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  • General Electric Co. is using a Web tool based on the Thomson Reuters service, while grocery-store operators Safeway Inc. and Delhaize America, a unit of the Belgian Delhaize Group that owns chains including Food Lion and Hannaford, have worked with Castlight.

    Push for Health-Cost Data Anna Wilde Mathews 2011

  • Alas, the small, local brewery is about to be forced to make the same kind of grocery-store swill Yamaoka abhors, unless our heroes can help the owners secure a loan.

    21 « May « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon 2009

  • With low-energy consumption and long lifetime, the first OLED lighting applications will be in so-called "install and forget" places, where lights that last for a long time are valued, such as grocery-store freezers or the "fasten seat belt" sign on an airplane, manufacturers say.

    Rethinking the Light Bulb Evan Ramstad 2010

  • Hostess, famous for its Wonder Bread, came out with Nature's Pride, a small line of whole-grain breads that was dwarfed on grocery-store shelves by Nature's Own, from larger rival Flowers Foods.

    Hostess Tries to Lengthen Shelf Life Julie Jargon 2012

  • Elsewhere in options, traders bet that Supervalu Inc. can overcome the wave of grocery-store worry that sent shares in the sector lower Tuesday.

    Options Traders Buck Bearish Moment for Family Dollar, Supervalu Brendan Conway 2011

  • The city said they will study grocery-store electronic sales receipts, measure the amount of cash purchases versus current food stamp purchases, and gauge with phone surveys if consumption drops.

    City Details Soda Plan Suzanne Sataline 2010

  • The latter aspect was particularly appealing, as the American appetite for Shiraz was seemingly endless, and its cultural talisman, Yellow Tail, could be found in seemingly every wine shop and grocery-store aisle.

    Can We Rekindle Our Love Affair With Syrah? Lettie Teague 2011

  • They are heavier than lettuce and so fall to the bottom of the bag, where they are unlikely to be noticed by shoppers glancing at a grocery-store shelf.

    The Salad Is in the Bag Sarah Nassauer 2011

  • The third-largest U.S. grocery-store operator by revenue said its sales edged lower and margins narrowed, again hurt by price cuts.

    Business Watch 2010

  • How about if somebody (science fair project, kids?) cooks a store-bought preformed beef patty and fries some matchstick fries, douses both with salt and sticks the burger in a standard grocery-store bun -- and lets the concoction sit alongside the Happy Meal for a few months?

    Is that right? The McDonald's Happy Meal project Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010

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