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		<title>Winn-Dixie to Become More Promotional</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: SupermarketNews.com
Winn-Dixie plans to become more promotional in an effort to drive the top line after a fourth quarter that included a 5.2% decline in identical-store sales.

According to Peter Lynch, chairman and chief executive officer, &#8220;We ...]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing Is In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sales and Marketing Agencies Expand in Down Economy
Source: SupermarketNews.com
While food retailers and their suppliers have been resilient in the weak economy, one would be hard-pressed to say they have thrived.  
That description, however, does fit the ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Walmart U.S. CEO Reverses Company&#8217;s Direction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: AdAge.com
Walmart will bring back thousands of items previously cut through Project Impact, scrap the deep &#8220;Rollbacks&#8221; it tried in April and May and reduce ad spending to &#8220;historical levels&#8221; as new U.S. President William ...]]></description>
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		<title>Supermarket Product Sales Reflect Adaptations in Consumer Shopping Habits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: SupermarketNews.com
Despite some faint glimpses of economic recovery, shoppers overall remain frugal, and their attitudes are reflected in the extensive product-sales data from Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group.
Overall, the data show that supermarkets and product suppliers have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kroger&#8217;s Natural Beauty Line Shows Fast Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: SupermarketNews.com
Kroger is reportedly expanding its Mirra natural beauty line launched late last year.  Kroger is said to support the line with national inserts and coupons this fall, according to reports. 
Kroger says Mirra is turning ...]]></description>
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		<title>Specialty Retailers Post Greatest Store-Brand Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: SupermarketNews.com
Specialty food retailers like Trader Joe&#8217;s and Whole Foods Market have seen greater growth in store-brand sales between 2005 and 2009 than traditional supermarkets, according to a report by Packaged Facts.  It found that private-label growth ...]]></description>
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		<title>Price war threatens cereal makers&#8217; profits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Marketwatch.com
U.S. cereal makers are locked in a price war, and their battle for market share is hurting profits and threatening to persist into next year.
It&#8217;s unclear who will buckle first.
In an interview with MarketWatch, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst: Target&#8217;s new initiatives on-target</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Forbes
Target Corp.&#8217;s remodeling program to add fresh produce at its general merchandise stores and its new credit card discount are exceeding expectations, according to a key retail analyst.
In a note published Wednesday, Citi Investment ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asmnewsroom.com/2010/07/analyst-targets-new-initiatives-on-target/</link>
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		<title>Study: Why consumers go to restaurants instead of supermarkets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Nation&#8217;s Restaurant News
Cravings and fun atmospheres drive consumers to restaurants rather than the local supermarket when time-starved families need a solution to the age-old question, “What’s for dinner?” according to a new report from ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.asmnewsroom.com/2010/07/study-why-consumers-go-to-restaurants-instead-of-supermarkets/</link>
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		<title>Study: Consumers happy spending less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: BrandWeek
As the economic downturn has persisted, marketers have comforted themselves with the thought that a lot of pent-up demand must be accumulating. But a survey issued this month by Deloitte and the Harrison Group ...]]></description>
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