The Food Institute Report back issues from January 2001:
Three Major Retailers Plot Course For Meeting 2001 Challenges.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Delhaize America, Inc., the parent of Food Lion, Hannaford Bros. and Kash n' Karry, has unveiled plans to spend approximately $450 million on its store growth plans for fiscal 2001. Its aggressive plans call for opening 44 new stores this year, including 37 Food Lion, two Hannaford and ...
Walgreen Pushes Ahead With Aggressive Expansion Plans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Shrugging off other retailers' concerns about an economic slowdown, drugstore giant Walgreen Co. announced aggressive store expansion plans and posted record fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit, reported The Chicago Tribune (Jan. 3). The Deerfield, IL-based chain said its healthy ...
Webvan Launching National Value Brand.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Foster City, CA-based Webvan Group, Inc. and Fleming Companies, Inc. have announced that Webvan has selected Fleming's Best Yet label for its national value brand program. The Best Yet label, which will be rolled out during the next several months, will be webvan.com's brand for all 10 ...
Brinker International Masters The Art Of Casual Dining.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Having the key components in casual dining, good food, hefty portions and moderate prices, has enabled Dallas, TX-based Brinker's nine distinct restaurant chains' same-store sales to rise an average of 3.7% a year and has given them the number two position on the Forbes Platinum List. In ...
Everything For Just A Dollar.(Dollar Tree Stores Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... With roughly 45% of all merchandise imported from countries like China or Taiwan and less than 0.1% of sales spent on advertising, Chesapeake, VA-based Dollar Tree has become the most profitable of a trio of dollar retailers on the Forbes Platinum List. Net income has risen an average of ...
Getting Less For Your Money.(Companies reduce contents of packages)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... While holding prices steady, the Perrier Group, a subsidiary of Nestle, has just completed a switch to five gallons from six for home deliveries of Poland Spring bottled water and plans to do the same for its Calistoga brand as well, reported the New York Times (Jan. 2). In September, ...
Chupa Chups Lollipops Looking For Adult Audience In U.S.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Chupa Chups Group, a Barcelona-based confectioner that gets most of its $490 million in annual sales from lollipops, is hoping to copy the success it has achieved in Europe, by targeting an unusual audience for lollipops -- adults, reported Forbes (Jan. 8). The company inked a contract in ...
Nestle Seeks To Acquire Remaining Half Of Pillsbury Distribution Venture.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Swiss food giant Nestle SA confirmed it is in talks to acquire the 50% it does not already own of a U.S. ice cream joint venture with Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, MN, which manufactures and distributes the luxury Haagen-Dazs ice cream, reported The Wall Street Journal. The joint venture, ...
Food Industry Consolidation Likely To Slow In 2001.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... The pace of consolidation in the food industry will likely slow in 2001 as companies digest their newly acquired assets, reports The Chicago Tribune. "The biggest objective right now is to make sure those businesses run extremely well," said Ken Harris, a partner with market research firm ...
Strong Management Puts Grocery Firm At Top Of Food Chain.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... For the past seven years since Steven Burd has been running Safeway Inc., the chain's earnings, profit margins and stock price have all grown at a rapid clip despite the supermarket industry's reputation from skimpy margins, hard-to-control operating costs and stiff competition, according ...
Thai Union Acquires Tuna Company.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Tri-Marine International and Edmund Gann have agreed to sell their 50% interest in Chicken of the Sea International to Thai Union International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Union Frozen Products PLC. After completing the acquisition, Thai Union will own 100% of San Diego, ...
Dole Fresh Fruit Co., a subsidiary of Dole Food Co.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Dole Fresh Fruit Co., a subsidiary of Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, CA, will start offering certified organic bananas beginning in January. Initially the bananas will be available to West Coast customers, and in a few months they will ...
Wendy's International Inc.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Wendy's International Inc., Dublin, OH, will ban smoking at all company-owned restaurants by Mar. 31. Approximately 1,000 of the company's 5,000 ...
Unilever plc.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Unilever plc, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products giant, is targeting ...
Peapod Inc.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Peapod Inc., Skokie, IL, is ending its 10-year relationship with Jewel-Osco, the Northlake, IL-based division of Albertson's, Boise, ID. The online grocer will begin stocking its two Chicago-area warehouses directly ...
