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Wild Oats chain is poised to reopen this year
Wild Oats Markets Inc., the closed purveyor of organic and natural foods, is planning a comeback this year, potentially aided by local billionaire Ron Burkle. The company, which has been out of operation since 2007, now says on its website that it is...
Tags: Organic Foods, Wild Oats Markets Incorporated, New Products, Dining and Drinking, Finance
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Wal-Mart's fresh produce promise: Fewer middlemen, faster groceries
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest produce seller, is trying to keep pace with rival grocery stores by freshening up its selection of fruits and vegetables. On Monday, the Bentonville, Ark., mega-retailer unveiled a new initiative to...
Tags: Groceries, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Services and Shopping
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Razor-sharp ad ideas
This story starts at a point in time that most observers predicted it would end. The year was 2002. The Internet party was long over. Pets.com and other high-flying digital darlings were defunct. It was the dark days for the few survivors of the dot-com...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics, Online Advertising, Advertising
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Bangladesh, Walmart, New York University, Politics, Plant Openings
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Prayer service remembers victims of Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI, India -- Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 victims who died in the ruins of the world’s worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at...
Tags: Bangladesh, Walmart, Government, New Delhi (India), Sweden
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Bangladesh crowd gathers as collapse cleanup ends
NEW DELHI — Thousands gathered Tuesday in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza garment factory complex in Bangladesh to pray for the 1,127 people who died in the world's worst apparel industry disaster. Pictures taken at the Islamic prayer...Tags: Bangladesh, Walmart, Italy, Government, Sweden
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Trader Joe's targeted for meat with antibiotics, candy with lead
Quirky grocery chain Trader Joe’s is dealing this week with some concern over its products, including a public statement from a major advocacy group criticizing the presence of antibiotics in meat and a lawsuit from the state of California...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Consumers, Target, Whole Foods Market, Ginger
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Safeway stock slides as revenue stalls, though profit rises
Safeway Inc. stock slid nearly 20% in morning trading Thursday as the Northern California supermarket giant – facing competition from dollar stores and Wal-Mart – reported flat revenue in the first quarter. The Pleasanton company said...
Tags: Walmart, Target, Safeway Inc., JC Penney Company Inc.
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Fresh & Easy fail: Tesco exits U.S. after profit tanks 96%
Tesco PLC’s ambitious U.S. experiment -- 5-year-old grocery chain Fresh & Easy -- has failed after costing its British parent billions of dollars, the company said Wednesday. After a strategic review of the brand in the last year, during which...
Tags: Walmart, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Whole Foods Market, United Kingdom
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Alltech's 2013 Symposium offers a glimpse of crisis management in a 24/7 world
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Europe's horse meat scandal has put food once more in world news and left a legacy of consumer distrust in the food industry. A host of top players have been caught up in the spiraling scandal including Nestle - the world's largest food...Tags: Food Industry, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Consumer Goods Industries
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Ireland: Plant sent horse labeled 'beef' to Czechs
DUBLIN (AP) - An Irish slaughterhouse has been caught labeling horse meat as beef and shipping it to a company in the Czech Republic, Ireland's government said on Feb. 22, in the latest crackdown on alleged fraud in Europe's month-old scandal. No...Tags: Ecosystems, Czech Republic, Pies and Tarts, Romania, Corporate Crime
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Donkey and water buffalo found in South African burgers
You think “beef” burgers with horse meat are bad? A new study out of South Africa shows that two-thirds of meat sold at supermarkets and butcheries contain unlabeled amounts of donkey, goat, water buffalo and other mystery ingredients....Tags: Food Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, IKEA, Foods and Beverages, South Africa
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