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Farm Fresh Food & Pharmacy held its 25th annual charity golf classic earlier this month at Ford's Colony Country Club in Williamsburg. Ron Dennis (c), president and COO of Farm Fresh, welcomes Allen Sabry (l) and John Loveys, both of DPI Specialty Foods, to the event's 19th Hole charity cocktail party.

June 24-25: DPI Specialty Foods Holiday Show, Baltimore Convention Center.

August 18 & 22: Mars Supermarket Golf Outing, Baltimore, MD.

September 13: Children's Cancer Foundation Celebrity Ball, Towson, MD.

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	Food World Market Study 2008: Giant/Landover Still Sliding As Safeway, Food Lion Gain; Economy Aids Wal-Mart In $38.3 Billion Market
	Inflation, recession and the ensuing trading down led to one of the most volatile years that the food industry has faced in decades.

	Food Trade News Market Study 2008: ShopRite, Giant/Carlisle Post Biggest Gains; Wal-Mart Moving, Acme Slips In $45.3 Billion Market
	And the winner is....ShopRite. Yes, once again, the 161 stores that are part of Wakefern Food Corp. dominated the 55 counties in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware that comprise the Food Trade News marketing area.

	'Vito' D'Anna Resigns From Mars Super Markets, Brother Chris Is New CEO
	Carmen "Vito" D'Anna has resigned as president and chief executive officer of Mars Super Markets, the 18 store regional operator based in Baltimore that was founded in 1943 and currently employes about 1,700 associates.


		Jeff Metzger: Market Study 2008

		Dick Bestany: In & Around Food World

		Nina Weiland: Food Trade Talk