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• Holiday Hiring Heats Up

  10-12-2014 23:04
  Restaurant operators report an optimistic holiday hiring season.Image Caption: Newk's brings in 5–10 percent more employees in three weeks after Black Friday than rest of the year.Teaser Image Orientation: LeftQuick-service restaurants—along with retailers, hospitality firms, and other companies—are hiring more employees this holiday season than past holidays. Many restaurant operators are also paying those seasonal hires more than they did last year.
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• Pinterest reveals 5 food trends to watch for in 2015 - Today.com

  10-12-2014 21:32
  
  PEOPLE Great Ideas
  Pinterest reveals 5 food trends to watch for in 2015
  Today.com
  As we look ahead to 2015, we say goodbye to the food trends of 2014 and say hello to the new trends that will take their place. The just-released Pinterest 100 list predicts lifestyle trends for the new year, based on popular pins. We checked out the ...
  Pinterest Reveals Top Food Trends for 2015PEOPLE Great Ideas
  
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• Carl's Jr. First Major Chain with a Natural Burger

  10-12-2014 21:32
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Will be available in participating Carl's Jr. locations December 17.Exclusive Brief: 0Carl’s Jr. announced the All-Natural Burger, featuring an all-natural, grass-fed, free-range beef patty that has no added hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. With the introduction of the All-Natural Burger, Carl’s Jr. is the first major fast-food chain to offer an all-natural beef patty on the menu. The All-Natural Burger will be available in participating Carl’
  
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• Tim Hortons Shareholders Approve BK Transaction

  10-12-2014 21:17
  New parent company will be called Restaurant Brands InternationalExclusive Brief: 0Tim Hortons Inc. announced the company's shareholders have approved the transaction with Burger King Worldwide Inc. that will create a new global quick-service restaurant company. Following approximately 99.2 percent approval of votes cast by THI shareholders, the two companies announced the name of the new parent company, Restaurant Brands International. The name reflects the new company's global scale and r
  
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• TNT Show Contestant Develops Dickey's New LTO

  10-12-2014 21:13
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Atlanta resident Sarah Broadus develops Stampede Stew.Exclusive Brief: 0Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is giving guests a taste of TNT’s “On the Menu” with its new limited-edition menu item, Stampede Stew. The fast-casual restaurant chain known for slow-smoked Texas barbecue is unveiling the signature dish created by Atlanta resident Sarah Broadus. Broadus brought the heat in the broadcast cooking competition starring Emeril Lagasse and Ty Pennington
  
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• Zaxby's Deal to Bring 28 Units to Oklahoma City

  10-12-2014 20:55
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Veteran franchisee Sterling Coleman bringing brand to Oklahoma.Exclusive Brief: 0Zaxby’s Franchising Inc. announced its continued expansion into the Midwest with a multiunit restaurant agreement that is slated to bring 28 new restaurants to the Oklahoma City metro area. The Athens, Georgia–based fast-casual chicken restaurant has a devoted following throughout the Southeast, and veteran franchisee Sterling Coleman is confident Oklahoma City will be
  
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• FDA official: GMO foods 'as safe as' other foods - The Hill

  10-12-2014 19:30
  
  Food Safety News
  FDA official: GMO foods 'as safe as' other foods
  The Hill
  A top official at the Food and Drug Administration assured lawmakers Wednesday the agency has no safety concerns about the increasingly controversial production of genetically engineered foods. Genetically modified organisms, better known as GMOs, are ...
  Congressional Hearing Looks at FDA's Role in GE Food RegulationFood Safety News
  Debate: Should We Genetically Modify Food?NPR
  Lawmakers wary of genetic
  
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• Cousins Maine Lobster Signs 10 Franchise Deals in 5 Months

  10-12-2014 19:23
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand to grow in 10 major food-truck markets.Exclusive Brief: 0Cousins Maine Lobster (CML) announced that it has awarded 10 franchises in the past five months. The company, which offers freshly prepared Maine lobster rolls, bisques, chowders, and sides from three mobile food trucks in the greater Los Angeles area, sold its first franchise in July and has since signed deals for the major food truck markets of San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Phoeni
  
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• Local Chefs Have Right Recipe for Food Network's Global Plans - Variety

  10-12-2014 19:03
  
  Variety
  Local Chefs Have Right Recipe for Food Network's Global Plans
  Variety
  Food Network parent company Scripps Networks Interactive is in the midst of a big push to beef up its international channel portfolio. The effort began five years ago as a mission to export the culinary adventures of homegrown stars like Bobby Flay ...
  
