Grocery News Archive - 31-Oct-2007
Grocery monopoly is impossible in Britain, Verdict report claims (Times Online Sunday)The grocery market is one of the most competitive in British retail, according to a report published before the release of the Competition Commission?s preliminary verdict on the power of the big four supermarkets.Illegal Credit Card Reader Found At Local Grocery Store (KMGH 7 Denver)A customer trying to rent a DVD movie at a Highlands Ranch grocery store was surprised to find an illegal credit card reader attached to the machine.
Grocery chain promotes Florida's SCHIP (BizJournals)A major Florida grocery store chain is teaming up with the state in an effort to provide adequate health care for more children.
Wisconsin Governor Nixes Free Liquor Samples at Grocery Stores (Beverage World)MADISON, Wisconsin: Wisconsinites can forget about getting free shots of liquor at their local grocery store. Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed that provision of the new state budget Friday before signing the new two-year spending plan at a ceremony at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's student union.
Grocery Innovations Canada Opens (Progressive Grocer)OCTOBER 30, 2007 -- TORONTO -- The eighth annual grocery Innovations Canada (GIC), which opened yesterday and runs through today, has attracted over 6,000 independent grocery retailers to the Toronto Congress Centre to see and sample thousands of new products, identify trends, and decide which items merit shelf space, said show organizers.
