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KXAN-TV News reports that an HEB store in North Austin “has been remodeled into a market that caters to the Latin community in the area ... The revamped grocery store is set-up Mercado style and customers will be able to get freshly made tortillas as well as aguas frescas.

“H-E-B said the store features new products and services not found in any other H-E-B in Central Texas.”

The retailer said it spent $7 million dollars to expand the store by an additional 6,000 square feet.

• The Wall Street Journalreports that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are saying that “tests of factory-sealed Mead Johnson infant formula pulled from some store shelves after a Missouri infant died from a rare infection showed no traces of bacterial contamination ... The agencies said there was no need for a recall of the formula and that it could continue to be used following the manufacturer’s directions.”

The agencies continue to test to determine the source of the original contamination.

Bloomberg reports that Denny’s “will raise menu prices this year to help make up for higher commodity costs and maintain profit margin,” though the company “declined to specify when the increase will take place or how much it will be.”
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