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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The nation's leading packaged-salad manufacturers are accelerating an educational campaign to counter a tide of negative publicity concerning food safety. Executives from Fresh Express Farms and Dole Fresh Vegetables, both in...
BOSTON -- For fish, the future of "fresh" is likely to be frozen, according to Ken Coons, executive director of the New England Fisheries Development Association here.The total value of the seafood industry in the United States is estimated at...
MONTREAL (FNS) -- Provigo Inc. here plans to spend up to $200 million Canadian ($144 million U.S.) over the next five years to serve up more prepared meals and fresh products.Prepared foods and fresh products will take up 50% of renovated stores...
When retailers give fresh-cut produce a cool reception, the bagged salads don't wilt.Instead, these temperature-sensitive products thrive, in environments of 34 to 38 degrees Fahrenheit, and more retailers are putting in equipment that allows them...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Most supermarket operators would be exasperated if a planned store expansion and remodel got hung up by road reconstruction and red tape.But for Colin Lamb, owner of Lamb's Garden Home Thriftway here, a three-year slowdown turned...
RICHMOND, Va. -- Richfood Holdings here said last week it has named Ronald E. Dennis president of Farm Fresh, pending completion of its acquisition of the Norfolk, Va.-based retail chain.Dennis resigned in late August as president of Kash n' Karry...
WASHINGTON -- The Daily Market, a company that has launched two compact fresh-meal stores by the same name here, intends to open as many as 10 more similar units in the nation's capital by this time next year.The first stores -- both under 2,000...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The food available in the new format meals/market store operated here by Boston Chicken represents a significant broadening of the typical menu in a Boston Market.out beyond the relatively narrow confines of poultry, meat loaf...
Richmond, Va. -- Richfood Holdings here said last week it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire substantially all the assets of Farm Fresh, Norfolk, Va. -- its third-largest customer -- for $220 million and other financial...
NORTHLAKE, Ill. -- Dominick's Supermarkets here said sales rose to record levels for the third quarter ended Aug. 9, driven by ongoing expansion of its Fresh Stores format.The company said it plans to open four more Dominick's Fresh units this...