., plant, more than a month after the company recalled the products due to salmonella contamination.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Grocery Shopping Network (GSN), a provider of proprietary software to grocery store retailers, said yesterday it was expanding its Web-based program to all Pathmark and Giant-Carlisle stores. With those additions, GSN-supported Web sites will serve over 1,000 stores across the country, with the potential of reaching more than 10 million consumers/households.

Interactive information kiosks are helping grocers sell across categories and giving shoppers more reasons to eat at home.

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Interactive information kiosks are helping grocers sell across categories and giving shoppers more reasons to eat at home.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Grocery Shopping Network (GSN), a provider of proprietary software to grocery store retailers, said yesterday it was expanding its Web-based program to all Pathmark and Giant-Carlisle stores. With those additions, GSN-supported Web sites will serve over 1,000 stores across the country, with the potential of reaching more than 10 million consumers/households.

Category management is helping the center store rebound from lackluster sales performance -- but the recovery still has a ways to go.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Lower costs and expenses helped Nash Finch Co. here post a profit for the third quarter vs. a year-ago loss while the food distributor's sales declined. In the quarter ended Oct. 6, Nash Finch's quarterly net earnings rang up $15.4 million, or $1.12 per share, compared to a net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.34 per share last year.