﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>packexpo  News – All Stories</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NewsHeadLines.aspx</link><copyright>2008 packexpo</copyright><language>en-us</language><image><title>packexpo.com - Packaging suppliers,machines,materials,services directory</title><url>http://my.packexpo.com/Skins/packexpo/365/logo.png</url><link>http://my.packexpo.com/Default.aspx</link></image><description>Packaging News</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:59:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Companies Shrink Packages, Not Prices</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085194/Companies-Shrink-Packages-Not-Prices.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085194/Companies-Shrink-Packages-Not-Prices.aspx</guid><description>As costs of food and fuel increase, food manufacturers must choose between raising prices or cutting back on the size of their goods.</description></item><item><title>American Marketing's Green Caterware the Choice for Wings to Go</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085203/American-Marketing-s-Green-Caterware-the-Choice-for-Wings-to-Go.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085203/American-Marketing-s-Green-Caterware-the-Choice-for-Wings-to-Go.aspx</guid><description>Sam LaGrassa's will also use the products that contain up to 40 percent recycled plastic for its catering services.</description></item><item><title>IFCO Systems' Revenues Grew 11.7 Pct in Second Quarter</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085204/IFCO-Systems-Revenues-Grew-11-7-Pct-in-Second-Quarter.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085204/IFCO-Systems-Revenues-Grew-11-7-Pct-in-Second-Quarter.aspx</guid><description>The company posted a net profit of US$4.7 million for the period.</description></item><item><title>UK Supermarket Chain Lightens Up on Ale Bottles</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085205/UK-Supermarket-Chain-Lightens-Up-on-Ale-Bottles.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085205/UK-Supermarket-Chain-Lightens-Up-on-Ale-Bottles.aspx</guid><description>This September, Co-op will begin selling its own-brand beers in bottles that weigh 22 perccent less than before and is projecting a savings of 130 tons of glass per year.</description></item><item><title>Boise Cascade Reports Quarterly Losses of $15.4 Million</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085199/Boise-Cascade-Reports-Quarterly-Losses-of-15-4-Million.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50085199/Boise-Cascade-Reports-Quarterly-Losses-of-15-4-Million.aspx</guid><description>On Feb. 22 of this year, the company sold its paper and packaging operations to an investment company that created a publicly held company called Boise Inc.</description></item><item><title>USDA estimates COOL cost at $2.5 billion</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11852/USDA-estimates-COOL-cost-at-2-5-billion.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11852/USDA-estimates-COOL-cost-at-2-5-billion.aspx</guid><description>Price tag anticipated for first year of country-of-origin labeling (COOL, Docket No. AMS-LS-07-0081) totals $2.5 billion, according to US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. </description></item><item><title>Multivac establishes unit to recondition used machines </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11853/Multivac-establishes-unit-to-recondition-used-machines.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11853/Multivac-establishes-unit-to-recondition-used-machines.aspx</guid><description>New business unit at Multivac, Inc., Kansas City, MO, rebuilds, sells previously owned Multivac equipment. </description></item><item><title>UK cuts waste on three fronts </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11854/UK-cuts-waste-on-three-fronts.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11854/UK-cuts-waste-on-three-fronts.aspx</guid><description>In UK, effort to reduce municipal waste, household waste, landfilled waste succeeds with modest decreases in all three in 2007. </description></item><item><title>Changeover: Unifoil…  </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11855/Changeover-Unifoil-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11855/Changeover-Unifoil-.aspx</guid><description>By hiring Brian Leverock, Matthew Rafferty as account managers, Unifoil Corp., Fairfield, NJ, hopes to grow its recyclable packaging, </description></item><item><title>Earnings update: Graphic Packaging… Graham… </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11856/Earnings-update-Graphic-Packaging-Graham-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11856/Earnings-update-Graphic-Packaging-Graham-.aspx</guid><description>At Graphic Packaging Holding Co., Marietta, GA, merger with Altivity Packaging, LLC, pricing, favorable foreign currency translations help boost net sales 83.2% </description></item><item><title>S&amp;S Foods Recalls Beef Linked to Scout Camp E. Coli Outbreak</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085262/S-S-Foods-Recalls-Beef-Linked-to-Scout-Camp-E-Coli-Outbreak.