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• Food Lion mascot sings holiday tunes in new promotion - Charlotte Business Journal

  04-12-2014 23:15
  
  Charlotte Business Journal
  Food Lion mascot sings holiday tunes in new promotion
  Charlotte Business Journal
  The voice behind Food Lion's mascot — best known from the Salisbury-based grocer's commercials — can be found crooning holiday tunes such as "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls" as part of a new promotion. Food Lion is offering holiday greetings, ...
  
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• Co-owner, The Meatball Shop - Mashable

  04-12-2014 22:11
  
  Mashable
  Co-owner, The Meatball Shop
  Mashable
  Native New Yorker Michael Chernow of The Meatball Shop, met his co-founder Daniel Holzman when the two were in their early teens. From there on out, the future business partners were all about the food scene, starting with stints as delivery boys at ...
  
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• Taco Bell Plans Major International Development

  04-12-2014 22:00
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand to add 1,300 international, 2,000 domestic restaurants.Exclusive Brief: 0Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands Inc., announced several strategic leadership changes to support domestic and international expansion as part of its plan to become a $14 billion brand by 2022. Domestically, Taco Bell plans to add 2,000 restaurants by 2022, while adding 1,300 restaurants and an additional $2 billion in system sales internationally by 2023.Other Ki
  
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• SBUX Next 5 Years: More Mobile Ordering, Food, Alcohol

  04-12-2014 21:44
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Starbucks detailed its five-year growth plan at Investor Day.Exclusive Brief: 0Starbucks Coffee Company chairman, president, and chief executive officer Howard Schultz and other company leaders detailed Starbucks five-year strategic growth plan today at its biennial Investor Day, hosted at the company’s Support Center in Seattle for the first time in a decade.Chains: StarbucksMicrosites: BeverageOther Kickers: Menu InnovationsGrowth
  
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• Russo’s New York Pizzeria Opens 20th Houston Unit

  04-12-2014 21:33
  Restaurant is directly adjacent to NRG Stadium.Exclusive Brief: 0Russo’s New York Pizzeria, the fast-casual Italian restaurant, recently opened at The Shops at 3 Corners, 8236 Kirby Dr., Suite 160, in Houston.
  Local resident Asif Malik, an experienced hospitality industry entrepreneur, opened the Russo’s New York Pizzeria location directly adjacent to NRG Stadium to serve local residents, businesses, and thousands of hungry football fans.Other Kickers: FranchisingGrowthMicrosites:&
  
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• Wahlburgers to Expand to New York, Florida

  04-12-2014 21:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand founded by Mark Wahlberg with brothers Donnie and Paul.Exclusive Brief: 0Wahlburgers, a burger restaurant founded by brothers Mark, Donnie, and Paul Wahlberg and subject of the popular A&E TV reality series, announced multiunit franchise deals in Florida and New York, continuing its rapid expansion in North America.
  Davgar Holdings Group LLC will open 20 Wahlburgers throughout Florida over the next several years, as New York–based Big
  
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• A Year After Deep Cuts to Federal Food Assistance Programs, America's ... - International Business Times

  04-12-2014 20:16
  
  International Business Times
  A Year After Deep Cuts to Federal Food Assistance Programs, America's ...
  International Business Times
  Food pantry items are seen at the Food Bank for New York City Community Kitchen & Food Pantry of West Harlem in New York Dec. 21, 2010. The Food Bank for New York City has seen a major increase in the number of first-time visitors who now depend on ...
  Meeting demand tough for city food pantriesQueens Chronicle
  
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• Waterford schools receive $98K grant to increase farm-fresh food - The Oakland Press

  04-12-2014 19:33
  
  Columbia Daily Tribune
  Waterford schools receive $98K grant to increase farm-fresh food
  The Oakland Press
  Brooklynn Longacre, 11, picks out a salad at Pierce Middle School in Waterford. The school district received a grant for over $97,000 from the U. S. Department of Agriculture to offer up farm fresh food. Thursday, December 4, 2014. Tim Thompson-The ...
  CPS receives $100000 federal grant for more local food, school gardensColumbia Daily Tribune
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• Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out - NPR (blog)

  04-12-2014 19:27
  
  NPR (blog)
  Is The Food Babe A Fearmonger? Scientists Are Speaking Out
  NPR (blog)
  In an age when consumers have become increasingly suspicious of processed food, the Internet has become a powerful platform for activists who want to hold Big Food accountable. One of the highest-profile of these new food crusaders is Vani Hari, better ...
  
