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SUPERVALU is launching a new line of "restaurant quality" foods nationwide at all of its stores. The Culinary Circle brand will initially feature more than 150 items in the deli, bakery, frozen, and center store aisles. Offerings range from on-the-go meals, hors d'oeuvres, and gourmet spreads to high-end desserts and artisan breads. Full Story  Kellogg Company acquired the assets of IndyBake Products LLC and Brownie Products Co., a privately held contract manufacturing business that produces cracker, cookie and frozen dough products. IndyBake Products and Brownie Products' two manufacturing facilities will be integrated into Kellogg's U.S. Snacks manufacturing network. Full Story The use of functional ingredients and innovative packaging of candy will elevate market sales, according to a report from Global Industry Analysts. Perception of candy products as a low-cost comfort food and the increasing use of exotic flavors and organic fillings solidify confectionery's transformation into a staple snack worldwide, particularly in the emerging and increasingly Westernized markets of Asia and Eastern Europe. Full Story Wal-Mart unveiled its Walmart Smart Network, which will deploy response measurement and message optimization technologies to shoppers by store, by screen, by day, and by time-of-day. Full Story Doherty Enterprises Inc. signed a deal with El Pollo Loco to open 30 restaurants in Northern and Central New Jersey and Long Island, NY, reported The Record. Full Story 
A growing number of foreign-based restaurant companies are looking towards the U.S. as domestic chains secure their future strength through aggressive overseas expansion. The pace of foreign chains' expansion into the U.S. is increasing, as Japan, Belgium, Great Britain, Mexico and more are exploring business opportunities in the U.S., reported Restaurants & Institutions. Full Story Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will open its Asian headquarters in Hong Kong. The office will oversee the company's operations in mainland China, India, and Japan, according to Wal-Mart Asia president Vicente Trius, reported CNNMoney. Full Story
Exposure to bisphenol A may harm fetuses and children, and needs further study before it is deemed safe, according to a National Toxicology Program report. The study, the final version of a report issued in draft form in April, underscores differences within the government about the chemical's safety, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story, Full Report
Albertsons, PCC Natural Markets, SUPERVALU, and Harris Teeter reportedly pledged to keep cloned meat and dairy products off of their shelves in response to a request from environmental group Friends of the Earth. In addition to voluntary action from grocers and producers, the groups are calling on FDA to take regulatory action to prevent cloned animals from entering the food supply. Full Story
Meanwhile, 20 food companies, including Smithfield Foods Inc. and Kraft
Foods Inc., will not use milk or meat from cloned livestock. The companies
responded to a survey conducted by the Center for Food Safety, reported The
Wall Street Journal. Full
Story (WSJ Subscription Required) The forecast for the U.S. apple crop is 218.2 million bushels, according to the U.S. Apple Association. Canned apple products are expected to use 28 million bushels of raw product in 2008, 11% more than 2007. The volume of raw product to be utilized for juice processing from the 2008 crop is forecast at 30.2 million bushels, which represents 40% of the total processing volume. Meanwhile, frozen apple utilization is forecast at five million bushels, 18% more than last year, while dried apple utilization is forecast at 4.8 million bushels. China will ramp up soybean production and guide development of the soybean processing industry to reduce reliance on imports, according to the National Development and Reform Commission. Last year, China imported 30.82 million metric tons of soybeans, accounting for 40.9% of the world's total soybean trade and pushing up the country's dependence on imports to 78.7%, reported China Daily. Full Story  |
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