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085262/S-S-Foods-Recalls-Beef-Linked-to-Scout-Camp-E-Coli-Outbreak.aspx</guid><description>The company is recalling 153,630 pounds of frozen ground beef that may be contaminated.</description></item><item><title>No Evidence to Support 'Organic Is Best'</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085208/No-Evidence-to-Support-Organic-Is-Best-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085208/No-Evidence-to-Support-Organic-Is-Best-.aspx</guid><description>New research in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indicates that organically grown crops do not contain more major and trace elements than do chemically treat crops.</description></item><item><title>Sara Lee Beats Earning Expectations for 4Q</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085180/Sara-Lee-Beats-Earning-Expectations-for-4Q.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50085180/Sara-Lee-Beats-Earning-Expectations-for-4Q.aspx</guid><description>The packaged foods company had a net loss of $695 million, but it avoided even larger losses by raising prices at the supermarket.</description></item><item><title>Bottled Water Still Big in Vegas</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50085247/Bottled-Water-Still-Big-in-Vegas.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50085247/Bottled-Water-Still-Big-in-Vegas.aspx</guid><description>"The trend I see is that people are ordering more bottled water," said Alex Stratta, executive chef of Alex and Stratta at Wynn Las Vegas.</description></item><item><title>Coke Campaign Focuses on What's Not in the Can</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50085172/Coke-Campaign-Focuses-on-What-s-Not-in-the-Can.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50085172/Coke-Campaign-Focuses-on-What-s-Not-in-the-Can.aspx</guid><description>By touting "No Added Preservatives or Artificial Flavors," the Coca-Cola Company is granting consumers a peak at its top-secret recipe.</description></item><item><title>U.S. Retail Reports for July a Mixed Bag</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50085195/U-S-Retail-Reports-for-July-a-Mixed-Bag.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50085195/U-S-Retail-Reports-for-July-a-Mixed-Bag.aspx</guid><description>Deep discounters continued to outperform their higher-end competitors, and the largest chains rang in an overall sales increase of 2.6 percent.</description></item><item><title>India's Government Creates Wine Board to Boost Quality</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085196/India-s-Government-Creates-Wine-Board-to-Boost-Quality.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085196/India-s-Government-Creates-Wine-Board-to-Boost-Quality.aspx</guid><description>The National Grape and Wine Board will develop wine standards and certify different brands for their contents and label accuracy.</description></item><item><title>French Set for Tax on Junk Food</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085201/French-Set-for-Tax-on-Junk-Food.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085201/French-Set-for-Tax-on-Junk-Food.aspx</guid><description>Ministers are being urged by health experts to raise the VAT from 5.5 to 19.6 per cent on all food considered to be "too rich, too sweet, too salty and which are not strictly necessary."</description></item><item><title>Feds Reject Gov. Perry's Request to Trim Ethanol Mandate</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085176/Feds-Reject-Gov-Perry-s-Request-to-Trim-Ethanol-Mandate.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-10-50085176/Feds-Reject-Gov-Perry-s-Request-to-Trim-Ethanol-Mandate.aspx</guid><description>Texas had asked EPA for a waiver from the requirement that gasoline sold in the state contain an increasing percentage of corn-based fuel.</description></item><item><title>Pfizer Announces Major Staff Cuts at Irish Plant</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-7-50085248/Pfizer-Announces-Major-Staff-Cuts-at-Irish-Plant.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-7-50085248/Pfizer-Announces-Major-Staff-Cuts-at-Irish-Plant.aspx</guid><description>The drugmaker will let 180 workers go from its Cork facility, and concerns have been raised that it may lay off an additional 300 people.