Health and Wellness Archive
Wal-Mart Latest to Pull Trans Fats
Wal-Mart has announced that the delis inside its Supercenters and Neighborhood Market stores have stopped using partially hydrogenated oils for preparing fried foods including chicken, catfish, corn dogs, french fries and hush puppies. ...
FDA Warns Pharmaceutical Industry to Test for DEG
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers, drug repackers and health professionals who compound medications to be especially vigilant in assuring that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, is not contaminated with diethylene glycol (DEG). ...
FMI Sustainability Group Seeks to Frame Issues
Food Marketing Institute staged the first meeting of a new Sustainability Task Force at the FMI Show here yesterday. ...
Supervalu Expanding Medication Therapy Management Program
Supervalu, Eden Prairie, Minn., plans to greatly expand its medication therapy management program by September, a company executive told a workshop of the Pharmacy Conference of the Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., this week. ...
Safeway: Pharmacy Key to Total Store Sales Growth
Pharmacy is a large and growing business that can play a key role in growing total store sales, said David Fong, senior vice president, pharmacy, Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif. ...
FMI Takes Aim at Federal Pharmacy Policies, Hiring New VP
The Food Marketing Institute, Arlington, Va., has formed the FMI Pharmacy Affairs Council to make the voice of supermarket pharmacies, as well as other pharmacies, heard on federal legislative and regulatory issues, said Greg Jones, chairman of FMI’s Pharmacy Services Committee in his opening remarks to the FMI Pharmacy Conference here this week....
United Fresh Honors Produce Managers at Awards Banquet
The United Fresh Produce Association announced the grand prize winners of its 2007 Retail Produce Manager Awards at a banquet and reception at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Monday evening. ...
FMI Initiates Defensive Action on Food Safety
Alarmed by a dramatic drop in consumer confidence in the safety of the food supply, Food Marketing Institute is taking preemptive steps to prevent further erosion and be prepared in case of another food safety scare....
SAFETY FIRST
ARLINGTON, Va. The steady drumbeat of food crises over the course of the past year is providing a call to battle for Steve Smith, the incoming chairman...
'Take a Peak' Gains Momentum
Shop 'n Save here is the latest retailer to support the “Take a Peak” in-store nutrition program. Giant Eagle reportedly has also committed to the effort. ...
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