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Southern California Food Industry Business Group Publishes New Website

NRF represents an industry with more than 1.

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FIBR members include private firms and public agencies such as: Juanita's
Foods, Tawa Supermarket /99 Ranch Market, El Burrito Mexican Food Products,
Mikawaya, Pasta Mia, Quon Yick Noodle Co.

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As the industry umbrella
group, NRF also represents more than 100 state, national and international
retail associations.

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NRF has urged Congress and the Bush Administration to simplify the
existing income tax system rather than enacting a wholesale replacement with
an NRST, value-added tax or other form of consumption tax.

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The website features an extensive collection of resources for businesses
in the food manufacturing industry, including:

* Daily news from a variety of sources;
* Free email newsletters;
* Upcoming trade shows;
* International trade resources;
* Membership information; and,
* A private networking and discussion forum for members.

Retailers Urge Tax Reform Panel to Reject Consumption Tax Proposals

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Southern California food manufacturing is made up of over 1,326 companies
employing 51,000 employees and generating over $16 billion in annual sales
(Source: Dun + Bradstreet, 2003). WASHINGTON, who need to spend a large percentage of their income on
necessities -- would face a large tax increase.

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American workers -- and 2004 sales of $4.nrf .

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LOS ANGELES, The Food Industry Business Roundtable
(FIBR), a nonprofit business association dedicated to promoting the growth of
the ethnic and specialty food processing industry in Southern California, has
launched its new website: http://www.

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, manufacturers with 50 or
fewer employees ) represent two-thirds of all food manufacturing concerns in
Los Angeles County.

The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade
association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of
distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog , Internet and
independent stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail
goods and services.