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• OneHarvest to build pre-packed salads plant in Australia

  18-12-2014 23:56
  
  Australian produce group OneHarvest is setting up a pre-packed salads facility in New South Wales.
  
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• Food stamp fraud leads to raid of Davie gas station - Local 10

  18-12-2014 23:32
  
  CBS Local
  Food stamp fraud leads to raid of Davie gas station
  Local 10
  THIS IF WE GET ANY WORD ON INJURIES, WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU. Victor Oquendo: NOW TO A FOOD STAMP FRAUD BUST IN DAVEY. HEAVILY ARM POLICE OFFICERS RAIDING A GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE TODAY. LET'S GET TO ...
  Davie Store Employees Arrested For Alleged Food FraudCBS Local
  Davie Gas Station Raided for Alleged Food Stamp FraudNBC 6 South Florida
  
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• New Tucson restaurant promises familiar food, live music - Arizona Daily Star (blog)

  18-12-2014 23:22
  
  Arizona Daily Star (blog)
  New Tucson restaurant promises familiar food, live music
  Arizona Daily Star (blog)
  Kukich rolled out his BurgerRito food truck nearly two years ago and serves an expansive selection of eats, including his signature burgerrito, a quarter-pound burger patty covered in pork green chile, cheddar cheese and refried beans, wrapped inside a ...
  
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• Silicon Valley poor line up for food to make their holiday a little brighter - San Jose Mercury News

  18-12-2014 23:19
  
  San Jose Mercury News
  Silicon Valley poor line up for food to make their holiday a little brighter
  San Jose Mercury News
  Thursday morning marked the start of Sacred Heart Community Service's 50th annual Holiday Food and Toy Program. About 3,300 low-income families are receiving 70-pound food boxes through Friday. On Monday and Tuesday, parents of nearly 6,000 ...
  
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• What The Change In US-Cuba Relations Might Mean For Food - NPR (blog)

  18-12-2014 23:06
  
  NPR (blog)
  What The Change In US-Cuba Relations Might Mean For Food
  NPR (blog)
  As you've probably heard — or seen, if you've traveled to Cuba — food (and, at times, the lack thereof) remains one of the most striking emblems of Cuba's dysfunctional economic system. Let's just say that the agreement between Obama and Cuban ...
  
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• Together: A Food Safe America - FDA.gov (blog)

  18-12-2014 22:59
  FDA.gov (blog)
  Together: A Food Safe America
  FDA.gov (blog)
  I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference convened by the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE). The conference brought together food safety educators from across the country – people in state and ...
  
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• Food Lion Holiday Shopping Spree - 12/16/14 - Hornets.com

  18-12-2014 21:51
  
  Food Lion Holiday Shopping Spree - 12/16/14
  Hornets.com
  Hornets players Bismack Biyombo and Noah Vonleh two families in need to Food Lion to go shopping for their Christmas dinners. Matt Gorry / hornets.com. Hornets players Bismack Biyombo and Noah Vonleh two families in need to Food Lion to go shopping ...
  
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• Seniors sharing in food truck craze - U-T San Diego

  18-12-2014 21:33
  
  U-T San Diego
  Seniors sharing in food truck craze
  U-T San Diego
  At the Vista Village Mobile Home Park volunteer Ken Vadala hands a just prepared meal to fellow volunteer Susie Early that was just cooked in the Dreams For Change food truck, at left. Susie will carry it into the adjacent mobile home park's clubhouse ...
  
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• Climate change could cut world food output 18 percent by 2050 - Reuters

  18-12-2014 21:23
  PBS NewsHour
  Climate change could cut world food output 18 percent by 2050
  Reuters
  ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global warming could cause an 18 percent drop in world food production by 2050, but investments in irrigation and infrastructure, and moving food output to different regions, could reduce the loss, a study published ...
  Climate change could cut 18 percent of world food production by 2050PBS NewsHour
  
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• Climate Change Could Cause 18 Percent Drop In Food Production By 2050 ... - Huffington Post

  18-12-2014 21:10
  
  PBS NewsHour
  Climate Change Could Cause 18 Percent Drop In Food Production By 2050 ...
  Huffington Post
  ROME, Dec 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Global warming could cause an 18 percent drop in world food production by 2050, but investments in irrigation and infrastructure, and moving food output to different regions, could reduce the loss, a study ...
  Climate change could cut 18 percent of world food production by 2050PBS NewsHour
  
