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WASHINGTON - The FDA here said Friday it is warning consumers not to feed their babies baby food from certain jars of Earth's Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food, because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause botulism.

WASHINGTON - The FDA here said Friday it is warning consumers not to feed their babies baby food from certain jars of Earth's Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food, because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause botulism.

CHANDLER, Ariz. - It's curtains for Bashas' fresh foods department - energy-efficient night curtains, that is. The regional independent is in the midst of a chain-wide installation of these curtains as a tactic to improve its merchandising and control inventory shrink.

OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods has voluntarily recalled all varieties of peanut butter under the Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value labels carrying the product code 2111 on the lid, and said it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a link to the tainted products and its plant in Sylvester, Ga., where the peanut butter was made. So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tentatively linked the product to almost 300 incidents of salmonella poisoning in 39 states.

CHANDLER, Ariz. - It's curtains for Bashas' fresh foods department - energy-efficient night curtains, that is. The regional independent is in the midst of a chain-wide installation of these curtains as a tactic to improve its merchandising and control inventory shrink.

CHANDLER, Ariz. - It's curtains for Bashas' fresh foods department - energy-efficient night curtains, that is. The regional independent is in the midst of a chain-wide installation of these curtains as a tactic to improve its merchandising and control inventory shrink.

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Ahold banners Giant Food Stores, LLC; Martin's Food Markets; and Tops Markets said this week that they made their largest charitable donations ever last year: Giant and Martin's contributed over $13.5 million in combined cash and product contributions in 2006, while Tops donated over $11.7 million, for a combined total of $25 million.

ST. LOUIS -Schnuck Markets Inc. here helped customers enjoy a sweet Valentine's Day, by distributing approximately 1.5 million individual flower blossoms to stores to meet customers' needs for the popular holiday.