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...
United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 21 and 44 have agreed to a merger.
The food industry welcomes efforts to strengthen the Food and Drug Administration's ability to enhance food safety, but remains wary of the legislation that Congress is promulgating to support it. Just last week Grocery Manufacturers Association...
The California Assembly has approved a bill that would bar out-of-state eggs from coming into California if producers do not follow the same rules on hen cages as in-state producers, according to published reports.
Grocery Manufacturers Association on Wednesday said it was opposed to new fees for food-safety inspections that were included in draft legislation in the House.