US natural and organic retailer Natural Grocers plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Natural Grocers, which has stores in ten US states, said yesterday (18 June) it had not determined the number of shares it will offer or the ...
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US regional retailer Tops Friendly Markets is to buy a clutch of stores from GU Markets in the north-east of the country. Tops has agreed to acquire 21 supermarkets in the states of New York and Vermont from GU Markets, an affiliate of ...
US-based Santa Cruz Organic has introduced new flavors to its line of Santa Cruz Organic Fruit Spreads, just in time for the holiday season. The two new flavors include Mango and Concord Grape, which are an addition to the four existing ...
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US retailer Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has said it expects to open 11 stores in the next 12 months. The Colorado-based firm, which listed in New York in July, had 59 outlets selling natural and organic groceries across 12 states ...
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Eight of the UK's major grocers have agreed to sign up to a set of "principles" on special offers and promotions on food and drink products. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and The Co-operative Group are among retailers to have agreed to ...
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US food firm Lancaster Colony has added two products to its Sister Schubert's line of rolls. The company yesterday (8 October) announced it had developed Sweet Hawaiian Rolls and Mini Loaves, products it claimed were the "first of their ...
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Australian supermarket chain Woolworths is recalling Macro Wholefoods Market Organic Biodynamic Almonds due to Salmonella contamination. According to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), the product being recalled was sold in ...
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US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has hired Jocelyn Wong, an executive from larger grocer Safeway Inc, as chief marketing officer. Wong, who joined Safeway in 2010 from Procter & Gamble, will report to Family Dollar president and ...
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Fresh food network FoodLink has acquired Truetrac,a mobile traceability solution provider for growers,harvesters,packers and shippers of fresh-packed products to provide online traceability data to customers. The group will be an ...
California-based financial holding firm Versant International has completed the acquisition of Mamma's Best, an organic natural foods company based in Irvine, California. Mamma's Best produces organic barbeque sauces, marinades, soups and ...
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Kashi,a US-based natural food company owned by Kellogg,has announced the national launch of Chocolate Almond Butter Cookie,a new soft baked cookie which combines decadent flavors and whole grains. The new cookie mixes cocoa,almond ...
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Ireland's grocery sales have increased in the last three months,Kantar Worldpanel has revealed,although the analyst firm remains cautious about the sector's prospects. Sales inched up 0.1%in the 12 weeks to 28 October,Kantar said today(12 ...
Refrigerated display lighting (RDL) represents one of the more perfect applications for LEDs. Because fluorescent tubes can be replaced with LED strips and reduce energy usage by 60%, retailers are beginning to implement LED case lighting ...
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — October 9, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE ...
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WASHINGTON --- The majority of merchant plaintiffs in a multibillion-dollar proposed antitrust settlement over credit card swiping fees now say they oppose the agreement with Visa, MasterCard and some of the nation's largest banks. "The ...
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