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FMI Division to Launch SQF Online Database
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Food retailers, wholesalers, and restaurants will soon be able to review detailed supplier safety auditing and certification records online through a new alliance among the Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), Muddy Boots Software, and Agentrics. SQFI, a division of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), plans to launch this service in early 2008. -
Retailers, Vendors Fueling Center Store Rebound: Study
CHICAGO -- In an encouraging turnaround after years of sluggish sales, center store products experienced 3.1 percent growth in the 52 weeks ending Aug. 12, 2007 across food, drug, mass channels including Wal-Mart, on par with total consumer packaged goods sales growth, according to a report from Information Resources, Inc. here.