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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn Traffic Company here said yesterday it has renewed its license for DemandTec Price and is adding the San Carlos, Calif.-based company's Promotion and TradePoint software packages. DemandTec is a provider of consumer-centric merchandising, sales, and marketing software for retailers and CPG companies.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Penn Traffic Company here said yesterday it has renewed its license for DemandTec Price and is adding the San Carlos, Calif.-based company's Promotion and TradePoint software packages. DemandTec is a provider of consumer-centric merchandising, sales, and marketing software for retailers and CPG companies.

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association and Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) here said yesterday that it had chosen Deloitte Consulting, LLP to produce a report on practices in sustainability for the consumer packaged goods industry.

WASHINGTON -- The Grocery Manufacturers Association and Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) here said yesterday that it had chosen Deloitte Consulting, LLP to produce a report on practices in sustainability for the consumer packaged goods industry.

COLUMBIA, Md. -- Michael Resnick, the ex-c.f.o. of Ahold-owned U.S. Foodservice here, received three years' probation for his role in the unit's profit overstatement scandal, according to published reports. In September Resnick entered a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Community-based independent Ball's Food Stores, which operates 30 Hen House and Ball's Price Chopper grocery stores, said it plans to deploy a price modeling and optimization solution to enhance its pricing and promotion strategies.

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway said yesterday that it expects to achieve sustainable growth of 12 to 15 percent for 2007 and beyond.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Community-based independent Ball's Food Stores, which operates 30 Hen House and Ball's Price Chopper grocery stores, said it plans to deploy a price modeling and optimization solution to enhance its pricing and promotion strategies.