Jewel-Osco.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Jewel-Osco, Melrose Park, IL-based supermarket and drug store chain owned by Albertson's, Inc., has signed a lease for a new Wisconsin division headquarters. The new headquarters, in West Allis, will be open in March. Jewel-Osco, which currently has 12 combined supermarket-drug stores ...
Monsanto Company.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Monsanto Company, St Louis, MO, hopes to sell genetically modified seeds to Brazilian soybean farmers in time for the next planting season. The company noted that a new law will likely put ...
Burger King Corp.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Burger King Corp., Miami-based subsidiary of Diageo Plc, plans to open at least 80 new restaurants in the UK during 2001. "2000 has been a very successful year for Burger King in the UK," stated Eric Bonnot, Burger King UK general manager. During the ...
Tricon Global Restaurants' Pizza Hut.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Tricon Global Restaurants' Pizza Hut is trying again to start operations in Argentina, the only South American nation where it does not currently operate. The pizza chain's two prior attempts, in 1980 and 1992, were both cancelled because growth and profit goals were not met. The ...
Homeland Holding Corp.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Homeland Holding Corp. announced that it will close seven stores within its operating region. Five of the stores are located in Oklahoma, one in Kansas and one in Texas. Poor financial performance and ...
J.R. Simplot Company.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * J.R. Simplot Company, Boise, ID, has selected Manitoba as the site of another major potato processing plant. The $80 million processing facility, to be located near Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, will be Simplot's twelfth potato processing plant and its second in ...
Houlihan's Restaurant Group.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Houlihan's Restaurant Group, Kansas City, MO, is going right to the source in developing its new children's menu, which will debut this year. It has been polling eight- ...
Cargill, Inc.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, announced that starting in January it will buy malting barley from farmers at its plant in Spiritwood, ND, and will offer production contracts for specific malting barley varieties. The programs are designed to complement its existing ...
U.K. supermarket chain Asda.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * U.K. supermarket chain Asda, subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., ...
Will any pure-play internet merchants survive intact?(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... * Will any pure-play internet merchants survive intact? That's the question for 2001 now that many e-tailers are folding, and others are adding catalogs or building traditional stores ....
Long Recovery For Health Food Seller.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... After a grueling year in which United Natural Foods saw its stock price decline 75%, the nation's leading health food distributor is climbing its way back to the top, according to The New York Times (Dec. 31). The company, which is the main supplier of what might be deemed "good-for-you ...
Changes In Online Advertising.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... While in 1998 and 1999, banner ads generated click-through responses as high as 30%, today the rate is about 0.3% to 0.5%, as most web veterans ignore them. As a result, many traditional advertisers no longer use them to sell products. In 2001, over 60% of the U.S. population is expected ...
Meals.com Reaches Agreement With Unilever Bestfoods And Eagle Family Foods.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Meals.com Inc., subsidiary of Coinstar, announced agreements with Unilever Bestfoods and Eagle Family Foods Inc. to appear on its website network. The agreement provides a number of promotional opportunities, including branding Unilever Bestfoods products and Eagle Family Foods' ...
A Revolutionary Concession Approach.(HOT Choice Diner offered at theater)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Walled Lake, MI-based United Artists Theatre, which is located in Detroit's northern suburbs, will feature a HOT Choice Diner, a state of the art automated food service system. The Walled Lake HOT Choice automated diners will offer Turkey Pastrami & Swiss Cheese, Cheese Pizza, Spicy ...
Presence of a key cancer-fighting compound can vary among different broccoli varieties.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Presence of a key cancer-fighting compound can vary among different broccoli varieties, according to new research. USDA scientists tested dozens of broccoli varieties for presence of an enzyme that ...
Coke Says Got Milk?(Coca-Cola Co. to start selling milk products)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... As part of a new push to develop various beverage products that suit consumers' needs and wants at all stages of their lives, Atlanta, GA-based Coca-Cola plans to go after kids under 12 years of age by entering the $30 billion milk industry with five or more milk-based drinks that it will ...
LATEST FINANCIAL REPORTS (000 omitted).(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... <Pre> Current % Chge. YearYear Ago BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP. (Anaheim, CA) Quarter to Nov. 3[*] Sales 42,90017.0% Net Income ...
