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GREEN BAY, Wis. - As spinach continues to make a comeback, growers and repackers have launched a Web site that aims to build spinach's reputation back up among retailers and consumers.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - As spinach continues to make a comeback, growers and repackers have launched a Web site that aims to build spinach's reputation back up among retailers and consumers.

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.

CHICAGO -- Hectic schedules have made snacking a more routine activity in many consumers' lives, says newly-published research in a new report released by Technomic based here.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Lowes Foods Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of Alex Lee Inc. here, said it plans to install a demand forecasting and order optimization application to ensure accurate inventory levels across its more than 100 grocery stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- Lowes Foods Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of Alex Lee Inc. here, said it plans to install a demand forecasting and order optimization application to ensure accurate inventory levels across its more than 100 grocery stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets Inc. here said late last week it was seeking approval for two innovative projects in its hometown stomping grounds: a 19,000-square-foot venue in Pittsford, N.Y. that would sell wine and liquor; and a $28 million "culinary innovation center" in Chili, N.Y., which would operate as a corporate research and development facility and contain a new central kitchen.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. -- Fred Morganthall, president of supermarket chain Harris Teeter, will keynote The Independent Food Brokers (IFBA), fourth annual Top to Top Executive Business Conference on May 3-5, 2007 at the Wyndham Hotel, Chicago.