Food Sales stories:
Auto Sector Puts Brake on Retail Sales
Oct 14th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Retail sales fell 1.5% in September with the end of the "cash for clunkers" program, but consumer spending rose in many categories, lifting hopes that the economic recovery is gaining momentum at the start of the holiday shopping season.
Costco Quarterly Profit Falls on Lower Gasoline, Non-Food Sales
Oct 7th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Costco Wholesale Corp., the largestU.S. warehouse club, said fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percenton lower revenue from gasoline and non-food items. Net income in the quarter ended Aug...



