Company: Whole Foods Market Inc

Stocks finished in negative territory Thursday, with the S&P falling below its key 1400 milestone, weighed down by a weak ISM non-manufacturing report and as investors stayed cautious ahead of Friday's government jobs data.

U.S. stock index futures climbed Thursday, boosted by a better-than-expected jobless claims report.

Stocks recovered from an early decline to end narrowly mixed Wednesday, but worries over the weak ADP employment report kept investors on edge ahead of Friday's key jobs data.

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Two supermarket chains said Thursday they will join the growing list of stores that will no longer sell beef that includes an additive with the unappetizing moniker "pink slime."

The soda makers are making changes to the production of an ingredient in their namesake colas to avoid the need to label the packages with a cancer warning.

Stocks squeezed out small gains in a thin, choppy session Wednesday, with the Nasdaq hitting multi-year highs, but gains were limited as Greek debt negotiations came to another halt.

Although big-time beer makers touting brands like Coors Light and Budweiser might be dominant on the airwaves, space in the refrigerator is increasingly going to specialty beers.

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America's obsession with food and restaurant-style meals they can make at home are cooking up some fine holiday sales at Sur la Table, CEO Jack Schwefel told CNBC Tuesday.

LivingSocial is set to run a national discount offer with McDonald's as the second-largest daily-deals company moves to catch larger rival Groupon.