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS.(several brief topics)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Cala Corp., Oklahoma City, OK, which engages in the hospitality business, has signed a letter of intent to acquire a 51% stake in Italy-based Mancini I.M.O.I.L. Olive Oil Co. Convenience USA, Durham, NC, has agreed to acquire 198 Mapco Express convenience stores, mostly located ...
Final Juice HACCP Rule.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... The nearly three-year-old proposed HACCP rule for juice processors is reportedly being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget -- nearly a year after the comment period closed. The final regulations are expected to be published later this year. The regulations, which are not ...
IBA Irradiation Plant Approved By USDA.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... USDA has granted approval to use gamma irradiation to treat meat and poultry products at one of the Midwest's largest food treatment facilities in Schaumburg, IL. The go-ahead will give commercial food processors in the region access to one of the world's best technologies for ensuring ...
FTC & Philip Morris Acquisition Of Nabisco.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... The Federal Trade Commission is concerned that the proposed acquisition of Parsippany NJ-based Nabisco Holdings Corp by New York, NY-based Philip Morris, Companies, Inc. would eliminate substantial competition between the two companies in five relevant markets and has ordered them to ...
Customers Are Satisfied With FDA, Says Survey.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... Results of the second government-wide customer satisfaction survey showed that consumers continue to be satisfied with the FDA's performance in food labeling and consumer alerts on food safety issues, and continue to have confidence and trust in the FDA to ensure food safety for consumers ....
New Census Count.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... This year's census figures, which will be used to reassign the 435 House seats among the states, show that there were 281.4 million Americans on April 1, 2000, a 13% gain from the 1990 count. New York and Pennsylvania each lost two House seats, while Florida, with a 23.5% population gain, ...
Food Product Recalls.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... FDA's Enforcement Reports for Jan. 3 and Dec. 27 included the following food product recalls: Five Stars Aeroplane brand Palm Seeds in Syrup, in 23-oz. cans manufactured by Wang Derm Exporters Ltd., Part., Bangkok, Thailand and recalled by Vasinee Food Corp., Brooklyn, NY. The ...
....Consuming even less sodium than the current recommendations and following the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, both lower blood pressure substantially, with greater effects in combination than singly.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....Consuming even less sodium than the current recommendations and following the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, both lower blood pressure substantially, with greater effects in combination ...
....Corn millers and corn food product manufacturers are being urged by FDA to screen yellow corn for possible StarLink bio-corn contamination.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....Corn millers and corn food product manufacturers are being urged by FDA to screen yellow corn for possible StarLink bio-corn contamination. StarLink, ...
...Meanwhile, Aventis SA has been hit with a second class-action lawsuit.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ...Meanwhile, Aventis SA has been hit with a second class-action lawsuit for damage caused to farmers by its unapproved ...
....USDA strongly supports the Surface Transportation Board's proposal that merging Class I railroads be required to enhance rail-to-rail competition.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....USDA strongly supports the Surface Transportation Board's proposal that merging Class I railroads be required to enhance ...
....A small Swiss biotechnology company called Prionics.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....A small Swiss biotechnology company called Prionics is now the leader in determining what beef winds up on European dinner tables according to The New York Times (Jan. 3). The firm's test to ...
....How the new Bush administration reacts to government proposals for tougher pollution regulations on megafarms is of interest to many farmers.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....How the new Bush administration reacts to government proposals for tougher pollution regulations on megafarms is of interest to many farmers, reports The Los Angeles Times (Jan. 3). Supporters of large livestock operations are hoping that a ...
....Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, NY, recently used its loyalty program's database to contact customers concerning a product recall.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, NY, recently used its loyalty program's database to contact customers concerning a product recall, according to ...
....A new law will likely put an end to a two-year-old legal battle that prevented Monsanto.(selling genetically modified soybean seeds in Brazil)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....A new law will likely put an end to a two-year-old legal battle that prevented Monsanto from selling its Roundup Ready seeds in Brazil. The ...
....A new Florida law requires all foodservice employees to undergo certification training.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....A new Florida law requires all foodservice employees to undergo certification training in food safety, sanitation and ...
....Maine's decade-old sales tax on snack foods.(repealed)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....Maine's decade-old sales tax on snack foods like ice cream, bread sticks, ...
