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Rudolph Foods to Assist NFL Hall of Famers
Rudolph Foods Co., based in Lima, Ohio, has initiated the Second Annual Pork Rind Appreciation Day drive, supporting the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund. The nonprofit organization provides financial and medical assistance to those NFL players who need help. For each branded product of Rudolph Foods purchased, 10 cents will go to the fund until February…
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Growth of Holiday Sales Slowing
Growth of retail sales this festive season have slowed due to fears of an expected “fiscal cliff,” as well as other factors according to some reports. Spending Pulse, MasterCard advisers, are estimating that the holiday sales in these two months (November, December) increased by 0.7 percent more than last year. The company had indicated a…
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Tostitos Hosts U.S. Vets Homecoming Football Game
Tostitos showed its support of the Pat Tillman Foundation’s ‘Got Your 6’ campaign by hosting its football party for United States military veterans. Tostitos is a brand of Frito-Lay, based in Plano, Texas. The select veterans were treated to an on-field surprise bash that was to be a celebratory homecoming for the veterans who had served…
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Judge to Decide On Posting of Tobacco Apology by Stores
A judge will be deciding whether the next soda bottle or tank of gas you buy will come with an apology from Joe Camel and Marlboro man. A ruling was made recently ordering a multimedia blitz that states that national tobacco companies had lied about smoking dangers. This has opened the possibility of retailers being…
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FDA: Specific GE Salmon is Not a Threat to the Environment
Via the agency’s website, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that following an environmental assessment, genetically engineered salmon in the Atlantic would not affect the environment significantly. The FDA publicly released the announcement on December 22 on its website and posted in its Federal Register on the 26th. The announcement has faced strong criticism,…
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Teamsters Push for UNFI Product Boycott
Teamsters Local 117 called for consumers to boycott United Natural Foods products sold at Whole Foods Market. The union is striking a warehouse of United Natural Foods. Teamsters Local 117 put out a statement and posted a product and brands list to be avoided by consumers. The statement was posted on a website that has focused…
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Raley’s Employees Ratify Pact for Union Access
New Raley’s contracts have been ratified by its employees, which will permit the United Food & Commercial Workers to manage some of the chain’s non-union stores. The union will be organizing 22 of these stores and allow greater union access by associates. The contract negotiations took more than one year and the back and forth…
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Publix Career-Based Page Boost
Publix Super Markets’ career site has gotten major boosts from followers. Just 5 months after its launch, the Facebook page dedicated to career focused issues has succeeded in getting 5,000-plus “likes.” The career-based page facebook.com/publixcareers gives career tips, job openings information, employee profiles, information on the chain happenings such as store openings, chats with recruiters…