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• Taco Bell Wants to Make 'Mexican' the Next Global Fast Food - Businessweek

  10-12-2014 18:59
  
  Businessweek
  Taco Bell Wants to Make 'Mexican' the Next Global Fast Food
  Businessweek
  The chain has already spread its Crunchwraps and Fritos-stuffed beef burritos across the country, but as McDonald's results over the past year have shown, the domestic fast-food industry is struggling. Even with the launch of breakfast, Taco Bell's ...
  
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• Little Caesars Commits to Downtown Detroit with New HQ

  10-12-2014 18:46
  Building a brand-new 205,000-square-foot Global Resource Center.Exclusive Brief: 0Twenty-five years after moving its headquarters from the suburbs to Detroit’s Fox Office Center, Little Caesars is building a brand-new 205,000-square-foot Global Resource Center, expanding its world headquarters campus in Detroit to more than twice its current size.Other Kickers: Human ResourcesMicrosites: PizzaChains: Little Caesars
  
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• Nutrition & Sante opens plant in France

  10-12-2014 17:54
  
  Nutrition & Santé, the French dietary food specialist, has invested EUR21m in a production and packaging plant at its manufacturing centre in Revel, near Toulouse.
  
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• Food books: A very good year for geeks and grains - Daily Record

  10-12-2014 17:40
  
  Daily Record
  Food books: A very good year for geeks and grains
  Daily Record
  For those of us who (somewhat obsessively) watch the food world, there actually is some logic to that. Chefs have become fascinated by the hows and whys of cooking, delving into the science of the kitchen to find new ways to master delicious. After ...
  
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• Jax Food Truck Food Court Opens - WJCT NEWS

  10-12-2014 16:44
  
  WJCT NEWS
  Jax Food Truck Food Court Opens
  WJCT NEWS
  Every weekday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the parking lot next to Kuhn Flowers on Beach Blvd. becomes the temporary home of several rotating food trucks and many hungry lunchgoers. Inspired by similar projects in food-truck-friendly cities such as Austin ...
  
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• just the answer: Scott Wotherspoon, CEO of A2 Milk UK

  10-12-2014 16:14
  
  New Zealand-based A2 Milk Co. is looking to revitalise its business in the UK. It entered the market in 2011 through a venture with Robert Wiseman Dairies. However, the sale of A2's partner to German dairy giant Muller a year later held back its ambitions. Scott Wotherspoon, recently-appointed CEO of A2's UK arm, talks to Dean Best about the company's plans.
  
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• Sharing Food and Fun for the Holidays - KXAN.com

  10-12-2014 16:06
  
  KXAN.com
  Sharing Food and Fun for the Holidays
  KXAN.com
  Tapas are the perfect way to try a variety of tastes while sharing with the ones you love this holiday. Malaga Tapas and Bar Executive Chef Mario Medina stopped in to tell Amanda about their newly revamped menu and to share a recipe for Garbanzo Con ...
  
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• English Christmas Food Makes Us Want To Move Across The Pond - Huffington Post

  10-12-2014 16:06
  
  English Christmas Food Makes Us Want To Move Across The Pond
  Huffington Post
  Unlike Thanksgiving food, which is fairly standard across the board, Christmas recipes in the United States look pretty different depending on who you're talking to. Depending on where you or your family is from, you could be eating goose, ham or ...
  
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• Food For Collaborative Thought: Urbanspoon - Forbes

  10-12-2014 15:50
  
  Food For Collaborative Thought: Urbanspoon
  Forbes
  Where's the best Thai in town? Should I order the Moussaka or the Païdakia? What's the address and how late are they open? Seattle-based Urbanspoon features a website and smartphone applications designed “to help customers find great food and dining ...
  
