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Consumers Stick With Healthy Foods 

DALLAS — Consumers have increased their spending on healthy foods in the past several months despite price inflation, according to a study released here yesterday at the inaugural Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

Topco Gears Up for Nutrition-Label Rollout 

DALLAS — Five hundred retail members of buying cooperative Topco Associates will implement a test of a new nutrition rating system in September, with a full-scale rollout to the cooperative’s 5,000 members scheduled for next spring, a former executive vice president of Topco said here this week at the inaugural Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

Integrated Approach Can Drive Natural and Organic Sales 

DALLAS — The natural and organic markets are mature enough to warrant an integrated merchandising approach, Denis Ring, president and founder of Bode International, told retailer attendees here yesterday at the Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

LOHAS Shoppers Holding Retailers Accountable 

DALLAS — Retailers interested in courting shoppers who fall into the lucrative LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) consumer segment must adopt a holistic approach when branding themselves as a sustainable grocer....

Convenience and Health Go Beyond Products: Panel 

DALLAS — Adding convenience to healthful foods goes beyond the product itself, according to an expert panel speaking at the Healthy Foods International Expo here....

Safeway Joins in Smoking Cessation Effort 

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Safeway will ban smoking at its headquarters here July 1 and will make regional offices in the U.S. and Canada smoke-free and tobacco-free by Sept. 1, the company said. ...

Americans Are Eating Better-for-You Foods Instead of Dieting 

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The percentage of adults on a diet has decreased by 10 percentage points since 1990, while the number of Americans eating healthier has increased, according to NPD Group’s National Eating Trends report....

Kroger Reaches Out to Breast Cancer Survivors 

CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. is inviting breast cancer survivors to share their stories for a chance to get their picture featured on select General Mills’ Yoplait yogurt packaging. ...

70% of Kellogg Items Marketed to Kids to Meet Nutrient Criteria 

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Approximately 70% of the products that Kellogg’s markets to children will meet the company’s Kellogg Global Nutrient Criteria by the end of 2008, the company revealed here yesterday. ...

Bloom Adds Guiding Stars; Food Lion Next 

SALISBURY, N.C. — Food Lion's Bloom banner has rolled out the Guiding Stars nutritional rating system to all 61 locations and is planning a series of promotions as the Food Lion banner completes the rollout of the program to its 1,200-store network next month, a spokeswoman for Bloom told SN yesterday. ...

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