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• Deal or no deal: How restructuring at Unilever could lead to more portfolio adjustments

  04-12-2014 17:25
  
  Unilever is establishing a stand-alone unit for its spreads brands, prompting fresh speculation that the group could be preparing for a sale of the business. At the same time, this week's acquisition of Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto would suggest that the Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant is prepared to invest in growth areas in food. Could these changes spell further portfolio adjustments? Katy Askew reports.
  
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• Briefing: Sugar - will stealth work?

  04-12-2014 16:56
  
  In his third article on food reformulation, Ben Cooper looks at the issue of the moment, sugar reduction, and asks if the approach to reformulation that has worked well in driving down salt intake can be successfully applied to sugar.
  
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• Fabulous food plant: Chelten House heads west to meet market demand

  04-12-2014 16:33
  
  Chelten House Products is a fourth-generation, family-owned business that has provided great-tasting, high-end pasta sauce and salsa products for food retailers for more than 40 years.
  
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• PizzaRev Launches Nutrition, Allergen Portal

  04-12-2014 16:16
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New portal includes allergen information and nutrition calculator.Exclusive Brief: 0PizzaRev announced the launch of a comprehensive nutrition portal including complete allergen information and nutrition calculator, built by Nutritionix. PizzaRev is the first fast-casual pizza franchise to work with Nutritionix, the world's largest open database of nutritional information.Chains: PizzaRevMicrosites: Healthy MenusPizzaOther Kickers: Healt
  
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• Parents' Food Concerns Forcing The $6.5 Billion Baby Food Business To Grow Up - Forbes

  04-12-2014 16:14
  
  Forbes
  Parents' Food Concerns Forcing The $6.5 Billion Baby Food Business To Grow Up
  Forbes
  The baby food business was a relatively stable one for decades. Yet consumers' growing awareness of how their food is sourced, manufactured and marketed gave the sleepy industry a wake up call. In 2012, parents spent $6.5 billion on baby food.
  
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• Orange Leaf Partners with Hershey for New LTO Flavor

  04-12-2014 16:12
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Exclusive Brief: 0In the final installment of its “Year of the Flavor” campaign, Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt partnered with The Hershey Company to introduce York Peppermint Pattie fro-yo, which features pieces of the classic candy that combines rich dark chocolate and refreshing peppermint. The fro-yo flavor will be available for a limited time at participating Orange Leaf locations across the country until December 28 or until supplies last.Chains
  
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• ConAgra announces US$150m boost for Dutch Lamb Weston-Meijer plant

  04-12-2014 16:11
  
  ConAgra Foods and its European joint venture partner Meijer are pumping US$150m into their potato producing plant in the Netherlands.
  
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• Three New Franchise Groups Sign with McAlister's

  04-12-2014 16:08
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Will develop Rochester, New York, Northwest Indiana, and Chicago.Exclusive Brief: 0McAlister's Deli, a fast-casual restaurant chain, announced it has signed development agreements with three new franchise groups to open 20 locations throughout Rochester, New York, Northwest Indiana, and Chicago over the next several years.Chains: McAlister's DeliMicrosites: SandwichesOther Kickers: FranchisingGrowthFast Casual
  
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• Philippines blocks Botswana beef on foot and mouth news

  04-12-2014 15:56
  
  The Philippines Department of Agriculture has placed a temporary ban on cattle and beef imports from Botswana following a confirmed report of foot and mouth disease in the area.
  
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• Heinz to sell frozen meal plant in Ireland

  04-12-2014 15:37
  
  Condiments-maker Heinz has announced it is planning a sale of its frozen ready meals plant in Ireland to The Authentic Food Co.
  
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• Court gives green light for class action against Dairy Farmers of America

  04-12-2014 15:28
  
  A court in Missouri has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit against Dairy Farmers of America.
  