....President Clinton announced $300 million in implementation grants for an international school lunch program known as Global Food for Education Initiative.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....President Clinton announced $300 million in implementation grants for an international school lunch program known as Global Food for Education Initiative (GFEI), a pilot program to promote better ...
....The U.S. has restricted future access to fishing rights to the Japanese in U.S. fishing waters in retaliation for Japan's continued whaling practices.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....The U.S. has restricted future access to fishing rights to the Japanese in U.S. fishing waters in retaliation for Japan's continued whaling practices. In a report from President Clinton to Congress, the President recommends that the U.S. continue to investigate and keep under ...
....Government regulation of gene-altered fish is limited and oversight is "full of holes".(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....Government regulation of gene-altered fish is limited and oversight is "full of holes," reports The Los Angeles Times. Focusing on catfish that "have been laced with DNA from salmon, carp and zebrafish, which makes them grow as much as 60% faster ...
....A World Trade Organization Panel erred in finding that the United States International Trade Commission did not apply a methodology compatible with the WTO in its investigation of wheat gluten imports.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....A World Trade Organization Panel erred in finding that the United States International Trade Commission did not apply a methodology compatible with the WTO in its ...
....President Clinton signed legislation to remove the warning label that had been required on saccharin-sweetened foods and beverages.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....President Clinton signed legislation to remove the warning label that had been ...
....German Agriculture Minister Karl-Heinz Funke admitted mistakes.(mad cow disease)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....German Agriculture Minister Karl-Heinz Funke admitted mistakes in his country's reaction to mad cow disease as a European Union official criticized him ...
....USDA has developed online versions of the financial disclosure reports required of some employees and political appointees.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ....USDA has developed online versions of the financial disclosure reports required of some employees and political appointees. While the ...
PARTIAL RECISSION OF SALMON DUTY.(Department of Commerce reviews salmon dumping in Chile)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... PARTIAL RECISSION OF SALMON DUTY: In response to requests by eleven producers/exporters of fresh Atlantic salmon and the petitioners, (the Coalition for Fair Atlantic Salmon Trade), the Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on fresh ...
ANNUAL CHEESE QUOTAS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ANNUAL CHEESE QUOTAS: The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, has prepared its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty during the period October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000. For more ...
SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAMS.
Jan 08, 2001 ... SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAMS: This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children (SFSP). These adjustments reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index and are required by the statute governing the ...
EXPORTING TART CHERRIES TO JAPAN.(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... EXPORTING TART CHERRIES TO JAPAN: USDA adopted as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule that authorizes Japan as an eligible export market under the diversion and exemption provisions of the Federal tart cherry marketing order. Previously, shipments to ...
DEVELOPING FOREIGN MARKETS.
Jan 08, 2001 ... DEVELOPING FOREIGN MARKETS: This notice announces the application period for the Fiscal Year 2002 Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program ends Mar. 12. The program is designed to create, expand, and maintain foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products ...
MARKET ACCESS PROGRAMS.
Jan 08, 2001 ... MARKET ACCESS PROGRAMS: This notice announced the application period for the Fiscal Year 2001 Market Access Program (MAP) of Mar. 12. The MAP is designed to create, expand, and maintain foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities and products through cost-share assistance ....
CANEBERRY PESTICIDE.
Jan 08, 2001 ... CANEBERRY PESTICIDE: This regulation extends a time-limited tolerance for residues of the fungicide cyprodinil in or on caneberries at 10 parts per million (ppm) for an additional one-year period expiring Dec. 31, 2001. EPA received a request to extend the use of cyprodinil on caneberries ...
DESMEDIPHAM IN RED BEETS.(regulation for residues of herbicide)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... DESMEDIPHAM IN RED BEETS: This regulation extends time-limited tolerances for residues of the herbicide desmedipham in or on red beet roots at 0.2 part per million (ppm) and red beet tops at 15 ppm for an additional one-year period. EPA extended the use of desmedipham on red beets for this ...
ARGENTINE BEEF.(regulations of importation of fresh beef)(Brief Article)
Jan 08, 2001 ... ARGENTINE BEEF: USDA is amending the regulations governing the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Argentina by adding a requirement that Argentina certify that the beef does not come from animals that have ever been in specified areas along Argentina's ...