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Ailing Syracuse-based grocer plans to close 53 NY markets, 2 warehouses, lay off 4,000-plus

Sun (Baltimore), The | 6 minutes ago

The Penn Traffic Co. has told New York officials it will close dozens of supermarkets in upstate New York and lay off more than 4,000 employees.... (more)


New York grocer plans to close 53 stores, lay off 4,000

Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The | 13 minutes ago

The Penn Traffic Co. has told New York officials it will close dozens of supermarkets in upstate New York and lay off more than 4,000 employees.... (more)


Bidding war: Green Mountain plays hardball with Peet ??s for Diedrich Coffee

American City Business Journals | 21 minutes ago

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. confirmed Tuesday that it is matching a $265 million offer for Diedrich Coffee Inc.... (more)


ConAgra Lands on 'Planet 51'

Brandweek | 1 hour 30 minutes ago

ConAgra Foods? Kid Cuisine brand has rolled out a fully integrated marketing promotion in connection with Columbia Pictures? newly opened animated adventure Planet 51.... (more)


McCormick Bad Dollars Derive From Economist Deficits Model Beating Quants

Bloomberg | 1 hour 37 minutes ago

â??It was devastating,â?? McCormick, 41, says. â??You lose all your intellectual property.â??... (more)


On The Call: Hormel CEO on marketing in 2010

CNBC | 2 hours 8 minutes ago

MILWAUKEE - Consumers continue to watch their food budgets in the recession and that dragged down sales for Hormel Foods Inc. in the fourth quarter. The maker of Spam and Dinty Moore stews plans to boost its advertising in fiscal 2010. CEO Jeffrey Ettinger discussed the company's plan on a call with investors Tuesday.... (more)


A Pair of Advertising Pros Win Peparami's Crowdsourcing Contest

Advertising Age | 2 hours 20 minutes ago

Their Ideas Will Become a Print and TV Campaign for the Unilever Brand... (more)


Organic Wine-Makers Look to Greener Packaging

ScientificAmerican.com | 2 hours 58 minutes ago

Dear EarthTalk: Apparently boxed wine (instead of bottled) is becoming all the rage for environmental reasons. What are the eco-benefits of boxed wine over bottled?... (more)


Sucralose supply set to expand as Tate & Lyle loses patent case

FoodNavigator | 3 hours 2 minutes ago

Tate & Lyle has lost its sucralose patent case as the International Trade Commission gave its final ruling on Monday that Chinese manufacturers did not infringe the sugar giant's patents.... (more)


Sucralose market still not a free-for-all, says distributor

FoodNavigator | 3 hours 27 minutes ago

Tate & Lyle's loss of its sucralose patent case last week may have broken its monopoly of the sucralose market, but is unlikely to throw the doors wide to competitors, says one of the companies cleared in the case.... (more)


JK Sucralose announces expansion despite no final patent decision

FoodNavigator | 3 hours 27 minutes ago

JK Sucralose has decided to go through with a major expansion of its sucralose production facilities, despite no final decision as yet on whether it has infringed Tate & Lyle patents.... (more)


General Mills plans to cut products, but no word on which ones

American City Business Journals | 3 hours 29 minutes ago

General Mills Inc. plans to ?exit certain underperforming products in its U.... (more)


Boston Beer CEO Roper files trading plan

American City Business Journals | 3 hours 30 minutes ago

Boston Beer Co. CEO Martin Roper recently entered into a pre-arranged trading plan that will allow him to sell up to 56,000 shares in the maker of Sam Adams beer.... (more)




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