IRI: WHO: Sally Lyons Wyatt, Senior Vice President, Client Solutions, IRI WHAT: 2007 was a particularly challenging year for the snack industry. Manufacturers faced sharp increases in commodity costs, shrinking display space at retail and stepped up private label competition.

IRI: WHO: Thom Blischok - President, Retail Solutions North America and Strategic Consulting, IRI WHAT: Approximately 40 percent of prescription customers fill their order and then leave the store.

Based on a new IRI trade survey, 87 percent of retail pharmacy executives report that their pharmacy business is growing faster--in many cases twice as fast--as the total store.

IRI: WHO: Sally Lyons Wyatt, Senior Vice President, Client Solutions, IRI   WHAT: The U.S. snack industry experienced a year of positive momentum as dollar sales rebounded in 2006.

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