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• Boudin SF's New LTOs Crafted Out of Rustic Stuffing Bread

  18-12-2014 20:56
  Image Caption: Image Credit: LTOs available through January 4.Exclusive Brief: 0Boudin SF, the fast-casual restaurant created by Boudin Bakery, creator of The Original San Francisco Sourdough, introduced three new limited-time menu items featuring seasonal Rustic Stuffing Bread. Studded with all the ingredients of traditional stuffing, from roasted celery and onions to savory garlic, sage, rosemary, parsley, and sweet cranberries, Rustic Stuffing Bread adds a holiday spin to sign
  
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• The Halal Guys Taking Street-Food Concept to Houston

  18-12-2014 20:41
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Signed on to develop five units in the Houston area.Exclusive Brief: 0The Halal Guys, the New York City–based American Halal street-food concept, announced the signing of a new franchise deal for Houston.
  The new franchisee signed on to develop five units in the Houston area, representing half of the total available market, leaving more stores available for purchase in the same territory.Other Kickers: FranchisingGrowthChains: The Halal Guy
  
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• GPS Hospitality Partners Purchases 36 Burger Kings

  18-12-2014 20:13
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Restaurants located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.Exclusive Brief: 0GPS Hospitality Partners announced last week the purchase of 36 Burger King restaurants located in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey from Twoton Inc.
  “Twoton is one of the longest-tenured Burger King franchisees and they have operated great Burger King restaurants for more than 40 years,” says Tom Garrett, CEO and founder. “We’re excited to enter these markets
  
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• Avoid Being Bad Santa: Important Holiday Food Safety Tips - Huffington Post

  18-12-2014 19:22
  
  The Times (subscription)
  Avoid Being Bad Santa: Important Holiday Food Safety Tips
  Huffington Post
  "What we want to focus on for office parties or holiday food parties is any time there's a big group of people and a lot of food, you really want to make sure the food doesn't sit out at room temperature for more than two hours," Beaugh says. "People ...
  Tips for safe food handling during the holidaysThe Times (subscription)
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• Woodstock Christmas Clearing House to serve 2500 kids with food, toys - Northwest Herald

  18-12-2014 19:05
  Woodstock Christmas Clearing House to serve 2500 kids with food, toys
  Northwest Herald
  Hundreds of volunteers spent this past week sorting food and toys to package and prepare for delivery. On Wednesday, Nolan and each of her family members received a piece of paper, each representing a household and each including the number of kids ...
  
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• Food drives are well-intentioned but not always best way to battle hunger ... - cleveland.com

  18-12-2014 18:48
  
  cleveland.com
  Food drives are well-intentioned but not always best way to battle hunger ...
  cleveland.com
  CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Food drives that generate tons of boxed and canned food for the needy have been around for a long time and continue to be popular, especially during the holidays. But are they still a good idea? Oftentimes they aren't, several area ...
  Mid-South Food Bank Increasing Reach With Food InsecurityMemphis Flyer
  South Plains Food Bank Plans on Distributing 4500 Christmas Foo
  
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• Kraft Foods Announces CEO Change - Wall Street Journal

  18-12-2014 18:33
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Kraft Foods Announces CEO Change
  Wall Street Journal
  Kraft Foods Group Inc. announced that Chairman John Cahill will replace Chief Executive Tony Vernon next week, saying the packaged-food giant needs to change more quickly amid challenges for the food industry. The announcement on Thursday ...
  
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• Pork Farms' Kerry deal faces UK anti-trust probe

  18-12-2014 18:03
  
  The UK's competition watchdog is ready to launch an in-depth investigation into Pork Farms' acquisition of Kerry Group's savoury pastry assets in the country.
  
