KRAFT PICKS COUPON CLEARINGHOUSE

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Kraft General Foods has named CMS here as its coupon clearinghouse. KGF had announced earlier this year that it would close its in-house Promotional Services Center in Kankakee, Ill., and out-source its coupon redemption.

BR> "Our relationship with Kraft General Foods will have no effect on the coupons, except on the clearinghouse end. Instead of coupons being sent to Kraft they will be sent to CMS," she said.