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Central Market to Host Chocolate Festival 

SAN ANTONIO — H.E. Butt Grocery's Central Market division will host a three-day chocolate festival beginning tomorrow. ...

Spartan Supports Habitat for Humanity 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spartan Stores has kicked off its 2008 Habitat for Humanity fund-raising partnership. ...

Panel Upholds Most of Washington’s System for Regulating Beer, Wine 

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — The latest development in Costco’s four-year legal fight with Washington’s Liquor Control Board was last week’s decision by a federal appeals court panel to uphold key parts of the state’s system for regulating beer and wine sales, according to a published report....

Wal-Mart Begins to Rate Suppliers’ Packaging 

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Today Wal-Mart will officially begin using its packaging scorecard to rate suppliers on their progress toward developing more ecologically sustainable packaging. ...

Ukrop’s Married to Bridal Show 

RICHMOND, Va. — Ukrop’s here will host its first bridal show March 29, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ...

Food Lion Lets Public Judge Baby Contest 

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion is the latest retailer to kick off a baby contest, only it’s putting an interesting spin on it by letting shoppers chose the winner. Baby photos can be uploaded through Feb. 3 on Food Lion’s “Baby Steps” website, foodlion.com/babysteps. One new photo can be uploaded each day. ...

Andronico's Tobacco Category to Go Up in Smoke 

ALBANY, Calif. — Andronico’s Markets will stop selling cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products on Feb. 4....

Price Chopper to Replace Discontinued Wild Oats Items 

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Price Chopper stores have begun replacing Wild Oats’ natural and organic store-brand items with 200 products distributed by Topco under its Full Circle line of natural and organic items....

Safeway Converts Fleet of Trucks to Biodiesel 

WASHINGTON — As part of a conversion that's expected to prevent 75 million pounds of carbon emissions, all of Safeway's 1,000 transport trucks will now be powered by biodiesel, Joseph Pettus, senior vice president of fuel and energy operations for Safeway, announced here last week....

Wal-Mart Saves Over $1 Million From Employee's Suggestion 

WASHINGTON — After implementing chainwide the suggestion of a store associate to unplug the light source of its break room vending machines, Wal-Mart saved over $1 million in related energy costs, according to Matt Kistler, senior vice president of sustainability for Wal-Mart Stores. ...

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