</description></item><item><title>Diamant Art Introduces Fully Compostable Plastic Bags</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-8-50085200/Diamant-Art-Introduces-Fully-Compostable-Plastic-Bags.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-8-50085200/Diamant-Art-Introduces-Fully-Compostable-Plastic-Bags.aspx</guid><description>The bags, produced by Diamant's subsidiary Bio-Plastics Film, are Certified Compostable under ASTM-D-6400.</description></item><item><title>New Report Looks at Trends in Ethical and Sustainable Packaging</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084483/New-Report-Looks-at-Trends-in-Ethical-and-Sustainable-Packaging.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084483/New-Report-Looks-at-Trends-in-Ethical-and-Sustainable-Packaging.aspx</guid><description>Ethical product development is now a major issue in the industry, and this trend includes the use and promotion of sustainable packaging formats.</description></item><item><title>OI to Expand NZ Plant</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084509/OI-to-Expand-NZ-Plant.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084509/OI-to-Expand-NZ-Plant.aspx</guid><description>Owens-Illinois has announced plans to invest $80 million to create 35 new jobs at its former ACI Glass factory in Auckland, mostly in the screw top bottle department.</description></item><item><title>Thailand's SCG Paper Finds Attractive Packaging Increases Sales</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084510/Thailand-s-SCG-Paper-Finds-Attractive-Packaging-Increases-Sales.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084510/Thailand-s-SCG-Paper-Finds-Attractive-Packaging-Increases-Sales.aspx</guid><description>As oil and raw material prices rise, manufacturers are coming to packaging designers to ask for help to lower their expenses.</description></item><item><title>Aramex Introduces Biodegradable Packages</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084511/Aramex-Introduces-Biodegradable-Packages.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084511/Aramex-Introduces-Biodegradable-Packages.aspx</guid><description>The major initiative, which began at the start of the year, involved phasing out all plastic bags for the company's express courier dispatches.</description></item><item><title>Pooled Pallets Help Berry Distributor Pick Up Profits</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084512/Pooled-Pallets-Help-Berry-Distributor-Pick-Up-Profits.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-3-50084512/Pooled-Pallets-Help-Berry-Distributor-Pick-Up-Profits.aspx</guid><description>Naturipe Berry Growers, a leading produce company, has announced it is seeing significant benefits from the CHEP pallet pool.</description></item><item><title>Grower switches to reusable pallets to cut waste, save energy</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11840/Grower-switches-to-reusable-pallets-to-cut-waste-save-energy.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11840/Grower-switches-to-reusable-pallets-to-cut-waste-save-energy.aspx</guid><description>Third-party lifecycle analysis finds switch to reusable pallet cuts waste, reduces energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions for Naturipe Berry Growers, Salinas, CA. </description></item><item><title>PACK EXPO preview: Metallized film replaces foil laminates</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11841/PACK-EXPO-preview-Metallized-film-replaces-foil-laminates.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11841/PACK-EXPO-preview-Metallized-film-replaces-foil-laminates.aspx</guid><description>High-barrier Lumirror® MK61 metallized polyethylene terephthalate film replaces thicker foil laminates for products requiring protection from oxygen, water vapor. </description></item><item><title>Short runs: Green Mountain… TricorBraun/Columbia… </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11842/Short-runs-Green-Mountain-TricorBraun-Columbia-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11842/Short-runs-Green-Mountain-TricorBraun-Columbia-.aspx</guid><description>Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., Waterbury, VT, plans to fill K-Cup portion packs for single-cup coffee brewing system </description></item><item><title>Changeover: Enercon… PMMI… </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11843/Changeover-Enercon-PMMI-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11843/Changeover-Enercon-PMMI-.aspx</guid><description>As newly promoted director of Sales – Induction Sealing Systems at Enercon Industries Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI, Ryan T. Schuelke </description></item><item><title>Earnings update: Caraustar… </title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11844/Earnings-update-Caraustar-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-1-11844/Earnings-update-Caraustar-.aspx</guid><description>At Caraustar Industries, Inc., Atlanta, GA, sales slip to $217.0 million in 2Q08 from $221.2 million in 2Q07; </description></item><item><title>Heat-and-Eat Sandwiches Suspected in Irish Salmonella Outbreak</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084476/Heat-and-Eat-Sandwiches-Suspected-in-Irish-Salmonella-Outbreak.