Giant Food LLC is a supermarket chain with 186 locations throughout Washington, D.C., Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland. Giant is often referred to as Giant-Landover so not to be confused with sister company Giant-Carlisle.In 2004, Giant-Landover merged with sister company Stop & Shop to create Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover, which itself a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Ahold.

At first glance, there seems little common ground between fast-food giant McDonald's, US commodities multinational Cargill, and The Nature Conservancy, an environmental group. But here in the Brazilian Amazon, all three are working together to help soy farmers produce grains without cutting down the forest.

The credit-card giant is trying out a new system designed to speed the payment process at check-out counters and replace cash transactions at places such as fast food restaurants.

We created theShoppersBible.com because we became dismayed at the number of local and independent shops that were being forced out of business. Unique clothes stores, food outlets and specialty shops became casualties of the war against the National and Internet giants with their superior marketing budgets and dominance of the retail scene.

The Environmental Working Group and HybridCars.com have created a site where you can exercise your creativity and tell the fast food giant what you think of their latest promotion for kids: the Ronald McHummer Sign-o-Matic.

Amazon.com Inc., the e-commerce giant that wants to become the "Earth's most customer-centric company," is the latest retailer to enter the grocery business. Amazon.com now offers more than 1,200 brands of nonperishable items, ranging from detergent to dog food.