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WASHINGTON — The Grocery Manufacturers Association has highlighted the U.S. food and beverage industry's accomplishments on Food Day, which celebrates the more than 15 million Americans who work to provide billions of consumers with safe, healthy, convenient and affordable food.

DALLAS — Kimberly-Clark set an all-time record high in net sales during its third quarter.

For the period ended Sept. 30, K-C said third-quarter net sales rose 8% to $5.4 billion. Diluted net income per share decreased, however, from $1.14 in third quarter 2010 to $1.09.

The business of nutritional bars is booming, with 9-of-the-top-10 brands trending at a double-digit annual growth rate. And that one bar not growing in double digits is the No. 1-selling bar — General Mills’ Fiber One — by a margin of more than $60 million in annual sales. Sales of Fiber One are up 7.3%, according to SymphonyIRI Group for the 52 weeks ended Sept. 4 across food, drug and mass (excluding Walmart).

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Winona Foods has added five new varieties of cooking sprays to its Winona Pure line.

Winona Pure's current lineup of 100% canola oil, 100% olive oil and 100% sunflower oil cooking sprays now includes butter-flavored canola oil, lemon butter-flavored canola oil, garlic butter-flavored canola oil, balsamic and olive oil, and popcorn butter-flavored canola oil varieties.

SAN FRANCISCO — Lotus Bakeries said that the Anna's Thins cookies brand will show off a new look this month.

DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens announced a series of changes in its merchandising division following a realignment of the group, aimed at “better integrat[ing] with and accelerat[ing] our strategy to become America’s first choice for health and daily living,” Walgreens president of daily living products and solutions Joe Magnacca said late Friday in a statement to Drug Store News.

As a result, Walgreens’ three general merchandise managers and areas of responsibility are:

OMAHA, Neb. — ConAgra Foods brand Ro*Tel has introduced a new canned tomato sauce.

Ro*Tel said its zesty tomato and green chili sauce adds spicy flavor to any meal, especially Tex/Mex recipes. The sauce is available in original and mild varieties.

Ro*Tel's zesty tomato and green chili sauce is available in an 8-oz. can for a suggested retail price of 69 cents and will be sold at select grocery chains and mass retailers nationwide.

BOSTON — More than 1-in-4 kindergarten children, and 1-in-5 teachers, had difficulty distinguishing between medicine and candy in new research conducted by two now seventh-grade students, who presented their findings earlier this week at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition here.

Casey Gittelman and Eleanor Bishop conducted their study, "Candy or Medicine: Can Children Tell the Difference?" earlier this year at Ayer Elementary School in suburban Cincinnati.