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084476/Heat-and-Eat-Sandwiches-Suspected-in-Irish-Salmonella-Outbreak.aspx</guid><description>Eight cases of infection have been confirmed among people who ate food supplied by a catering service.</description></item><item><title>Chicken Riddle: What's in a Label?</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084477/Chicken-Riddle-What-s-in-a-Label-.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084477/Chicken-Riddle-What-s-in-a-Label-.aspx</guid><description>With the exception of "organic," there's really no oversight for other claims. No inspections are done for so-called "100 percent natural" poultry.</description></item><item><title>Nestle's Profit Grew 6.1 Pct in First Half of 2008</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084582/Nestle-s-Profit-Grew-6-1-Pct-in-First-Half-of-2008.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-5-50084582/Nestle-s-Profit-Grew-6-1-Pct-in-First-Half-of-2008.aspx</guid><description>The company is predicting strong growth through the entire year.</description></item><item><title>Yuengling Now Second-Largest American-Owned Brewery</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084479/Yuengling-Now-Second-Largest-American-Owned-Brewery.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084479/Yuengling-Now-Second-Largest-American-Owned-Brewery.aspx</guid><description>Boston Beer Co. rose to the number one position when Anheuser-Busch was bought by InBev last month.</description></item><item><title>Chinese Beer Under-represented in American Beer Market</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084480/Chinese-Beer-Under-represented-in-American-Beer-Market.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084480/Chinese-Beer-Under-represented-in-American-Beer-Market.aspx</guid><description>The only two Chinese labels widely available in the U.S. are Tsingtao and Harbin.</description></item><item><title>The Electronic Tongue With a Taste for Fine Wine</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084485/The-Electronic-Tongue-With-a-Taste-for-Fine-Wine.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-4-50084485/The-Electronic-Tongue-With-a-Taste-for-Fine-Wine.aspx</guid><description>The device is still in the early stages of development but researchers hope they will one day be able to make an automatic wine taster that is more reliable than the human palette.</description></item><item><title>Whole Foods Market: Whole Lot of Loss in UK</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084484/Whole-Foods-Market-Whole-Lot-of-Loss-in-UK.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084484/Whole-Foods-Market-Whole-Lot-of-Loss-in-UK.aspx</guid><description>Fresh &amp; Wild Ltd, the UK unit of Whole Foods Market, reported a loss of GBP9.9 million for the year to September 30, 2007.</description></item><item><title>Euro-Zone Retail Sales Post Largest Annual Fall</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084514/Euro-Zone-Retail-Sales-Post-Largest-Annual-Fall.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084514/Euro-Zone-Retail-Sales-Post-Largest-Annual-Fall.aspx</guid><description>Retail sales declined 3.1 percent overall from a year earlier in the 15 countries using the euro.</description></item><item><title>Department Stores' Survival May Hinge on Differentiation</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084515/Department-Stores-Survival-May-Hinge-on-Differentiation.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-9-50084515/Department-Stores-Survival-May-Hinge-on-Differentiation.aspx</guid><description>Battered since the 1960s by discounters and recently thrust into doing business on the Internet, the nation's department stores are in a tenuous position.</description></item><item><title>Ascendia Brands Files for Bankruptcy Protection</title><link>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-6-50084522/Ascendia-Brands-Files-for-Bankruptcy-Protection.aspx?utm_source=rssfeed&amp;utm_medium=rssfeed&amp;utm_campaign=rssfeed</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://my.packexpo.com/NST-6-50084522/Ascendia-Brands-Files-for-Bankruptcy-Protection.aspx</guid><description>The maker of Mr. Bubble and Calgon will continue to operate under the rules of chapter 11.</description></item><item><title>FDA Approves 2008-2009 Flu 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