Associated Retail Stores, based in Salt Lake City, Utah is a retailers' cooperative that supplies about 600 independently-owned supermarkets in an 8-state region.It was founded in 1940 by Donald P. Lloyd, president of the Utah Retail Grocers Association, and 34 retailers.In addition to serving independent retailers, it also has corporate-owned stores (Dan's, Dick's Lin's and Macey's) and heavily advertises the Western Family name. It distributes Western Family Foods products in its stores.Their motto is "Only the Best". See alsoRidley's Family Markets, a store supplied by Associated Food Stores

Suddenly, the computer crashed. None of the cash registers could function. Ted Donoghue, the assistant manager running the store on the afternoon of Dec. 13, consulted associates and made a snap decision:All customers passing through the registers would get their food for free until the computers were working again.

When you go to the store, conventional foods are on average cheaper than organic. But when you weigh all costs associated with foods -- farm energy use, tax-funded subsidies for non-organic, etc. -- organic is cheaper for the public overall.

Experts question FDA’s ability to police safety of imported food. At least 1 million pounds of suspect Chinese seafood landed on American store shelves and dinner plates despite a Food and Drug Administration order that the shipments first be screened for banned drugs or chemicals, an Associated Press investigation found.

The fast-food giant, which has posted strong U.S. same-store sales increases over the past year, already has the machine, also known as a Redbox, in operation at six stores in Las Vegas and 11 restaurants in Washington, D.C., according to spokeswoman Lisa Howard. The company disclosed neither the costs associated with installing or maintaining the

60 million containers of pet food recalledEukanuba, Iams and store brands tied to kidney failure, deathshttp://one.revver.com/watch/206018release by Associated Press on 16/03/2007