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The National Association of Chain Drug Stores here sent a
letter this week to Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) supporting the Combat
Methamphetamine Enhancement Act (H.R. 2923) that he introduced to Congress.
Wal-Mart Stores offered what some observers said was surprising support for an employer mandate to be included in health care reform legislation. A letter to President Obama signed by Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke and leaders of the...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Food and Drug Administration here assumed regulatory authority over the tobacco industry last week when President Obama signed The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law. It requires that Health and Human...
A coalition of food-industry associations yesterday sent a letter to House leaders expressing concern over climate-change legislation proposed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
A judge here has voided union certification at a Wal-Mart store where workers organized under labor laws that were since altered, reports Thursday said.
PCC Natural Markets here has announced that Trudy Bialic, PCC’s director of consumer affairs, is a candidate for retailer representative on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Standards Board.
Budget deficits in New York, New Jersey and Delaware might not be a bad thing for grocers. In fact, the gaps could spell opportunity for retailers hoping to sell alcohol in those states. A bill introduced here this month would allow Delaware...
U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., yesterday introduced the Senate's version of the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009 (S. 1212), a bill that would allow retailers to negotiate collectively with credit-card companies and banks to set interchange fees.
A bill that would allow Delaware grocers to pay a one-time alcohol licensing fee of $100,000 per store and gain the right to sell beer and wine was introduced here last week. The measure could result in $10 million in revenue for the state that...