AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods Market here is expanding a video sell-through program featuring yoga and other health-related titles.The 87-store chain will add seven stores this month to the 15 that already carry the product, said Mark Slater...
Fleming Promotes Spencer to VPs. here has promoted Ron Spencer to the post of vice president, logistics, responsible for defining and implementing the company's overall distribution strategy and improving distribution performance across the...
Consumer Editorial Was 'Eggs-actly' on Targeter Participation" [concerning consumer responsibility in food safety, SN, Aug. 24, 1998], was right on target regarding the responsibility we all bear for food-safety education. For almost a decade...
Industry speculation about an acquisition by Safeway, Pleasanton, Calif., of Kroger Co., Cincinnati, just won't go away.Expectations have been heightened since the announcement in August of a planned acquisition by Albertson's, Boise, Idaho, of...
Godzilla Vanilla, the I Scream Sandwich and "Why I Love Ice Cream" essays were just a few of the ingredients in this year's promotional recipes for National Ice Cream Month, held in July.In the Charlotte, N.C., metropolitan area, both Harris...
TurboChef Appoints Antonini CEOs appointed Marion Antonini as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.He replaces as chairman Jeffrey Bogatin, who will remain as a member of the board of directors and has become chairman of the executive...
PRESIDENT CLINTON last week signed a law that restores food-stamp eligibility to some 250,000 immigrants who lost benefits under the 1996 welfare reform law. The prime beneficiaries will be children, elderly and handicapped immigrants who were in...
A 'Raley' Good Neighbor June 8 issue of SN, "Good Neighbors," made for wonderful reading. I enjoyed hearing what our friends in the supermarket business are doing to help those less fortunate in their midst.Having the responsibility of managing...
Libman Sponsors Web Site Contesto. is sponsoring a contest this month for a full supply of cleaning products and a free year of maid service on Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Meijer Super Market's web site -- http:/www.meijer.com.There are usually...
Fast Offers Cleanersla. -- Fast Industries has developed a new line of baby-related cleaning and deodorizing products.Baby Sweet Laundry Stain Remover is a laundry prewash and stain remover. Baby Sweet Nursery Freshener eliminates odors. Both...