WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The grocery industry is opposing a bill introduced by Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., that would restrict the weekly hours and time of day teen-agers can work during the school year.Under the proposed...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- While the grocery industry is targeting a variety of legislative proposals in the 105th Congress, it is taking dead aim at the estate tax, charging that relief is needed to preserve family-owned...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Reform of the Food and Drug Administration is needed to ensure nationally uniform standards and a science-based regulatory system, a representative of the Grocery Manufacturers of America and the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The grocery industry is mobilizing behind a massive effort to deregulate the nation's $208 billion electric power industry, which could save retailers up to half of their electrical costs, their...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Reductions in the estate tax, new rules on tobacco sales and conversion of food stamps to an electronic system were on the minds of grocers who came to lobby Congress with the Food Marketing...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A U.S. District Court judge ruled Jan. 31 that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may not force businesses to submit injury and illness data as part of a survey under the agency's...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Supreme Court declined without comment to overturn a 4th Circuit Court decision regarding Lundy Packing Co.'s employee stock ownership plan and trust.According to papers filed with the high...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Senate Republicans and Democrats last week proposed reforms of the estate tax, something the grocery industry has put at the top of its 1997 agenda.The Republicans have advanced two packages, one...
WASHINGTON -- (FNS) The supermarket industry is working hard to place its priorities into the quickly forming and focused agendas of the new Congress.In a year expected to see big congressional momentum on the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Republicans were the big winners in last month's elections -- in generating campaign contributions from the food industry, that is.GOP congressional candidates reaped political donations from five...