Stop & Shop Adds Prescription Savings Card
QUINCY, Mass. — Stop & Shop is offering discounts on prescriptions and personalized savings on health-related products with its new Prescription Savings Card. read more Supermarket News
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George Koch to Receive GMA Leadership Award
WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association here said it will present its first-ever Leadership in Public Policy Award to George W. Koch, who headed GMA for 24 years, and will … Continue Reading →
YottaMark Acquires ShopWell Nutrition App
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – YottaMark here, provider of the HarvestMark fresh-food insights and traceability platform, announced that it has acquired “substantially all” the assets of ShopWell Solutions, Palo Alto, Calif., … Continue Reading →
Phthalates may cause high blood pressure in children
A study published in The Journal of Pediatrics shows that dietary exposure to DEHP (di-2-ethyhexylphthalate), a common class of phthalate widely used in industrial food production, may cause elevated systolic … Continue Reading →
Fish oil supplements may help reduce diabetes risk
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) shows that consuming fish oil supplements may lower the risk for diabetes and heart disease. IFT Daily News
McCaffrey’s Features BrightFarms Tomatoes
LANGHORNE, Pa. — McCaffrey’s promoted BrightFarms’ grape tomatoes and tomatoes on the vine on a lead-in display table over Memorial Day weekend, and sales were good, officials said. read more … Continue Reading →
Del Monte, Natural Balance Pet Foods merge
Del Monte Foods and Natural Balance Pet Foods Inc. have signed a merger agreement. IFT Daily News
African mango extract may have weight loss, cholesterol lowering benefits
A study published in Lipids in Health and Disease shows that the extract of the seeds of the West African fruit Irvingia gabonensis (also known as African mango) may help … Continue Reading →
Smithfield to Be Sold; Advocacy Groups React
SMITHFIELD, Va. — Chinese pork producer Shuanghui International Holdings Limited announced plans to acquire U.S. pork giant Smithfield Foods before the year’s end. read more Supermarket News
Why are veggies good for us? Using a nutrigenomics approach
Eating vegetables is healthy, as has been shown in large-scale epidemiological research. How, and to what degree, vegetable consumption can help prevent conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, … Continue Reading →