City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 10/26/2007 - Consumer Goods industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) recently announced that Del Monte Foods (NYSE:DLM), one of America's largest and most well-known producers, distributors and marketers of premium quality branded food and pet products, has elected to standardize its communications system by installing CallXpress across all of its corporate offices. Since its founding in 1916, the Del Monte brand has been one of America's most well-known brands for canned vegetables and fruits.

NutraCea (OTC BB: NTRZ), a health science company and a world leader in stabilized rice bran (SRB) nutrient research and technology whose products include food supplements and medical foods, which provide health benefits for humans and animals recently announced that it has retained the Financial Relations Board (FRB) for investor relations services and an expanded communications program among the investment community.

At Sara Lee Corporations (NYSE: SLE) annual meeting of stockholders, held recently in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., management shared the progress it has made to transform the company, its opportunities for future growth and plans for returning value to stockholders. Also, the board of directors recently declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.105 per share on the companys common stock. This represents a 5% increase over the prior quarterly dividend.

Jamba Inc. (Nasdaq:JMBA), which operates juice-and-smoothie chain Jamba Juice, recently said its third-quarter same-store sales rose 3.3 percent. Same-store sales, or sales at stores open at least a year, is a key indicator of retailer performance since it measures growth at existing locations rather than newly-opened ones. The company said same-store sales rose 3.8 percent at company-owned stores. For the quarter ended Oct. 16, the company said total sales rose 23.5 percent to $83.2 million from $67.4 million in the prior-year quarter.

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