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Giant Eagle Opens New Express Format 

Giant Eagle opened the first of a new format, Giant Eagle Express, late last week....

Food Lion Promotes Price, DeBoer 

SALISBURY, N.C. -- Food Lion has named Kyle Price vice president of category management, Deli/Bakery, while Tammy DeBoer, whom Price replaces, has been named vice president of operations for the company's Northern Division. ...

Big Y Touts Butcher Shop in New Store 

BETHEL, Conn. -- Big Y has announced it will open an exclusively full-service fresh meat department in its newest location here this week. ...

New-Look Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets Open in Florida, Texas  

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market stores that opened yesterday in Naples, Fla., and Plano, Texas, offer a stylish new design to target women shoppers, the retailer here said. ...

Sara Lee to Launch Initiative for Bakeries 

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee yesterday announced the April 2007 launch of a research-driven category-management initiative for fresh bakery departments, which will focus on consumer buying trends, product assortment and promotion best practices, as well as pricing and the motivators of shopper buying patterns. ...

IDDBA Names Finalists in Cake Decorating Challenge 

MADISON, Wis. -- The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association has named three finalists who will compete on-site in IDDBA's 12th Annual Cake Decorating Challenge at its Deli-Dairy-Bake Seminar and Expo '07 in Anaheim, Calif., June 3-5. ...

Bread Prices Likely to Rise, Baker Warns 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bakers may have to raise substantially the price of bread and other baked goods due to the soaring price of flour, an industry leader said this week. ...

Giant-Carlisle Names Four to New Posts 

CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores here said yesterday that it has named four executives to new posts at the chain, a division of Ahold USA. ...

FDA Issues Proposed Gluten-Free Definition 

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has published a much-anticipated definition of "gluten-free" using a threshold of 20 parts per million, an extremely low amount since studies have shown allergic reactions in humans do not occur until the ingestion of 100ppm or more. ...

Macey's Debuts New Flagship Store 

PROVIDENCE, Utah -- Macey's was scheduled to open a new, 83,000-square-foot flagship store here today with revamped displays of produce, scratch-baked goods, fresh seafood, meat, deli products and cheeses. ...

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