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Through a licensing agreement. Procter & Gamble (P&G) will provide Dunkin' Donuts coffee to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, and drug stores throughout the Unites States.

Mattel Inc. voluntarily recalls one toy from the "CARS" die-cast vehicle line (the Sarge character), manufactured between May 2007 and July 2007, containing impermissible levels of lead.

Terra Technology, a provider of demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions for consumer products companies, announces that Carol Wiener joins the company as vice president of Consulting.

Pinnacle Foods Group Inc. will leverage DSC Logistics transportation management services for product shipping. In April 2007, Pinnacle Foods awarded DSC warehousing and distribution management services.

Consumer goods companies can expect to gain valuable shopper insights from a new generation of consumer panel services created by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Information Resources Inc. (IRI) based on Wal-Mart's unique customer segments.

Candy manufacturer Just Born Inc. had three main criteria when it evaluated solutions that would help it to deal with its disparate data sources: ease of use for both the field and internal users, minimal IT resources needed to install and maintain, and strong processes in place for support and training.

Masco, a manufacturer of home improvement and building products, is using a software application from Centric Software to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting.

Dole Food Company Inc.'s operating subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, are working together to establish a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples from its production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe.