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WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- The Supervalu 'Premium Fresh & Healthy' program, which is being rolled out across all new and renovated stores under the Shaw's banner, has reportedly been compared by Shaw's president Carl Jablonski to natural/organic food giant Whole Foods - one of Shaw's bitter competitors in its New England market area.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and vendor-partner Hill Phoenix will host an informational tour next Tuesday of Food Lion's Montpelier, Va. Store, among the first to use a natural ingredient as the coolant in its refrigeration units.

WASHINGTON -- It¿s been two years in the making, but yesterday the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA), the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and MatchPoint Marketing officially unveiled "Take a Peak," an initiative by the food and beverage industry to promote the U.S. Department of Agriculture¿s MyPyramid system in grocery store aisles.

WASHINGTON -- It's been two years in the making, but yesterday the Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA), the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and MatchPoint Marketing officially unveiled "Take a Peak," an initiative by the food and beverage industry to promote the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid system in grocery store aisles

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and vendor-partner Hill Phoenix will host an informational tour next Tuesday of Food Lion's Montpelier, Va. Store, among the first to use a natural ingredient as the coolant in its refrigeration units.

MINNEAPOLIS - The reshuffling of the executive deck at Nash Finch Co. here continues, with the latest additions of Gary Spinazze as v.p./vendor relations, and Tom Strzelczyk as new v.p./food distribution, Great Lakes region.

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion LLC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and vendor-partner Hill Phoenix will host an informational tour next Tuesday of Food Lion's Montpelier, Va. Store, among the first to use a natural ingredient as the coolant in its refrigeration units.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexican supermarket chain Gigante, which operates more than 200 retail food outlets throughout the country, plans to install price and promotion optimization software to more accurately model the impact of pricing and promotional decisions and their effect on category and across category sales and profits.