Tops is the first food retailer licensed to sell Anchor Bar Buffalo Wings in its stores.

“Buffalo has long been known as the birthplace of the chicken wing,” said Frank Curci, Tops chief executive officer Frank Curci. “Tops Friendly Markets is proud to be working with another Buffalo institution, the Anchor Bar, to sell the original Buffalo Wing in all of our stores.”

Tops Friendly Markets operates 71 full-service supermarkets and five franchise supermarkets across Western and Central New York and northwestern Pennsylvania, including Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y. and Erie, Pa.

Curci explained that five varieties of Anchor Bar chicken wings are available, fully cooked, in the prepared food section of all Tops locations everyday.

In 1964, using a recipe that still remains a guarded secret, Teressa Bellissimo created the original Buffalo Wing at the Anchor Bar restaurant on Main Street in Buffalo, which continues to operate to this day.

Curci added, “As a locally-operated company, Tops Friendly Markets continues to take steps everyday to work with local businesses who call Western New York home and to offer our customers a wider variety of products.”

This agreement is the second strategic partnership that Tops has announced recently in the prepared foods area. In October, Tops announced an agreement to add either full-service Tim Hortons restaurants or self-serve Tim Hortons kiosks in all 82 Tops and Tops Xpress locations by the end 2008.

For more information about Tops Markets, visit the company’s Web site at www.topsmarkets.com.

Source: Tops Friendly Markets

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Professional Builder Magazine’s Annual Ranking Selects Holiday Builders Among Nation’s Best Places to Work

MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Holiday Builders, an award-winning homebuilder celebrating 25 building quality homes, today celebrated being selected as one of the top three large builders to work for by the editors of Professional Builder magazine.

Professional Builder noted that Holiday Builders was selected because of its recognition that the greater part of its success is due to its Employee-Owners and the company’s positive culture. Holiday’s executive team invests time and resources to ensure that its Employee-Owners are heard, respected and motivated through unique benefits, a good work/life balance, educational opportunities and group recreational activities.

“This distinction is a tribute to our strong commitment to our Employee-Owners and to maintaining a lively and fun work environment,” said Kim Shelpman, CEO of Holiday Builders. “This recognition exemplifies Holiday Builders’ dedicated and committed Employee-Owners who tirelessly strive to achieve excellence — both in the homes we build and in the home building experience we provide to our homebuyers. We are honored to be recognized by the industry’s leading magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in the country.”

Holiday Builders has a Culture Committee that actively seeks to recognize Employee-Owners through its ‘Walking the Talk’ and ‘Pay it Forward’ programs. These programs empower each person to recognize excellence by nominating other Employee-Owners to be recognized for their contributions. In addition, the company encourages Employee-Owners to contribute to the communities they serve by participating in projects such as Toys for Tots, Homes For Our Troops, Project Paws, March for Babies, Cell Phones for Soldiers and Holiday Hunger Helpers.

Holiday Builders has built more than 30,000 single-family homes throughout Florida, Texas and Alabama, with more than 50 proven floor plans and approximately 180 elevations.

For more information on Holiday Builders and what new homes are ready for move-in in your community, visit www.HolidayBuilders.com.

About Holiday Builders

Recognized by Inc. Magazine’s “Inc 500″ for being one of the Fastest Growing Companies in the United States, Holiday Builders is the largest 100% employee-owned homebuilder in the nation. The Florida-based homebuilder has received numerous awards during its 25 year history. In 2007, it was selected 28th on the Builder 100 List as ranked by Builder Magazine. That year, Holiday Builders was also voted one of the ‘50 Best Builders to Work For in the Residential Construction Industry’ by the Reed Business Information, which publishes Professional Builder, Custom Builder, Professional Remodeler and Housing Giants magazine publications.

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Aggreko was responsible for the supply of power to both the National Stadium and the International Broadcast Center, which was responsible for transmitting the ceremony to an estimated 4 billion viewers worldwide as well as the nearly 100,000 people in the stadium.

Under the contract to supply temporary power to the Olympics, Aggreko will provide 140 MW of power across 37 Olympic venues in 3 cities: Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong. The power, enough to supply over 150,000 homes, will be provided by generators located at each venue and distributed through over 290 miles of cable and 2,000 distribution panels. Aggreko is employing around 200 staff on the contract, many of whom have been recruited in China, to install, maintain and operate the equipment.

Rupert Soames, Chief Executive, Aggreko, said:

“Watching the ceremony was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and the enjoyment of the spectacle was enhanced by knowing that Aggreko was a key part of the infrastructure. We now look forward to supporting the Games themselves in 37 venues across China and in Hong Kong.”

