Dictator Hugo Chavez has been accused of stealing hundreds of tons of food from a private company. Just another day in the life of a man running his once-prosperous country into the ground. The director of Alimentos Polar, the nation's biggest food distributor and one of the largest private employers in Venezuela, has told reporters that troops. .

According to an article released by CNN today a company in Wisconsin voluntarily recalled 96,000 pounds of ground beef since two people fell sick with suspected E.Coli.The beef products by American Foods Group include course and fine ground beef, surloin and chopped beef. The suspected meat was distributed to retailers and distributors in 7 sta

Natural Harmony Foods, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NHYF), Natural Harmony Foods met with thirty leading distributors and retailers at the recently concluded Healthy Living Foods Show in Jacksonville, Florida. According to President Sam Dewar the reaction was very positive. More than twenty companies, including: Biggs, Hannaford Brothers, DPI, Price Chopper

Hudson-Boston, MA: November 2, 2007: Agar Supply Co, New England's largest independent food distributor has just retained David A Greenwood & Associates and Brand Identity Guru (BIG) to handle all of the company's public relations and branding duties.

Melanocorp Inc. the distributor of an injectable tanning solution has been warned by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Private label products or services are typically those manufactured or provided by one company for offer under another company's brand. Private label goods and services are available in a wide range of industries from food to cosmetics to web hosting. They are often positioned as lower cost alternatives to regional, national or international brands, although recently some private label brands have been positioned as "premium" brands to compete with existing "name" brands.There are different kinds of private labels:Store brands - The retailer's name is very evident on the packaging.Store sub-brands - Products where the retailer's name is low-key on the packaging.Umbrella branding - A generic brand, independent from the name of the retailer.Individual brands - A name used in one category, this is only used to promote a "real" discount product line.Exclusive brands - Again a name used in one category, but to promote "added value" products within the categoryDistributor brands - Large wholesale grocers and foodservice purveyors often have private labels, for example the Parade brand of Federated Foodservice and the wide array of private brands of the large food service supplier SYSCO. These brands are typically seen in non-chain independent restaurants and stores that cannot afford their own private labeling.There has been a significant increase in private label brands in the recent years worldwide. In Europe, private label goods now account for about 45% of products sold in supermarkets, compared to 25% in the USA. Wal-Mart, for instance, has a 40% private label representation in their stores. Pacific rim countries, such as Australia, Singapore, and Japan, also have significant presence of private labels on store shelves.Historically, private labels were seen as low-priced, low-quality products. In recent years, however, companies have started using private labels to market higher quality items, and many believe high-quality private labels will increase their presence.