OMAHA, Neb. -- A total of 21 cases of E. coli infections reported here last month have been traced to contaminated ground beef sold at four Baker's Supermarkets units here and one Super Saver store owned by B&R Stores...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- For shoppers wondering, "What should I make for dinner tonight?" Dominick's Finer Foods believes it has come up with the answer.In a new program launched late last month, the 102-unit chain based...
CHICAGO -- The Food and Drug Administration's new Uniform Food Code, designed to create a single standard for food handling across all 50 states, includes some stringent measures for supermarket deli workers.At a...
LANDOVER, Md. -- To show shoppers that veal can be more than a cutlet, Giant Food here featured 11 different cuts at reduced prices in a recent newspaper ad.In the one-eighth page ad in the Washington Post, Giant...
CHICAGO -- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy said he is in favor of labeling milk derived from animals treated with the synthetic growth hormone bovine somatotropin.Espy, commenting that he cannot speak...
CHICAGO -- Nutritional labels are here. And in some categories, such as dairy and some processed meats, seeing the breakdown of a product's nutrients in black and white could be startling to consumers.In an informal...
MINNEAPOLIS -- The meat industry could be cutting a new direction for itself.That is, if the future paths envisioned by some featured speakers at the American Meat Institute/Food Marketing Institute Meat Marketing...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A new educational center for retailers that will focus on the use of information technology in the meat department could be open for enrollment by next year.The new program, to be called the Meat...
MINNEAPOLIS -- A new computer program is being developed by the National Livestock and Meat Board to assist retailers in the pricing and promoting of meat products.Using the acronym Champps, meaning Corporate...
BOSTON -- Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Wellesley Hills, Mass., won first prize in a cake decorating contest held at the annual Taste Show of the New England Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association held here earlier this month. The...