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Coca-Cola Co. and Kraft Foods are among the top five most visible brands, while Whole Foods Market earned top marks for social responsibility in the 2012 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient Study, Yahoo Finance reported.

Supervalu is transitioning to one private label brand, consolidating several banner brands under the Essential Everyday label,

Procter & Gamble Co. reportedly plans to terminate the sale of its Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods, following an accounting probe into the way the maker of Emerald nuts booked its payments to growers, Bloomberg reported.

PepsiCo will remain one company, disproving rumors of a possible spinoff, and will increase advertising and marketing support for it global brands by $500 million to $600 million in 2012, focusing on North America, Bloomberg reported.

Walmart has unveiled its Great for You nutrition icon to identify foods that meet health criteria as defined by expert sources, Bloomberg reported.

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu Inc. plans to cut 800 positions in a cost-cutting move, the

7-Eleven Inc. plans to roll out more fresh food products, such as fruit, salads, beef tacos and beef and chicken empanadas, the

7-Eleven Inc. plans to roll out more fresh food products, such as fruit, salads, beef tacos and beef and chicken empanadas, the

Safeway has named Lori Raya president of its Vons division, replacing the retiring Tom Keller,

Walmart plans to sell a lower-priced single-serve coffee maker later this year that is expected to compete head-to-head with leader Green Mountain Coffee's Keurig brewer,

PepsiCo now has 22 billion-dollar brands, as its Diet Mountain Dew, Brisk tea, and Starbucks beverages all rose past the $1 billion mark in annual sales, the

AgroTrade International plans to invest $500 million to open 400 discount groceries in southern Florida,