WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A Senate committee here last week examined the state of consumer confidence in biotech foods in the wake of Kraft Food's recent recall of taco shells that contained genetically modified corn not...
WASHINGTON -- After an August recess, Congress returns to work this week to a politically charged agenda with a vote to override President Clinton's veto of legislation repealing the estate tax scheduled Thursday in...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Supermarket industry leaders who have helped wage the battle to repeal the estate tax said last week the fight isn't over, although President Clinton has said he plans to veto legislation repealing...
WASHINGTON -- The previously uncommitted Senate Republican leadership said last week it will consider an estate tax reform bill before the end of the year in the wake of the House's overwhelming vote earlier this...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The Federal Trade Commission said last week it filed a preliminary injunction to block Kroger Co., Cincinnati, from buying 74 supermarkets in Texas and Oklahoma from Winn-Dixie Stores, Jacksonville...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Higher retail food prices would be the likely result if supermarkets stopped receiving slotting allowances from suppliers, according to a major retailer.However, slotting fees also threaten the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- Wholesale prices for domestically grown and produced food in March increased a seasonally adjusted 0.1% against February, according to the Labor Department.Compared to year-ago levels, food prices...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The days are numbered in Congress' 2000 legislative calendar, and election-year politics are at the heart of the remaining issues on the table that impact the food-retailing industry.Counter to the...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- A Congressionally appointed commission in a formal report issued last week sidestepped the issue of whether all Internet sales should be subject to state sales tax, but top retailers and...
WASHINGTON (FNS) -- The National Labor Relations Board here said it will require Wal-Mart Stores, Bentonville, Ark., to allow workers in the meat and seafood department in a Palestine, Texas, supercenter to hold a...