Ethnic and Specialty Archive
Giant Food Promotes Organics for Earth Day
CARLISLE, Pa. -- Giant Food Stores is distributing a coupon and information booklet in celebration of Earth Day (April 22). ...
Target Expands Organics, Private Label
MINNEAPOLIS -- Target Corp. is focusing on organics, private label and meal solutions as it expands it food offering, the company said yesterday at its annual meeting with analysts. ...
USDA-Certified Organic Salmon Faces Hurdles, Experts Say
WASHINGTON -- The National Organic Standards Board, the panel of experts officially appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to assist the USDA in developing organic standards, has recommended that fish raised in open net cages and those using wild-caught fish in their diets should be permanently excluded from forthcoming USDA organic aquaculture standards. ...
Publix to Test New Fresh Meals Program
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Publix Super Markets is preparing to debut a fresh meals test concept that will focus on convenience, quality, variety, high-level service, made-to-order freshness and some pizzazz. ...
Price Chopper Adds 1,000 Natural and Organic Items
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Price Chopper here announced yesterday that it's added more than 1,000 new natural and organic items to its 115 stores. ...
MPA Conference: Hispanics Big Magazine Consumers
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The growing Hispanic market is just as likely to buy and read magazines as the general market in the U.S., with a greater emotional tie and emphasis on using magazines for education, said Wayne Eadie, senior vice president of research, Magazine Publishers of America, New York, at MPA's Retail Conference being held here in conjunction with the International Periodical Distributors Association, also New York, this week. ...
Online Company Rolls Out Vegetarian Meal Delivery Service
ST. LOUIS -- A start-up company here is preparing exclusively vegetarian, chef-prepared meals for delivery anywhere in the United States. ...
Food Emporium to Feature Handmade Chocolates, Valentine's Meals
NEW YORK -- Chocolatier Fritz Knipschildt will appear at the Food Emporium BridgeMarket store here tomorrow to personalize Valentine's messages on chocolate hearts created exclusively for the retailer. ...
Wegmans Offers Online Cooking Demos
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Wegmans Food Markets here has introduced free online cooking demonstrations. ...
Specialty Crops, Conservation Prominent in 2007 Farm Bill Proposals
WASHINGTON -- Conservation funding, additional support for specialty crop producers and expanded renewable energy research budgets feature prominently in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposals for the 2007 Farm Bill, which Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveiled here yesterday. ...