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• Former Erie, PA, Bruster's Revived with New Franchisee

  18-12-2014 17:32
  Image Caption: Image Credit: It’s one of 25 locations Bruster’s expects to open next year.Exclusive Brief: 0Local restaurant owner Tim Sedney signed a franchise agreement to open a Bruster’s Real Ice Cream shop in the Dobbins Landing section of Erie, Pennsylvania. It’s one of 25 locations Bruster’s expects to open next year.
  The stand-alone shop is scheduled to open in March 2015 at 3100 W. 12th St., site of a former Bruster’s that operated there many years ago. Sedney
  
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• Bojangles' to Launch Cheddar Bo LTO System-Wide

  18-12-2014 17:28
  Item has been a favorite in select NC, VA stores.Exclusive Brief: 0Bojangles’ announced the launch of limited-time offer Cheddar Bo Biscuits. Bojangles’ Cheddar Bo has two slices of thick, aged Cheddar cheese melted inside a Bojangles’ made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuit.
  The Cheddar Bo has been a longtime fan favorite at select restaurants in Eastern North Carolina and Virginia, but now Bojangles’ customers throughout the Southeast can say #ItsCheddarBoTime and have the opportunit
  
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• Great Wraps Signs Deal for Dallas, Oklahoma City

  18-12-2014 17:15
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Will mark brand's first entry into state of Oklahoma.Exclusive Brief: 0With more than 80 locations nationwide, Great Wraps announced a franchise development agreement that will catapult the brand’s presence further into Texas, with the signing of a multi-city deal to develop restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, as well as enter the state of Oklahoma for the first time. Experienced multiunit franchisee Premila Vishwanath and her business part
  
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• Bimbo to buy Saputo's bakery arm

  18-12-2014 17:15
  
  Mexican bakery giant Grupo Bimbo has reached an agreement to buy Saputo's bakery business for C$120m.
  
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• Real Good Food looks ahead after sugar row hits H1

  18-12-2014 17:14
  
  UK sugar-to-desserts firm Real Good Food Co. has pointed to its recent trading performance after reporting a first-half loss of almost GBP5m.
  
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• McCormick in US winter NPD push

  18-12-2014 17:13
  
  McCormick & Co. has unveiled a slew of new products targeted at consumers in the US making "winter meals".
  
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• ConAgra profits slide on private-label writedown

  18-12-2014 17:03
  
  ConAgra Foods has reported a fall in second-quarter profits on the back of a writedown on its private-label business, with the US food group warning it will take longer than expected to see the unit's profits improve.
  
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• Kraft to take "fresh look" at business, says new CEO Cahill

  18-12-2014 16:21
  
  Kraft Foods Group chairman John Cahill will take on the role of CEO at the US food group, with chief executive Tony Vernon set to step down.
  
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• Holiday Food Safety - KOLO

  18-12-2014 16:02
  
  KOLO
  Holiday Food Safety
  KOLO
  RENO, NV - Holiday gatherings are plentiful this time of year, as are the leftovers. When preparing food during the holidays people often try to cook multiple dishes at different times and temperatures, which can some times mean being so overwhelmed ...
  2 Your Health Holiday food danger zoneWCBD
  
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• Hampton Creek Plans For World Food Tech Domination With $90 Million In ... - TechCrunch

  18-12-2014 16:01
  
  TechCrunch
  Hampton Creek Plans For World Food Tech Domination With $90 Million In ...
  TechCrunch
  The plant-based “Just Mayo” products have shown up in Whole Foods, Costco, Safeway, Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, Publix, Tesco, H-E-B, Kroger, ShopRite and giant food servicer Compass Group – all in the last 13 months. Hampton Creek crossed the ...
  Food Startup Hampton Creek Raises $90 Million Led by Horizons, KhoslaWall Street Journal (blog)
  Food tech startup Hampton Creek scoops up tas
  
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• On the money: General Mills "priority" categories see share improvement

  18-12-2014 15:19
  
  General Mills has reported market share growth across its three "priority" categories in the US - cereal, yoghurt and snacks - but sluggish sector sales trends and continuing under-performance from struggling areas of its portfolio continue to hit the group's US retail business.
  
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• The gift of food - Wyoming Tribune

  18-12-2014 14:16
  
  Wyoming Tribune
  The gift of food
  Wyoming Tribune
  Volunteers unpack food on the right as others with shopping carts combine the items for the Community Christmas food boxes at the former Wyoming Liquor Division Warehouse Wednesday morning. The Community Christmas food boxes will be distributed to ...
  
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• 2014 in review: the year's most-read interviews on just-food

  18-12-2014 14:12
  
  Our interviews with senior United Biscuits executives - in the year the company's owners agreed to sell the UK snack maker to Turkey's Yildiz Holding - featured highly on the list of 2014's most-clicked interviews on just-food. Interviews with the CEOs of the UK's Premier Foods and Canada's Agropur, as well as the CFOs of Arla Foods and Brazil's BRF were also popular as we continued to gain access to some of the industry's leading lights.
  