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• Dunkin' Inks Two Deals for Four Colorado Restaurants

  10-12-2014 15:45
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Restaurants to open in Pueblo and the Western Slope.Exclusive Brief: 0Dunkin’ Donuts announced the signing of multiunit store development agreements with two franchise groups to develop four new restaurants in Colorado over the next several years.
  The two franchise groups and their development plans include new franchisee Brian “Gib” Long, who is the brand’s first franchisee in the Western Slope of Colorado with plans to develop two restaurants
  
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• Saline High School, Saline Social Area Service holding 14th annual food drive - MLive.com

  10-12-2014 15:40
  
  Saline High School, Saline Social Area Service holding 14th annual food drive
  MLive.com
  The Saline High School National Honor Society is hosting its 14th annual food drive to ensure no one goes hungry in the community. The Saline NHS is working with the Saline Area Social Service to donate food to families in the Saline Area School ...
  
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• Edible Arrangements CEO Launches Tech Company

  10-12-2014 15:39
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Naranga offers software solutions to help franchise companies.Exclusive Brief: 0Tariq Farid, founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, announced that he is launching a new technology company, Naranga, offering software solutions designed to help franchise companies and small businesses take advantage of emerging technologies to integrate their sales, operations, and marketing activities.
  Earlier this year, Farid acquired franchise solutions provider eMa
  
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• Man with food allergy dies after possible contact - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  10-12-2014 15:31
  
  BurlingtonFreePress.com
  Man with food allergy dies after possible contact
  BurlingtonFreePress.com
  LYNDONVILLE – Vermont State Police say a 24-year-old man known to have a food allergy died in Lyndonville after possibly coming into contact with the food. Police say there is nothing suspicious about the death of Edward Alfred Horan II, of Hooksett ...
  Hooksett man with food allergy dies in VermontWMUR Manchester
  
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• Coalition Forms to Encourage Balanced Diet

  10-12-2014 15:28
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Coalition includes 18 food organizations.Exclusive Brief: 0A coalition of 18 food organizations announced the formation of a new Back to Balance Coalition aimed at promoting balanced, practical, and achievable dietary guidance. The Coalition formed in response to public policy efforts occurring at the local, state, and national levels to restrict certain foods.Other Kickers: HealthIngredients & DaypartsMicrosites: Healthy Menus
  
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• Bolton Group's Saupiquet launches line-caught tuna range

  10-12-2014 15:18
  
  Bolton Group's French tuna business Saupiquet has launched a range of line-caught tuna products in France.
  
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• Romano's Goes Fast Casual with Kitchen Counter

  10-12-2014 15:16
  Full-service chain offers made-to-order fast-casual fare.Exclusive Brief: 0Romano's Macaroni Grill is making full-service restaurant history by adding a little fast-casual flair with its new lunchtime Kitchen Counter ordering options.Chains: Romano's Macaroni GrillOther Kickers: Menu InnovationsFast CasualCompetition
  
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• Subscription-based food startup Just Add Cooking digs into new Dorchester HQ - Boston Business Journal (blog)

  10-12-2014 14:57
  
  Boston Business Journal (blog)
  Subscription-based food startup Just Add Cooking digs into new Dorchester HQ
  Boston Business Journal (blog)
  Subscription-based food startup Just Add Cooking has moved from Jamaica Plain to a new 5,000-square-foot headquarters in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. It's a big move for the two-year-old company, which was previously sharing space with other ...
  
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• NPD: Younger consumers eating more fresh food - Nation's Restaurant News

  10-12-2014 14:15
  NPD: Younger consumers eating more fresh food
  Nation's Restaurant News
  While people ages 40 and older still eat more fresh food than those under 40 years old, the rate at which young people are switching to fresh foods is accelerating, and will continue to do so over the next five years, NPD projected in a report, “The ...
  Consumption of fresh food up 20% in past decadePizza Marketplace
  Report says fresh food consumption to continue growing over next 5 yearsUndercurrent News
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• Gifts for the food and drink lovers on your list - Washington Post

  10-12-2014 14:02
  
  Gifts for the food and drink lovers on your list
  Washington Post
  What do the cook, the eater, the drinker and the host on your holiday gift list need? Scratch that: What do they want? We hope our collection of gifts at a variety of prices (most of them well under $50) inspires you to choose something practical ...
  
