An infestation of mice in a Tesco store in Cardiff, Wales resulted in a fine as the supermarket was charged with violation of Britain’s 1990 Food Safety Act.

Vice President Dick Cheney’s former company, Halliburton, is embroiled in another controversy surrounding its performance in Iraq. The company announced it would hold up billing for food services to troops…

Kroger and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) have reached agreement on a labor contract for 6,500 grocery store workers in Tenn. and Miss.

JCPenney is looking to triple the amount of apparel outsourcing it is currently doing to India from $200 million now to $600 million in the next three years.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has produced a commercial targeted to the African-American community asking for support in boycotting for the treatment of chicken before slaughter.

Changing consumer perceptions about eggs as part of a healthy diet have brought new sales momentum to the category.

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) have asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish new regulations for carbohydrate nutrient content claims.

Tyson Foods announced it plans to eliminate trans fats from a number of its fully cooked retail products as well as school foodservice items.

President Bush’s budget requests $441 million from Congress to protect against natural and terrorist threats to the US food supply.

Parmalat may have doubled its billing to receive up to $5 billion in loans from banks.

The strike by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Southern California has many openly questioning whether Safeway’s chairman, chief executive and president, Steve Burd, is…

The chief executives of Best Buy and Office Deport are slated to deliver keynote speeches at Shop.org’s Annual Summit next October in Anaheim, CA.

Krispy Kreme is looking to build an international presence and its first venture into Mexico appears to be a success.

A beer from Sweden that promotes the benefits of its genetically modified ingredients is expected to be available for sale throughout the European Union in April.

Avon is using teenagers and young adult women between 16 and 24 to sell a new line of products called Mark at high schools and colleges.

Consumers continued to spend in December with purchases up 0.4 percent despite the uncertainty in the job market.

Viacom is planning to spin-off its Blockbuster Entertainment division having failed to find a buyer for the home entertainment rental and sales business.

Bill Gates of Microsoft said consumers may have to buy electric stamps to send email if the nation is serious about getting rid of spam.

Richard Norberg, a chef working in the cafeteria of an engineering company in Sweden, is not having his contract renewed because his cooking is so good people are willing to…

7-Eleven did better this fourth quarter than last but it still lost $6.1 million.

Winn-Dixie announced it lost 57 cents a share in the last quarter due to intense price competition and on a writedown of assets.

Whether Gateway can make the shift from a computer marketer to a consumer electronics company remains to be seen. The company lost 35 cents a share in the latest quarter.

New menu introductions help Wendy’s earn two cents more per share than analysts expected.

The average amount of time patrons waited for a table at fast casual restaurants was 28 minutes, according to Mark Kalinowski, an analyst with Smith Barney.

US gross domestic product grew a solid four percent in the fourth quarter but below the 4.9 predicted by economists.

The former chief executive of the athletic apparel company, FILA USA, may be facing up to five years in jail and $250,000 in fines for misleading auditors about the amount…