New Fresh & Easy items.(Retail)
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market said it plans to introduce 250
new own-brand items to its stores over the next three months to cater to
increasing demand.
Supermarket . . .
More Campbell Soup.(Retail)
Campbell Soup Co. will expand its tomato processing facility in
California and use more locally-grown produce. The $23 million expansion
will increase the plant only 2,400 square feet but boost . . .
Henry Branstetter dies at 94.(Obituary)
Henry Branstetter, former president of Ocean Garden Products, died
in Wilmington, N.C., at the age of 94.
Branstetter went to work for Ocean Garden in 1964, helping the
company become one of the . . .
Enclosed-cab Exterra[R] rider sweeper.(Equipment
Update)(Advance[R] features introduced enclosed-cab Exterra[R] rider
sweeper )
The enclosed-cab Exterra[R] rider sweeper from Advance[R] features
an integrated dust-suppression system that minimizes dust at the side
brooms to create an extra-wide, 77-inch, dust-controlled . . .
New Giant Food store.
Giant Food opened its latest prototype store, a 51,994-square-foot
Super Giant, in Long Neck, DL.
Progressive . . .
Wal-Mart 'Hispanic' store.
Wal-Mart is opening its first "Hispanic community" store
in Dallas, TX.
The Dallas Morning . . .
FPL investing.
FPL Food LLC, based in Augusta, GA is investing $4.29 million to
reopen a food plant in West Columbia, SC.
The privately-owned company produces beef products.
The . . .
Whey, once a marginal byproduct, comes into its own.
Whey, a natural byproduct of cheese production, was once discarded
or used as animal feed. Recently, however, it has been
"discovered" by traders and food processors for its high
protein content . . .
Back to the dinner table.(Retail)
Cooking dinner in today's world can be challenging; from
longer work days to picky eaters to over-sized portions. And for many
it's become easier to eat takeout or frozen meals. Convenience
foods . . .
AFL-CIO investigation.
A three-year investigation by the AFL-CIO affiliated Solidarity
Center found several leading U.S. retailers received shrimp from plants
in Thailand and Bangladesh where workers as young as 8 are . . .
1,000 new McDonald's.
McDonald's Corp. said it plans to open 1,000 new stores
worldwide this coming year.
The Associated . . .
28 new locations.
Aldi said it would add 28 locations in Tennessee over the next
several years to its 21 existing locations in the state.
The . . .
Triarc merger set.
Triarc Companies, Inc., the franchisor of the Arby's
restaurant system, and Wendy's International, Inc. announced they
have signed a definitive merger . . .
Kraft launches.
Kraft Foods Inc. plans to launch 80 new products.
Crain's Chicago Business
Among the new products Kraft is launching are five varieties of
Oscar Mayer Deli Creations Flatbread . . .
No blanket ban.
Japan will not impose a blanket ban on U.S. beef imports, despite
the discovery of a spinal column in a meat shipment from an American
processing plant.
CBS . . .
New from Haagen-Dazs.
Haagen-Dazs has introduced the newest addition to the
company's Reserve Series: Fleur de Sel Caramel ice cream, which
contains sea salt hand-harvested along the northwestern coast of . . .
Fried chicken retailer.
Polio Campero, a Guatemalan fried-chicken retailer, has teamed up
with Wal-Mart to expand its reach to the growing Hispanic population in
the U.S. and hopes to expand into more than 20 Wal-Mart . . .
SYSCO announces record sales week.(Marketer &
Distributor)(Financial report)
SYSCO Corp. (NYSE:SW), North America's largest foodservice
marketer and distributor, has announced that it posted record sales of
approximately $806 million, including an estimated adjustment for . . .
Salmon of the Americas: New York Times story on Chilean Salmon
Industry erroneous, unreliable: paper issues editor's note on
fla
In an Editor's Note recently in The New York Times, the
newspaper admitted that it had incorrectly identified Adolfo Flores, a
security guard working at the port of Castro, Chile as the port . . .
Thermo King names Martin Duffy General Manager, HVAC
Americas.(People)
Thermo King Corp. is proud to announce that Martin Duffy has been
named general manager, HVAC Americas.
Duffy will be responsible for providing leadership to all facets of
Thermo King's transit, . . .
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