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Industry News
Delhaize Group plans on closing 15
underperforming Food Lion stores
and one underperforming Bloom store. Meanwhile, the
company will look to open between 120 to 130 stores
and remodel approximately 100 locations in 2010. The
company will also implement a new U.S. operational structure,
with the creation of one integrated organization with
common shared services. Full
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Today! Click
here to view The Lempert Report, featuring data
from The Food Institute. New videos are posted each
week. The Jan. 14 report focuses on CSPI's food labeling
recommendations.
U.S. retailers' focus on cutting
prices and increasing store brand assortment is positively
impacting unit sales, but negatively impacting dollar
sales, according to a Nielsen report. The most successful
retailers are the ones who are collaborating with manufacturer
partners to complement current pricing strategies with
a strong commitment to other shopper needs and building
a stronger platform for long-term success. Full
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Shortages of Nestle Toll House refrigerated
cookie dough may be in effect through March, as
the company is reformulating the product with heat-treated
flour following two samples testing positive for E.
coli O157:H7. The contaminated product was not shipped
and no recall was issued. Production with the new ingredient
will begin the week of Jan. 25 and the product will
begin to appear on grocery store shelves in early March.
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 Hershey
is reportedly preparing a counterbid for Cadbury,
according to the Financial Times. The newspaper
cited a person familiar with the matter, adding that
a formal offer could be made within two weeks, reported
Reuters. Full
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Supervalu is planning to open
45 to 50 new hard discount stores, including licensed
stores, in fiscal 2011 as well as three new traditional
supermarkets. The company will also make 65 to
70 major store remodels and 25 to 30 minor remodels.
Full
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International News
 A
UK supermarket ombudsman will be created
to resolve disputes and enforce a new code of practice
governing relations between grocers and suppliers. The
code will come into effect on Feb. 4, reported BBC
News. Full
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The Indian Government will set up
30 food processing plants by the end of 2012, reported
Food Production Daily. Full
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Washington News
Michael R. Taylor, J.D., was named
Deputy Commissioner for Foods at FDA.
Mr. Taylor will help FDA to develop and implement a
prevention based strategy for food safety, plan implementation
of new food safety legislation and ensure that food
labels contain clear and accurate information on nutrition.
Full
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Tyson
Foods Inc. will pay $5 million to settle a possible
class-action suit resulting from the company's chicken
"Raised Without Antibiotics" advertising campaign,
according to a settlement offer filed in a Maryland
U.S. District Court. The offer must be approved by the
Judge, reported Arkansas Online. Full
Story
Market News
Florida's
lengthy cold freeze may have caused $100 million in
vegetable losses, according
to Gene McAvoy, an agriculture expert with the University
Florida. Tomato grower Ag-Mart Produce stated that most
of its Florida crop is "useless due to the freeze."
Strawberries appear to have survived the cold. Ted Campbell,
executive director of the Florida Strawberry Growers
Association, stated that while ripe fruit would be lost,
most of the plants after the freeze looked ready to
produce their second and third rounds of berries. The
freeze ended Jan. 13,
reported The New York Times on the Web. Full
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Using
a combination of conservation tillage and deficit irrigation
management in peanut production can promote conservation
of water during the early growing season without hurting
yields, according to an ARS report. Full
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