ALBANY, N.Y. - In a case that could affect passengers delayed on planes at airports nationwide, an industry trade group is challenging New York's law requiring airlines to provide food, water, clean toilets and fresh air to passengers stuck on the ground for more than three hours.

GBK has extensively covered City Councilman Bill DeBlasio’s bill to ban styrofoam/polystyrene food service containers. A similar bill was introduced on the state level in July by NY State Senator Liz Krueger and is being carried in the NY State Assembly by Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh. NY would be the first state to ban polystyrene.

Albany, NY along with Schenectady and Troy in the upstate new york capital region, is a 'hotspot' for food blogs. This suburban region, dominated by government office and local colleges, is home to over a dozen food bloggers.

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) is an American retail supermarket chain and parent company, founded by Bernard Henry Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported over US$60 billion in sales during its most recent fiscal year and is the top grocery retailer in the country and third-place general retailer in the country, with Wal-Mart and The Home Depot filling slots one and two, respectively. Supermarket News ranked Kroger No. 2 in the 2007 "Top 75 North American Food Retailers" based on 2006 fiscal year estimated sales of $66.6 billion. As of January 28, 2006, Kroger operated, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,507 supermarkets, 579 of which had fuel centers.It has its headquarters in Cincinnati, but it spans many states with store formats that include supermarkets, hypermarkets, department stores, convenience stores and mall jewelry stores. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia are among those with Kroger stores carrying the Kroger name.Kroger is currently celebrating its 125th anniversary.