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		<title><![CDATA[Casey&#8217;s General Stores Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 31/10/2009) Earnings Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Irene Nattel - RBC Capital Market. Irene Nattel - RBC Capital Market  You mentioned consumer trade down within the context of the merchandise category and I was wondering if you could just talk to that a little bit more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:08:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grocers' Non-food Sales Seen to Rise]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Sales of non-food ranges at grocers are set to rise 40 percent over the next five years, a study said on Wednesday, piling pressure on specialist retailers already hit by recession and online competition.Grocery specialists IGD forecast sales of non-food ranges such as clothing, electricals and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:31:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Milkman Is Back With a Vengeance | BTalk Australia]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[podcast] Remember the milkman? Well he's back, only now you can get a whole range of fresh groceries. Braden Lord, CEO of Aussie Farmers Direct talks about how they're avoiding the factors that previously killed off deliveries to your door. by Phil Dobbie]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:18:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hormel Foods Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 07/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, madam. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Farha Aslam - Stephens Inc. Farha Aslam - Stephens Inc. Going forward, Jeff, with the Mexican JV in grocery products, how much top line do you think that&#8217;s going to reduce next year? Jeffrey M. Ettinger...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:03:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRI Study Suggests supercenters, drug stores will hold key recessionary gains]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from Information Resources Inc. offers some insight into how consumer spending at retail may play out in the recessionâ€™s aftermath as consumer go from reacting to the sudden shift in economic circumstances to a new environment.    According to IRI, the big gains made by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:44:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator   Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Nicole Miller - Piper Jaffray.  Nicole Miller - Piper Jaffray Tom, you talked about coffee inflation.  What are you thinking, I know you use much less dairy, but what are you looking at for inflation there...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:20:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meijer Expands Food and Drug Initiatives in Smaller Format]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In its 75th anniversary year, Meijer is going back to its roots, developing a grocery-oriented format it will test in Niles, Ill.    While half the size of a typical Meijer supercenter, the new format wonâ€™t be tiny, coming in at 102,000 square feet. It is scheduled to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart's Herkert Brings the Right Stuff to Supervalu]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supervalu, in announcing the replacement of Jeff Noddle as CEO with former Wal-Mart Americas president and CEO Craig Herkert, gets an executive who has built an expertise in driving a multiple format retail operation with efficiency and improving sales.    He may be just what Supervalu needs right...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:04:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peet&#8217;s Coffee & Tea Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Matthew Difrisco with Oppenheimer. Jake Bartlett - Oppenheimer Hello, this is Jake Bartlett in for Matt. My question had to do with grocery stores. I&#8217;m wondering whether your targets in 2009 for new distribution points is similar to what to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:04:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Private Label Rivalries Could Inflame Competition Between Wal-Mart, Kroger, Aldi]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000983/private-label-rivalries-could-inflame-competition-between-wal-mart-kroger-aldi/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Is a private label price war in the making?    Perhaps, if Kroger lives up to suggestions that it will drop prices on private label groceries as commodity costs slide.    Not that everyone is predicting immediate intensification of private label price rivalries. Speaking at Reuters...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:37:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UK Supermarkets Vying for the Value Shopper]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the value in value? Quite a lot these days if recent announcements are anything to go by.   Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos said the direct to store mixed merchandise chain grew sales by 1.6 per cent in the eight weeks to the end of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:49:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kroger Proves Recession Doesnâ€™t Stop Grocery Shopping]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000886/kroger-proves-recession-doesn%e2%80%99t-stop-grocery-shopping/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kroger, one of the countryâ€™s largest supermarket operators, is proving that consumers arenâ€™t shying away from grocery stores during the recession. In fact, the retailer had what few in the industry can boast -â€" a financial quarter with sales and earnings increases.    The necessity to buy food...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:25:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peet&#8217;s Coffee & Tea Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14040_23-268525.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator   Operators Instruction Your first question comes from the line of David Tarantino - Robert W. Baird. David Tarantino - Robert W. Baird  Question, first, about the grocery business. Could you elaborate on what you are seeing in terms of your grocery sales year-to-date...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:14:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sample Grocery Store Manager Cover Letter]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124529]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Use this template as a cover letter to apply for the post of grocery store manager. A grocery store manager cover letter is the key to the door opening for you in a field that offers health and insurance benefits, long-term employment, and union protection. All grocery store manager cover...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2008: Food and Beverage Industry Fared Better Than Most]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/food/1000350/2008-food-and-beverage-industry-fared-better-than-most/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's been a pretty lousy year for food and beverage industries, in absolute terms. Food company stocks dropped 27 percent, and beverage stocks dropped 21 percent. But if you step back and take a bigger-picture view, food and beverage companies are actually in pretty good shape, compared with the rest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:11:51 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meijer Feeding Worried Customers This Christmas]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers who combine food, general merchandise and value have been surviving the recession better than most, but even Wal-Mart and Costco havenâ€™t been as creatively aggressive in using that formula to promote their stores as has Grand Rapids, Mich., based Meijer. by Mike Duff]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:29:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 9/27/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14040_23-248905.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions First up, we have Bill Chappell with SunTrust. Bill Chappell, Jr. - SunTrust Robinson Humphrey First, a little clarification on your coffee costs being roughly the same in 09 versus 08. Is that just timing of hedges where the first half of the year they&#8217;ll...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:01:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peet&#8217;s Coffee & Tea Inc. Q3 2008 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14040_23-244610.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator instructions We will go first to Larry Petrone of WR Hambrecht.  Lawrence Petrone - WR Hambrecht Co  Good afternoon gentlemen. Just a couple of questions. First, Pat, if I could take you back to your comments around the grocery channel. Earlier this year,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:03:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Can DSD Change the Retail World?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/1000217/can-dsd-change-the-retail-world/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If your local supermarket currently features a wall o' 12-packs spelling out the name of the regional favorite college football team, that's Direct Store Delivery in action. A study done for the Grocery Manufacturers of America came up with compelling reasons why DSD continues to grow. by Lisa Everitt]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:06:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Retail regulators out of touch]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3235/is_14_25/ai_n29465595]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the frustrations U.S. retailing routinely confronts in its ongoing tussle with our country's legislative and regulatory bodies is a citizenry that neither understands, cares much nor feels any particular empathy for retailing. As such, the agencies and offices that make our rules and laws often tend to take...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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