In late 2012 agents of the Food and Drug Administration paid a visit to a Castle Cheese factory in rural Pennsylvania. Acting on a tip, they found evidence that Castle Cheese Inc. was doctoring its 100 percent real Parmesan with cut-rate substitutes and such fillers as wood pulp and distributing it to some [...]
The Kroger Co.has announced that Senior Vice President for Retail Operations and Strategic Initiatives Marnette Perry will retire on April 29, after 44 years with the company. Ms. Perry joined Kroger in 1972 as a part-time cashier in Portsmouth, Ohio, in the Columbus division. She went on to serve in leadership positions [...]
AGCO Corporation is an agricultural equipment manufacturer. They make a line of tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage and tillage equipment and compete in the US with John Deere. Martin Richenhagen, Chairman & CEO of AGCO, shares his thoughts with Jim Cramer on Mad Money on the outlook of his business. Cramer [...]
The National Ocean Council Committee to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud announced its proposal for creating a U.S. seafood traceability program — the next step the U.S. government is taking to ensure that global seafood resources are sustainably managed and not fraudulently marketed. The agency hopes the proposal [...]
People trying to save time making dinner have turned supermarket prepared foods into a 29-billion dollar per year business. But Consumer Reports says to be wary. Those foods aren’t required to have nutrition labels, and you might be consuming more fat, calories, and sodium than you think. Consumer Reports’ secret shoppers purchased [...]
This is an old article. Google Express was a short lived venture as they were never able to make inroads against Amazon. Click here for a pretty good article that explains what happened. Google is expanding its same-day delivery service to fresh groceries, the latest example of the tech titan’s [...]