About Aggreko

Aggreko plc is the global leader in the rental of power, temperature control and oil-free compressed air systems. We help customers in many different industries to improve and safeguard their operations by solving problems, creating opportunities and reducing risk. Aggreko — the Beijing 2008 Temporary Power and Temperature Control Exclusive Supplier — provides 24/7 availability and service support with approximately 3000 employees operating from over 120 locations in 31 countries. In 2007 we served customers in 100 countries, and had revenues of approximately US $1.4b. Aggreko plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AGK.L) and headquartered in Scotland. For more information, please access the company website at http://www.aggreko.com/northamerica.

Source: Aggreko plc

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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Missouri is the best state in the country for manufacturing and logistics, according to reports released by Ball State University’s Bureau of Business Research. The research conducted by Michael Hicks, director of Ball State’s Bureau of Business Research, details production-based industries in the 2008 State of the Industry Report, pointing out that manufacturing and logistics industries in most of the nation are growing despite a general belief these sectors are declining.

In addition to ranking top among the 50 states, the Show-Me State earned an “A,” according to the 2008 National Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card issued by Ball State University. Missouri earned high marks for research and development efforts as well as relatively low long-term health care costs and health insurance premiums. Corporate and property taxes also are lower in Missouri than most states, according to the report card.

“It is clear that Missouri is on the right track when it comes to providing the economic climate companies are looking for,” says Chris Chung, chief operating officer for The Missouri Partnership. “The Missouri Partnership was designed to serve as the lead business recruitment and marketing organization for the State of Missouri. As we continue to cultivate economic growth within Missouri, we will use information like this, as a tool to revitalize Missouri as the state with Real People and Real Opportunity.”

States were graded on 19 categories, including property taxes, sales taxes, unemployment insurance, corporate taxes, crime and percentage of the population with college degrees.

Last year was a record year for American manufacturers with inflation-adjusted values higher than in any previous year, according to the 2008 State of the Industry Report issued by Ball State. Nationally, growth in the production of goods continues to be robust, and even as the U.S. economy began slowing in the final quarter of 2007, industrial production rose at an annual rate of 2.8 percent.

Missouri Partnership

The Missouri Partnership is a business-and government-supported sales and marketing organization designed to promote Missouri as a top destination for business investment and expand Missouri’s economy by recruiting new industry and jobs to the state. The creation of this organization ensures that Missouri remains highly competitive in the global race to win new capital investment. For further information, contact the Missouri Partnership at (877) 725-0949 or visit http://www.missouripartnership.com/.

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CINCINNATI, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Procter & Gamble Company’s Folgers(R) brand (NYSE:PG) today introduced an enhanced, proprietary roasting process, which ensures rich, pure Mountain Grown(R) taste in every cup of Folgers Classic Roast and Coffeehouse Series. Each Folgers coffee bean is now pre-roasted, helping to reduce bean moisture and improve roasting consistency, so consumers get a rich coffee taste from every bean.

Because the new roasting process enables Folgers to get more pure, rich coffee from every bean, Folgers Classic Roast and Coffeehouse Series canisters will feature a slight reduction in packaging weight; however the volume remains the same, so consumers will still get the same number of cups in each canister at the same great value.

This initiative represents Folgers’s most significant investment in coffee innovation ever and will be supported by a significant marketing campaign. The new Folgers “Roasted with Care” marketing campaign is supported through a multifaceted campaign, including advertising, coupons, in-store merchandising, public relations, and interactive efforts. National advertising will begin in September 2008 and is handled by Saatchi & Saatchi, New York.

“Millions of consumers start their day with Folgers and now they can enjoy rich, pure coffee flavor from every bean,” said Jamie Egasti, President, NA P&G Coffee. “We are extremely excited about offering the great taste and aroma to our consumers.”

Beginning this month, Folgers most popular offerings, 39 oz. Classic Roast and Decaf will be available in a 33.9 oz. canister with the same number of cups per canister — 270 — at the same suggested retail price. In addition, Folgers Coffeehouse Series is now available in a 27.8 oz. canister and will produce 240 cups. There will be a slight weight reduction in other offerings of Classic Roast and Decaf as well.

Folgers is manufactured at its coffee production plant in New Orleans, which has been equipped for the special roasting process.

For additional information about the new roasting process or Folgers products, please visit folgers.com.

About The Procter and Gamble Company

Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Gain(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Oral-B(R), Actonel(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head & Shoulders(R), Wella(R), Gillette(R), and Braun(R). The P&G community consists of 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com/ for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

Source: Procter & Gamble Company’s Folgers(R) brand

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