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QUINCY, Mass. and LANDOVER, Md. -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and its sister company, Giant Food, LLC, said yesterday that they are the only supermarket chains in the United States to be chosen to take part in the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Portfolio Program pilot for LEED volume certification for existing buildings.

QUINCY, Mass. and LANDOVER, Md. -- The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and its sister company, Giant Food, LLC, said yesterday that they are the only supermarket chains in the United States to be chosen to take part in the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Portfolio Program pilot for LEED volume certification for existing buildings.

WASHINGTON -- Speaking out on the government's role in food safety, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) president and c.e.o. Cal Dooley said yesterday that the trade group embraces mandatory recall authority for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in certain circumstances, one of the elements of plan put forth yesterday by the White House Interagency Working Group on Import Safety.

BOSTON -- Sales of software for the retail industry might hit $10.4 billion by 2011, growing at an average annual rate of 7 percent from sales last year of $7.3 billion, according to a new market research study released yesterday by AMR Research.

WASHINGTON -- Speaking out on the government's role in food safety, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) president and c.e.o. Cal Dooley said yesterday that the trade group embraces mandatory recall authority for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in certain circumstances, one of the elements of plan put forth yesterday by the White House Interagency Working Group on Import Safety.

WASHINGTON -- Grocery Manufacturers Association president and c.e.o. Cal Dooley met yesterday with senior members of President George W. Bush's Cabinet to discuss the United States' international trade agenda.

WASHINGTON -- Speaking out on the government's role in food safety, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) president and c.e.o. Cal Dooley said yesterday that the trade group embraces mandatory recall authority for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in certain circumstances, one of the elements of plan put forth yesterday by the White House Interagency Working Group on Import Safety.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - In a first-of-its-kind alliance for a c-store distributor and syndicated data provider, TDLinx, a service of The Nielsen Co. based here, has forged a strategic deal with Temple, Tx.-based McLane Company, Inc., to deliver integration-ready distributor data to CPG manufacturers.