| July 28, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
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 | Trends |  |  | | - Beer, wine and spirits uncork sales growth
Sales of beer, wine and spirits increased in the year that ended June 12, according to SymphonyIRI Group. A BevMark official said brands that lured customers with discounts in the spring are passing on price increases. "We are looking at an industry happily stabilizing itself and pulling back on the promotions," he said. Supermarket News (7/25)        | The Business Gold Rewards Card® from American Express OPEN
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  - Supply-chain leaders include global food companies
An annual list of supply-chain leaders puts Procter & Gamble at No. 3, behind Apple and Dell. New to the Gartner list this year are Nestle, Kraft and Starbucks. This report highlighted key themes and recommendations in supply-chain management. Financial Times (tiered subscription model) (7/25)   | Learn How to Increase ROI with CRM in the Cloud
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 | Retail Spotlight | | | | - Jewel-Osco offers Groupon deal on Unilever ice cream
Groupon is offering a 40% discount on Unilever ice cream sold at Jewel-Osco stores in the Chicago area. Shoppers must purchase the deal for $9 to receive $15 worth of products from Ben & Jerry's, Popsicle, Good Humor, Breyers or Klondike using their Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer Card. Progressive Grocer (7/28)
| Health & Wellness | | | | - Daily intake of added sugar has dropped in U.S., surveys show
Americans consumed about 2.7 ounces of added sugar daily in 2007 and 2008, a decrease from 3.5 ounces in 1999 and 2000, according to a study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Federal and private efforts to warn consumers of sugar's adverse effects, including obesity, might have played a role in reducing intake, researchers said. Reuters (7/27) | GMA News | | | |
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Groups raise concern on food safety law's preventive controls rules
Several groups, including GMA, told the FDA that subjecting warehouses solely involved in storing packaged foods to the Food Safety Modernization Act's full hazard analysis and preventive controls provisions would be redundant. Applying such extensive rules to such facilities "would create significant costs and administrative burdens without a corresponding benefit to public health," stated a petition to the FDA. SupplyChainDigital.com (7/27) - Silk completes non-GMO verification
Silk gained verification from nonprofit Non-GMO Project that its soy milk, coconut milk and almond milk are 99.1% free of genetically modified organisms. Because 93% of soybeans grown in the U.S. are genetically modified, no products can claim to be entirely free of GMOs, but Silk and other companies, including Whole Foods Market, are seeking the verification as proof that they got close. Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) (7/27)
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