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LOBLAW EXPANDS PRIVATE-LABEL MEATS BRAMPTON, Ontario Loblaw Cos. here has expanded its President's Choice private-label meat brand with two new line extensions. PC Tender and Tasty beef features grilling, marinating, pan-fry, pot roast, oven roast...
When Wegmans Food Markets recently announced it was hiring to staff a new store in Collegeville, Pa., which will open in October, the company received more than 2,500 applications for 150 full-time and 400 part-time positions, according to a...
Corn, soybean and wheat futures for July delivery fell here yesterday on the Chicago Board of Trade, on speculation that the swine flu outbreak will decrease demand for pork, and therefore, livestock feed.
In an effort to address misunderstandings about how swine flu is communicated, the American Meat Institute yesterday released a number of materials, including a video message about pork safety from AMI President J. Patrick Boyle and a series of...
Chances are it's still there, way in the back of the pantry. Just push aside the fondue pot and the sun tea jar, and bingo: It's the plug-in slow cooker, more famously known as the Crock-Pot. Introduced by Rival in 1971, the Crock-Pot is...
For years, consumers who suffered from lactose intolerance or other-wise avoided dairy products had few choices when it came to summertime indulgences. There were frozen desserts made from soy, but even there, food allergies or mouthfeel could...
For ethically motivated consumers, community-supported agriculture is the ideal shopping model. Buying directly from farmers means they get fresh, local goods grown in season and all while cutting out the middleman. So ideal is the concept, in...
Stater Bros. Markets has announced it will sell its Santee Dairies/Heartland Farms division to Dean Foods, noting that rival supermarket chains have become reluctant to purchase products from a dairy owned by a regional competitor. Terms of the...
New packaging, added variety, a sharp focus on interaction with customers, service-plus, creative promotions and community events such as parking lot cook-offs have put three supermarket companies in the spotlight for outstanding beef...