- The Detroit Free Press reports that pizza manufacturers are engaged in a hunt for a low-carb pizza to compensate for a near-stagnant growth rate in the category.
- Wal-Mart reportedly has instituted a broad series of price cuts on prescription medications in the Cleveland market, on reports that both Costco and regional chains were undercutting it on price.
- There are published reports from Canada saying that the swelling population of Asian-Canadians there - there are more than 1.2 million, mostly in Toronto and Vancouver - means that there has been an increase in the number of mom-and-pop and regional ethnic chains that are changing the face of the nation's supermarket business.