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• Extra hot sauce: Harvard Biz prof's $4 food fight - CNBC

  10-12-2014 14:00
  
  CNBC
  Extra hot sauce: Harvard Biz prof's $4 food fight
  CNBC
  And you thought those Winkelvoss twins got mad over losing Facebook to Mark Zuckberg when they were at Harvard? A Harvard Business School associate professor who saw crimson after getting overcharged $4 on a $53.35 order of Chinese food ...
  Harvard Professor Wets His Dypie Over A $4 Overcharge On Chinese FoodDeadspin
  Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth ...Boston.com
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• Food calendar: Tasting gala showcases local chefs - Washington Post

  10-12-2014 13:31
  
  Food calendar: Tasting gala showcases local chefs
  Washington Post
  COOKING DEMONSTRATION: Ideas for the holiday buffet, with tips on how to stage the buffet table, how to keep things hot and what to avoid. Includes samples of dishes and recipes to take home. Noon-1:30 p.m. $35. Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan ...
  
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• Rainey Street food trailers to leave by end of December - KVUE

  10-12-2014 13:30
  
  KVUE
  Rainey Street food trailers to leave by end of December
  KVUE
  Overstreet thought he had found the perfect spot for his truck, the Rainey Street Food Court, which is surrounded by bars, restaurants and a vibrant nightlife, but Tuesday night he was packing up and leaving. Not because he wants to, but because he has to.
  Rainey Street Food Trailers Told To Pack It UpKEYE TV
  
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• Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival: Here come the food stars - Palm Beach Post

  10-12-2014 13:20
  
  Palm Beach Post
  Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival: Here come the food stars
  Palm Beach Post
  A slightly leaner but still star-studded rendition of the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival rolls into town Thursday for four days of eating, drinking, food celebrity-watching – and maybe just a little beach volleyball. Although a good half of the events ...
  
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• Cargill mulls entry into Indonesian poultry sector

  10-12-2014 13:20
  
  US agribusiness giant Cargill is considering moving into Indonesia's poultry market.
  
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• How a McDonald's Restaurant Spawned the Slow Food Movement - TIME

  10-12-2014 13:02
  
  TIME
  How a McDonald's Restaurant Spawned the Slow Food Movement
  TIME
  The McDonald's franchise, said at the time to be the world's largest, remained — but Petrini's grievances would extend far beyond the Piazza di Spagna. He established the Slow Food association that year, aiming to protect traditional foods and ...
  
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• What the Hell is a Foodie? 3 local eaters on what food means to them - San Antonio Current

  10-12-2014 13:01
  San Antonio Current
  What the Hell is a Foodie? 3 local eaters on what food means to them
  San Antonio Current
  There are meet-ups, Reddit sub-groups, gift guides and “spots” for the gaggle of food-loving fiends known as “foodies.” While the term might have originally encouraged would-be diners to explore a world of eating as a hobby rather than for, you know, ...
  
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• More and more families turning to Cullman Caring For Kids Food Bank for ... - Cullman Times Online

  10-12-2014 12:57
  
  Cullman Times Online
  More and more families turning to Cullman Caring For Kids Food Bank for ...
  Cullman Times Online
  Retailers Warehouse, Walmart, Piggly Wiggly, Food World and Big Lots donate food items by the pallet. This past week, families received 20-pound bags of sweet potatoes donated from local farmers. Residents, churches and schools bring in canned goods.
  
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• Fresh and healthy on food banks' wish lists - The Spokesman Review

  10-12-2014 12:53
  Fresh and healthy on food banks' wish lists
  The Spokesman Review
  Some food banks say it's more efficient to donate money so they can seek the best deals on the food their clients most need – or, in the case of food-relief networks, pay for transportation of big loads of donated food. For direct donations of food ...
  
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• Abraaj bid period extended in Bisco Misr takeover race

  10-12-2014 12:30
  
  The Egyptian Financial Standards Authority has extended the offer period for private-equity firm Abraaj's bid for Bisco Misr.
  
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• Abraaj bid period extended in Bisco Misr takeover battle

  10-12-2014 12:30
  
  The Egyptian Financial Standards Authority has extended the offer period for private-equity firm Abraaj's bid for Bisco Misr.
  
