A New England grocery chain's decision to rate the nutritional value of the items it sells has provoked grocers operating in the midstate to question how far they should go to promote healthy eating. Maine-based Hannaford Bros. Co. has attracted national attention with its new Guiding Stars program. The company has rated about 27,000 of its items based on a star system. The more stars an item gets, the higher its nutritional value.
Hannaford's program could be a sign of things to come for the grocery industry, said Jane Andrews, corporate nutrition manager with Wegmans Food Markets Inc., a Rochester, N.Y.-based chain that plans to open a store in Cumberland County. Wegmans does not …
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