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CHICAGO — A longtime and noted food-desert researcher here took issue with an article in The New York Times this week quoting two new studies that undercut the connection between food deserts – neighborhoods lacking access to fresh foods -- and obesity....More

KEASBEY, N.J. — ShopRite will donate supplies to volunteers who beautify their communities for Earth Day....More

NEW YORK — The New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities Fund, a three-year, public/private program launched in late 2010, has thus far provided $6.14 million — $4.86 million in loans and $1.28 million in grants — to seven supermarket projects aimed at improving access to nutritious food for 24,000 people in underserved communities in New York state, according to the Low Income Investment Fund here....More

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores and the Walmart Foundation here said Monday they will work with four major CPG companies to combat hunger in America....More

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway’s shoppers who donate $5 at checkout to Easter Seals will get an online code to access exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from Avril Lavigne’s Black Star Tour 2011....More

BOISE, Idaho — Albertsons LLC here said it is collecting donations through April 27 in a fundraising program across all stores to support disaster relief efforts by The Salvation Army following tornadoes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area....More

SAN ANTONIO — The H.E. Butt Grocery Co. will give away free reusable shopping bags on Earth Day....More

PENNINGTON, N.J. — Pennington Quality Market, an upscale, single-unit supermarket here, has seized opportunity after opportunity to grow its perishables departments....More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Consumer Safety Commission on Tuesday warned consumers that certain recalled products, originally sold at Meijer, Grand Rapids, Mich, were resold after the recall date due to an error....More

ShopRite dairy manager Kevin Mackie, who co-produces CDs on the side, shares the Grammy in the Best Children’s Album category....More

MONTVALE, N.J. — A&P has slashed the price of flu shots to $5, from $25....More