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• It's not just fast food: The Fight for $15 is for everyone now - Washington Post

  04-12-2014 15:15
  
  It's not just fast food: The Fight for $15 is for everyone now
  Washington Post
  She's participated in similar actions before, while she was still working at McDonald's; the labor-backed campaign has been mounting periodic strikes at fast-food restaurants for two years now. But this is the first time retail workers have joined the ...
  Fast Food Workers Demand Minimum Wage HikeDaily Caller
  
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• Square's food delivery service, Caviar, launches its first mobile app - The Verge

  04-12-2014 15:07
  
  TechCrunch
  Square's food delivery service, Caviar, launches its first mobile app
  The Verge
  Earlier this year Square purchased Caviar, a San Francisco-based startup that lets customers order food. Caviar is like Seamless, in that it connects customers and restaurants for easy ordering. It builds on that model in a way Seamless has not by ...
  Four Months After Acquisition, Square Launches iOS App For Food Delivery ...TechCrunch
  Square's New Seamless-Targeting Food Delivery App Looks Delic
  
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• Heinz to commence production at new China facility

  04-12-2014 14:53
  
  Heinz has opened an infant cereal production facility in China, its seventh manufacturing site in the market.
  
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• Unilever separates struggling spreads business

  04-12-2014 14:27
  
  Unilever plans to separate its struggling spreads business, which includes the Flora and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter brands, into a standalone operating unit.
  
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• A Chef Predicts the Future of Food - New York Times

  04-12-2014 13:56
  New York Times
  A Chef Predicts the Future of Food
  New York Times
  Our future table is likely to be shaped by many factors, from diminishing resources and growing human populations to increased self-awareness of the impact food has on health to cultural phenomena like food fetishism, culinary hedonism and ritual.
  
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• FOOD COMA: Share the food love - Victoria Advocate

  04-12-2014 12:45
  
  FOOD COMA: Share the food love
  Victoria Advocate
  We do our own #marshmallowchallenge - don't ask why we all want to know how much food we can put into our mouths at one time. I hold the family record of 15 jumbo marshmallows. Add in my cousin, her boyfriend, her two children and my 85-year-old ...
  
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• SC invites traditional food artists to apply for award - Charleston Post Courier

  04-12-2014 12:10
  
  SC invites traditional food artists to apply for award
  Charleston Post Courier
  "So much of our culture revolves around food," points out Doug Peach, the South Carolina Folklife and Traditional Arts Program Coordinator. "The cultivation of rice historically anchors the Lowcountry of South Carolina; no one goes to Indiana to get ...
  
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• Britannia: Online trial is "opportunity" for industry to learn from

  04-12-2014 11:45
  
  India's Britannia Industries has said its pilot e-launch of a biscuit product is an important learning opportunity for the FMCG industry at large.
  
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• Asian markets block Canada poultry on bird flu outbreak - reports

  04-12-2014 11:26
  
  Several Asian markets are reported to have restricted imports of Canadian poultry following confirmation of bird flu on two farms in British Columbia.
  
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• Theatre group helps local church restock food bank - Bluefield Daily Telegraph

  04-12-2014 10:46
  
  Theatre group helps local church restock food bank
  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  When he arrived at the church on Sunday morning, Crane Creek Pastor Jeff Hatfield found that most of the food in the church pantry as well as some of the church's sound and visual equipment had been stolen. Vicki Kennett coordinates the food pantry ...
  
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• Attaching identity, value to the food we eat - TheDay.com

  04-12-2014 10:07
  
  Attaching identity, value to the food we eat
  TheDay.com
  I was committed to great, delicious food, but I also had questions and had nobody to talk to, basically. When I went to Singapore and I ate the street food, where you pay like $3 for lunch, I'm like, "This food tastes better than the expensive ...
  
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• Documentary 'Food Chains' exposes link between supermarkets, migrant farm ... - Daily Californian

  04-12-2014 09:10
  
  Daily Californian
  Documentary 'Food Chains' exposes link between supermarkets, migrant farm ...
  Daily Californian
  We focus on savoring and enjoying our food and beverages, not analyzing and investigating them. We don't need to, right? #FirstWorldProblems — or so goes the popular hashtag. But for many living in this “#FirstWorld,” food source is a problem — a ...
  'Food Chains' – a Tremendously Important New MovieU.S. News & World Report (blog)
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• Local chefs to take food pantry challenge - 13newsnow.com

  04-12-2014 07:32
  
  13newsnow.com
  Local chefs to take food pantry challenge
  13newsnow.com
  Here's how it works: Chefs have 60 minutes to cook a delectable dish using anything that is on a list of items that the Beach Food Pantry has in stock, with one of the items having to be a canned good. Attendees will then sample each creation and vote ...
  
