Oct 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By MINA WILLIAMS

By: By MINA WILLIAMS

Seattle — Produce was the key department featured in Top Food & Drug's spotlight on local growers and producers this past month. With a strong supporting cast, including all the other perishable departments, this educational program gave customers a sense of the depth of offerings the chain brings them that originate in the states of Washington and Oregon.

In the produce department, items on the racks and on display in the center of the department are called out with special “NW Product” point-of-sale tags that identify the products as locally grown. Tying Top Food & Drug to the program, the logo — reproduced in a brochure and on other printed materials — reads “We Are a Northwest Company Supporting Northwest Companies.”

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