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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A bottled water called HumanKind that donates all net profits to clean drinking water in under developed communities is the grand prize winner of Wal-Mart’s “Get on the Shelf” contest for inventors, as voted by the public....More

DALLAS – Snacking is bigger than ever, accounting for nearly half (48%) of all eating occasions in the U.S., according to the Hartman Group....More

CHICAGO — Pampers Cruisers/Swaddlers with Dry Max brought in the most revenue of any new product in 2011 with $296 million in year-one sales across food, drug and mass channels, excluding Wal-Mart, according to SymphonyIRI Group, making it one of the top five new product introductions of all time....More

DALLAS — The Food Marketing Institute will encourage retailers to think like shoppers at its 2012 Private Brands Summit, co-located with FMI2012: The Food Retail Show....More

MONTREAL — The Salon International de l’Alimentation Canada, better known as SIAL Canada, will be home to the preliminary judging for this year’s SIAL d’Or competition when the international food-product show takes place here next month....More

AUSTIN, Texas — In honor of Earth Month, Whole Foods Market is hosting an organic beer-themed twitter tasting Tuesday....More

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lowes Food Stores is promoting the new Lowes Foods Life Learning Lab at a rehabilitation center at Forsyth Medical Center here....More

United Supermarkets has leveraged the NuVal nutrition scoring system to encourage shoppers to switch to its store brands....More

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Mac. Smokey. Beau. Bubbles. These are the names of some of the dozens of pets entered into Hy-Vee’s “Cutest Pet Contest.”...More

SALT LAKE CITY — TCBY is the latest food service brand to debut a frozen grocery offering....More

SAN ANTONIO — The H.E. Butt Grocery Co. has turned its parking lots into veterinarian offices this month....More