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• Appetites: When the (food) cart comes before the cafe - Minnesota Public Radio News

  04-12-2014 07:04
  
  Appetites: When the (food) cart comes before the cafe
  Minnesota Public Radio News
  The Twin Cities restaurant scene is transforming thanks to food trucks that are expanding to open brick-and-mortar establishments. Critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl joined MPR News' Tom Crann to talk about the explosion of restaurants that started as food ...
  
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• Tips to reduce food waste at home this holiday season - Minnesota Public Radio News

  04-12-2014 07:01
  
  Tips to reduce food waste at home this holiday season
  Minnesota Public Radio News
  According to some estimates, roughly 40 percent of food produced in the United States goes uneaten. Minnesotans alone threw out 517,000 tons of food waste in 2012, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. That doesn't count food left in the ...
  
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• Hawaii's food service industry has a Chef Zone - KITV Honolulu

  04-12-2014 07:00
  
  Hawaii's food service industry has a Chef Zone
  KITV Honolulu
  The Chef Zone is billed as more than just a spot where eatery owners can get food and kitchen supplies. The Entree-prenuer Center is where you can get tips on how to get started in the restaurant business or how to improve existing restaurants.
  
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• Letcher Co. Food Pantry sees increasing need - WKYT

  04-12-2014 06:48
  
  WKYT
  Letcher Co. Food Pantry sees increasing need
  WKYT
  LETCHER Co., Ky. (WYMT) - Volunteers at the Letcher County Food Pantry said it is hard helping other families when they need help too. Three days a week cars line up outside the pantry. Director Freda Campbell said a loss in coal jobs is making it ...
  
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• Chefs urge Congress to act on food labeling - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

  04-12-2014 06:10
  
  Sioux Falls Argus Leader
  Chefs urge Congress to act on food labeling
  Sioux Falls Argus Leader
  In the United States, up to 80 percent of packaged foods contains ingredients that have been genetically modified, according to the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents more than 300 food and beverage companies, including Kellogg, ...
  
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• Ho-Chunk donates to food pantry - Portage Daily Register

  04-12-2014 06:09
  
  Portage Daily Register
  Ho-Chunk donates to food pantry
  Portage Daily Register
  Ho-Chunk Gaming donated 1,226 pounds of food to the Portage Food Pantry from the Ho-Chunk Holiday Harvest Food Drive. Pictured, from left, are Dani Miller, Ho-Chunk Gaming Maintenance Department; Charlie Bradley, Portage Food Pantry volunteer; ...
  
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• Farmers and ranchers donating food to state food banks - abc7news.com

  04-12-2014 01:46
  
  abc7news.com
  Farmers and ranchers donating food to state food banks
  abc7news.com
  "Our hope is to increase total donations from California farmers from where they currently are, which is about 140 million pounds, to as much as 200 million pounds of food a year, that would be an incredible gift for hungry people across the state ...
  
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• 6 fascinating facts about the evolution of food - Grist

  04-12-2014 01:13
  
  6 fascinating facts about the evolution of food
  Grist
  Don't mind me — I'll be over here, staring wide-eyed at my computer screen, sifting through an endless treasure trove of food facts and trivia. National Geographic's interactive map, “Eat: The Story of Food,” is a delicious history of the evolution of ...
  
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• Food 2 Families: Veterans A Growing Group In Need of Help - WGRZ-TV

  04-12-2014 00:34
  
  WGRZ-TV
  Food 2 Families: Veterans A Growing Group In Need of Help
  WGRZ-TV
  BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's not always who you'd expect receiving help from the Food Bank. One growing group of people finding themselves in need is our own U.S. veterans. "Well, for a man, it's not a good feeling," said Vietnam veteran Frank Kirkwood.
  
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