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GUILTY PLEAS IN PENN TRAFFIC CASE SYRACUSE, N.Y. Two former officers of Penn Traffic Co. here have pleaded guilty to filing false and misleading financial records. Leslie Knox, who served as senior vice president of merchandising, and Linda Jones...
Supermarkets have been at the forefront of recycling efforts even before the first bottle-return bill was passed in Oregon in 1971. Yet, missing in retailers' consumer recycling efforts are pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), which...
I think John Mackey is right on target. To me, the first step in health care reform is tort reform so that doctors do not perform unnecessary procedures to avoid lawsuits and do not have to carry such expensive malpractice insurance. Step two is...
SAFEWAY OPENS 2ND STORE Safeway here last week opened its second small-format store in downtown San Jose, in Northern California. At 22,300 square feet, the store is almost twice as large as the 12,000-square-foot store Safeway opened in Long...
The congressional effort to push health care reform legislation through as quickly as possible has put other legislative priorities on the back burner. Among them is one of the first pieces of legislation introduced by the new Congress and one of...
Collaboration between the federal government and the food industry should be part of any new laws and regulations passed to enhance food safety, according to Jill Hollingsworth, group vice president, food safety programs, for the Food Marketing...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association gets around pretty well, for a 101-year-old. Despite relocating its annual GMA Executive Conference to Colorado Springs this year, after having to cancel its long-standing meeting at The Greenbrier resort in...
The Food Marketing Institute last week praised the Reserve Bank of Australia for preserving rules that govern charge card interchange fees in that country.
The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition yesterday said it planned a series of "buycott" events designed to support Whole Foods Market and its chairman and chief executive officer, John Mackey, after the libertarian came under fire for his criticism of...
The Sugar Policy Alliance is urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to increase sugar import quotas for the current fiscal year and the upcoming year to avoid shortages.