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• Wal-Mart Sides With Obama on Health Care

  BNET Food - 1 day ago

  Wal-Mart made waves with its recent announcement that it supports requiring large employers to offer health insurance benefits to their workers. Wal-Mart has long been a favorite villain for activists, and there are multiple websites dedicated to critiquing the company’s actions on numerous issues, including employee health care. Some are...

• E-Coupon Trend on the Rise

  BNET Food - 1 day ago

  A company called WOW Deal just launched a new mobile coupon service for restaurants. Right before lunch, customers who have signed up for the service will receive, via text message, two-for-one coupons good at local restaurants. Electronic coupons have been on companies’ radar for awhile now, but in the past...

• Gallup: U.S. drinking habits largely unchanged; Recession, shmecession! say American drinkers

  St. Louis Today - 1 day ago

  It’s a fascinating thesis: The recession gives people more reasons to drink, but less money with which to buy alcohol. What happens then?Well, according to a new study from Gallup, the effect seems to be a wash. The research group says…...

  • Women Continue to Prefer Wine and Spirits to Beer | Wine & Spirits Daily

• Bi-Lo, Creditors Agree on Plan Extension

  Supermarket News - 1 day ago

  A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a compromise between Bi-Lo and its creditors to extend the deadline by which the retailer can file an exclusive plan of reorganization#46...

  • Madoff To Rot Behind Bars | The Big Money
  • Metro: Bag Distribution Down 70#37 Under New Policy | Supermarket News
  • GM Waits For Green Light | Forbes

• Fresh & Easy Promotes Grilling Meat, Beer for Independence Day

  Supermarket News - 1 day ago

  Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets is making holiday entertaining easy this Fourth of July by offering bundled grill packs and deals on exclusive beer for Independence Day#46...

  • Fed's Bullard says must shield Fed independence | Reuters

• Distributor Consolidation Underway for Constellation

  Wine & Spirits Daily - 1 day ago

  Dear Client: Constellation continued to focus on streamlining its business in Q1 of fiscal 2010, or the three months ended May 31, while the company also experienced adverse effects from the economy and reduced inventory. In the spirit of simplification, Constellation undertook three main initiatives in recent months. One, the...

  • Constellation Brands profit tops view | Reuters

• Diageo to shed 900 jobs in Scotland

  Financial Times - 2 days ago

  The drinks group, whose brands include Johnnie Walker whisky, Guinness beer and Smirnoff vodka, said the losses would be offset by the creation of about 400 new jobs...

  • Diageo to cut 900 Scottish jobs | BBC

• General Mills Profit Tops View; 2010 Outlook Strong

  Reuters - 2 days ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Mills Inc GIS, the maker of Cheerios cereal and Yoplait yogurt, forecast better-than-expected earnings for the current fiscal year, helped by new products and moderating commodity costs.It also posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by a 12-percent increase in its U.S. retail unit, which includes...

  • General Mills profit tops view; 2010 outlook strong | Reuters

• Wall St Gains on Recovery Hopes, But Job Data Looms

  Reuters - 2 days ago

  By Ellis MnyanduNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, the start of the third quarter, as reassuring manufacturing data from China, Europe and the United States reinforced hopes that the world's economy is on the road to recovery.A day after the benchmark S&P 500 wrapped up its best quarter...

  • Wall St gains on recovery hopes, but job data looms | Reuters

• Wal-Mart Pens Letter to Obama Regarding Health Care Reform

  Supermarket News - 2 days ago

  Wal-Mart Stores here, Service Employees International Union and Center for American Progress sent a letter to President Barack Obama yesterday addressing key issues in health care reform#46...

  • Wal-Mart Pens Letter to Obama Regarding Health Care Reform | Supermarket News
  • Why Wal-Mart Is Now Supporting An Employer Mandate | Wonk Room

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