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• Food banks popping up in unexpected places - WPSD Local 6

  10-12-2014 11:08
  
  WPSD Local 6
  Food banks popping up in unexpected places
  WPSD Local 6
  A recent report by the Kentucky Food Bank Association shows more than 50,000 people get food from a food bank every week in our state. However, the need isn't always where you'd expect it. Food pantries are popping up at colleges and universities ...
  
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• Food trucks moving to brick-and-mortar - THV 11

  10-12-2014 10:52
  
  Food trucks moving to brick-and-mortar
  THV 11
  Several of central Arkansas' most popular mobile food venues are moving into or have opened brick-and-mortar restaurants, including kBird, Baja Grill and opening soon, Justin Patterson of Southern Gourmasian says his restaurant will be next.
  
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• Castellini Group to open fruit and veg facility in US

  10-12-2014 10:49
  
  US fresh produce firm Castellini Group of Companies is to set up a processing and distribution centre in the state of Georgia.
  
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• Video: Battling Ebola, then food shortages in Sierra Leone - FRANCE 24

  10-12-2014 10:42
  Video: Battling Ebola, then food shortages in Sierra Leone
  FRANCE 24
  Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone find they have successfully battled the deadly disease only to confront a food crisis fueled by high prices, decreased agricultural yields and falling imports. Sashaying elegantly with her hands on her hips and a huge ...
  
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• Timeline: The tussle for Egypt snack group Bisco Misr

  10-12-2014 10:18
  
  Kellogg is battling it out with Middle East private-equity group Abraaj to buy Egyptian snack maker Bisco Misr. Here just-food provides the highlights in the race so far.
  
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• Lawmakers set to review genetically modified food labeling, industry concerns ... - Fox Business

  10-12-2014 09:32
  
  The Hill
  Lawmakers set to review genetically modified food labeling, industry concerns ...
  Fox Business
  WASHINGTON – The food industry is likely to find a more receptive Congress come January in its fight against mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. Setting the stage for debate after Republicans take control, a House subcommittee on ...
  A food fight 20 years in the making comes to Capitol HillThe Hill
  Maine activists join opponents of bill that would block food labelingKenne
  
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• Palm Springs City Council extends ban on food trucks - The Desert Sun

  10-12-2014 08:54
  
  The Desert Sun
  Palm Springs City Council extends ban on food trucks
  The Desert Sun
  In December 2013, Riverside County enacted legislation to set up a system for food trucks to be properly permitted and inspected, with the idea that each city would establish another set of rules regarding where the businesses could operate or other ...
  
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• Food safety tips for when power goes out - WCSH-TV

  10-12-2014 08:51
  
  WCSH-TV
  Food safety tips for when power goes out
  WCSH-TV
  If the power could be off for more than six hours, the Maine CDC recommended transferring perishable food to an insulated cooler filled with ice or frozen gel packs. Refrigerated items should be safe as long as the power is out for no more than four to ...
  
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• Crooks break into local food pantry days before holiday giveaway - ABC30.com

  10-12-2014 08:16
  
  ABC30.com
  Crooks break into local food pantry days before holiday giveaway
  ABC30.com
  Pimentel says the food is there for anyone in need. Often, he opens up after hours to help feed someone. But this break-in is unacceptable to him. "It feels like your work is for naught," Pimentel said. "But yet we've got a lot of volunteers that will ...
  
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• New Whole Foods in Westminster boosts Filipino street-food vendors - The Denver Post

  10-12-2014 08:01
  
  The Denver Post
  New Whole Foods in Westminster boosts Filipino street-food vendors
  The Denver Post
  Justin Del Rosario on Tuesday runs The Orange Crunch's food cart at Whole Foods in the grocer's new Bradburn Village store at West 120th Avenue and Vrain Street in Westminster. The cart will operate for two weeks. (Photos by RJ Sangosti, The Denver ...
  
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• Food for the holidays can be sourced locally - Shreveport Times

  10-12-2014 07:59
  
  Shreveport Times
  Food for the holidays can be sourced locally
  Shreveport Times
  The holidays are the perfect time to start incorporating locally sourced foods into meals, when families are spending extra time in the kitchen and sitting down for dinner, said Jerica Cadman, who, with her husband, Matt, operate Shady Grove Ranch in ...
  
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