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Unilever Commended for Stop & Shop Partnership 

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Unilever was awarded the 2007 consumer packaged goods award for innovation and creativity by the Grocery Manufacturers Association in conjunction with its Associate Member Council. ...

CENTER STORE SNAPSHOT 

Supermarkets are improving the shape of Center Store with a healthy dose of natural and organic products and services. Close to 95% of food retailers...

Report: Soup, Snack Bars Show Growth 

NEW YORK — General Mills may soon announce a wave of strategic initiatives, including a stronger focus on higher-margin products, a stockkeeping unit rationalization program and new product initiatives aimed at faster-growing pockets of ready-to-eat cereal growth, according to a new Goldman Sachs report. ...

Winn-Dixie Shows Its Smart Side 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores here is promoting its baby club with a free DVD offer from the company "So Smart." ...

Survey: Fewer CPG Executives Optimistic About U.S. Economy 

NEW YORK -- Half of U.S. CPG executives are optimistic about the U.S. economy over the next 12 months, down from 72% last quarter....

Price Chopper to Generate Meat Orders Via Computer 

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper Supermarkets here will be applying its computer-generated ordering system to the meat departments at all of its 115 stores by the end of June, according to Mark Chandler, vice president, supply chain integration. ...

Giant Eagle Introduces Online Special Order Service 

PITTSBURGH -- Giant Eagle here has introduced a new online, special-order service for hard-to-find international, organic, kosher and dietary specialty items. ...

Coca-Cola Company Acquires Glaceau For $4.1 Billion 

ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Co. here has acquired Energy Brands, known as Glaceau, and its enhanced-water brands, including Vitaminwater for $4.1 billion in cash. ...

Natural Increase Driving U.S. Hispanic Population Growth 

MINNEAPOLIS -- Natural increase has become more important than immigration as a driver of Hispanic population growth in the U.S., according to a report published by The Mercanti Group here. ...

NASFT Announces Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers of 2007 

NEW YORK — The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade and its Specialty Food Magazine announced the members of its Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers of 2007 list here yesterday....

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