Wild Oats Markets is having a major buy-one, get-one-free sale,
the latest example of the natural/organic retailer's efforts to
become more price-competitive, reported
Supermarket News.
Through Mar. 15, Wild Oats is putting more than 200 items on sale.
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Publix Super Markets plans to convert
two Florida stores to
a Hispanic-themed supermarket format called Publix Sabor.
The stores, scheduled to open in May, will feature expanded offerings
in the Hispanic food and grocery categories and be staffed with
bilingual associates.
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The government set conditions for trade in beluga caviar,
saying exporting countries must give the U.S. assurances that they
can conserve populations of beluga sturgeon, reported
ABC News.
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Cold Stone Creamery plans to open its first store in July in
Amherst, NY.
The average sales for a Northeast store
are 53% higher than the systemwide average, according to Cold Stone.
Stores in the South, however, have sales slightly below average.
Some of the top sales are from stores in Alaska and Minnesota. Cold
Stone has 900 stores in 47 states, the major exceptions being Wyoming,
Vermont and New Hampshire, according to
The Buffalo News.
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Vanilla prices are plummeting after five years of increases.
Prices should stay low for at least the next two or three years,
according to
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Latina Foods plans to open a 42,000-sq. ft. Latina Foodland
Fresh Market in Buffalo, NY. Latina Foods has four retail stores
in the region, plus a distribution center and a meat processing
facility. Latina's other retail stores are smaller, specialty stores,
according to
The Buffalo News.
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FDA issued a draft of a new Compliance Policy Guide on Prior
Notice of Imported Foods Under The Bioterrorism Act.
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The unintentional contaminant
acrylamide in certain foods may
be of public health concern since it has been shown to cause
cancer in animals, according to a summary report by a Joint Expert
Committee of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Health Organization (WHO). The report, by a committee
of 35 experts from 15 countries, called for continued efforts to
reduce acrylamide in food.
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The Senate voted to overturn the Bush administration's decision
to allow Canadian cattle into the country nearly two years after
they were banned because of mad cow disease. The White House said
President Bush would veto the measure if it ever reached his desk,
warning that continuing to refuse Canadian beef would damage efforts
to persuade other countries to buy U.S. beef, reported
The Chicago
Sun-Times.
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USDA Secretary Mike Johanns was "very disappointed in [the] vote
by the U.S. Senate to disapprove the rule submitted by the USDA
to establish minimal risk regions and resume trade in Canadian beef
and cattle under 30 months of age."
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Driven by ethnic foods, takeout traffic at independent casual-dining
restaurants was up 6% in 2004, according to a study released
by The NPD Group. Asian foods, pizza, pasta, Mexican food and shellfish
were the top five categories ordered for takeout across the casual-dining
channel last year. More than 60% of the industry's takeout traffic
came from independents, reported
Supermarket News.
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A $1 minimum-wage increase was approved by Maryland's Senate
- the first step to making it law. Currently, 14 U.S. States and
the District of Columbia have minimums higher than the Federal standard,
reported
The Washington Post.
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Beaner's Gourmet Coffee will open a store this month in Mobile,
AL and will open units later in the year in Georgia and South
Carolina, its first foray out of the Midwest market, reported
Lansing
State Journal. The growth is part of an expansion plan to add
17 stores to Beaner's 27 locations by the end of 2005.
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