Perimeter

PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway.com has said it has more than doubled in size in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento areas since its mid-March launch and is now available to customers in 250 ZIP code areas, representing approximately 2.6 million households.

With ever-increasing sales and scores of new product introductions, yogurt is the dairy case's shining star.

Now more than ever, opportunity knocks in the inner city for both independent and chain food retailers.

Supermarkets' sales gains pale in comparison to what Wal-Mart's racking up. Is their last chance looming?

Creative retailer-supplier partnerships are boosting sales and encouraging customer loyalty.

STOCKHOLM - Sweden's National Food Administration today reported scientists' findings that some carbohydrate-rich foods contain alarmingly high quantities of a substance believed to cause cancer, Reuters reports.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Harris Teeter is introducing Harris Teeter Naturals, a line of natural and organic private label products, in celebration of Earth Day.

LOS ANGELES - The produce industry is showing its concern for regulations that might be considered by Congress as part of food security legislation, the Los Angeles Times reports.

WASHINGTON - A new report conducted for the Institute of Food Technologists suggests America's food supply will be threatened by dangerous bacteria for a long time as new germs arrive in imported products and microbes already here develop in new forms, The Associated Press reports.

CAMDEN, N.J. - Campbell Soup Company on Saturday voluntarily recalled one day's production of its 18.7-ounce cans of soup labeled Campbell's Ready To Serve Classic Tomato, because it may contain undeclared milk and soy protein.

CHICAGO - Kraft Foods Inc. is once again a target of Genetically Engineered Food Alert, the Washington-based group whose research led to Kraft's recall of taco shells containing StarLink last year, Reuters reports.

ZAANDAM, The Netherlands - Ahold said today that its third worldwide promotion held last fall generated record sales.