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• What A Fired Qdoba Worker Tells Us About The Fast Food Strikes - Huffington Post

  18-12-2014 13:42
  
  What A Fired Qdoba Worker Tells Us About The Fast Food Strikes
  Huffington Post
  WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 4, Rosa Velasquez went on strike to protest low wages in the fast food industry. The following day, the 52-year-old grandmother lost her job at a Qdoba restaurant inside the Pentagon. Velasquez says the greatest indignity wasn't ...
  
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• Make Fresh Food Last Longer With These Smart Storage Tips - Huffington Post

  18-12-2014 13:07
  
  Make Fresh Food Last Longer With These Smart Storage Tips
  Huffington Post
  Not only are we Americans throwing away $165 billion dollars worth of food per year, but we're also wasting the water and land space used to grow the food and the energy put into producing and distributing the food. The largest category of waste in ...
  
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• Boparan sees sales, margin pressure

  18-12-2014 12:44
  
  Boparan Holdings, the owner of 2 Sisters Food Group, revealed ongoing pressure on sales and margins during its first quarter.
  
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• Students taste-test new food options - WJXT Jacksonville

  18-12-2014 12:26
  
  WJXT Jacksonville
  Students taste-test new food options
  WJXT Jacksonville
  Students in Duval County will start off the next school year with a brand new menu for breakfast and lunch. Nearly 1,500 students taste-tested hundreds of food options at the Prime Osborn Convention Center and filled out surveys on what they liked and ...
  
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• Kellogg and Abraaj table fresh bids for Bisco Misr

  18-12-2014 12:18
  
  Kellogg and Abraaj Investment Management have tabled new offers for Egyptian snack firm Bisco Misr, with the US food giant again outbidding the private-equity firm.
  
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• Grupo Lala to buy Nicaraguan dairy Eskimo

  18-12-2014 11:42
  
  Grupo Lala has struck a deal to acquire the assets of Nicaraguan dairy group Eskimo, a move the company said would "strengthen" and "extend" its presence in Central America.
  
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• General Mills earnings drop one-third

  18-12-2014 11:36
  
  General Mills booked a steep decline in second-quarter earnings due to restructuring costs and lower sales.
  
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• Iowa City food waste reduction project recognized by EPA - Iowa City Press Citizen

  18-12-2014 01:36
  
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  Iowa City food waste reduction project recognized by EPA
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  "Wasted food is not only the largest waste stream in the U.S., but it is also the least recovered," James Callier, chief of the EPA Region 7 Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention Section, said in an email. "Wasted food also wastes the energy ...
  
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• Texting app points needy Ithacans to food resources - Ithaca Journal

  18-12-2014 01:32
  
  Ithaca Journal
  Texting app points needy Ithacans to food resources
  Ithaca Journal
  The app TXT2EAT, developed by Stephen Shaffer of Ithaca, was built on the premise of getting information about food to those most in need. His idea recently won in the best new app category in the 2014 AT&T Central New York Civic App Challenge.
  
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• Snowday Food Truck Handing Out Free Maple Grilled Cheese & More Today In ... - Gothamist

  18-12-2014 01:31
  
  National Post
  Snowday Food Truck Handing Out Free Maple Grilled Cheese & More Today In ...
  Gothamist
  Because you'll never again experience the joy of a snow day—even if you're a teacher!—how about some free grub from totally awesome food truck Snowday? This afternoon, the social justice-minded truck will be giving out their delicious maple-accented ...
  Food Truck Staffed by Former Inmates Gives Out Free FoodThe Daily Meal
  Free Snowday Food Truck grilled cheese WednesdayamNY
  
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• Food byproduct recycler expands in Battle Creek - Battle Creek Enquirer

  18-12-2014 01:31
  
  Battle Creek Enquirer
  Food byproduct recycler expands in Battle Creek
  Battle Creek Enquirer
  ReConserve, which has had operations in Battle Creek under different company names for more than a decade, has 18 locations in the U.S. and serves more than 1,000 small- to large-sized food manufacturers. It recycles food waste — byproducts from ...
  
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• TCAT-D Clarksville annual food drive wins statewide recognition - Clarksville Leaf Chronicle

  18-12-2014 01:30
  
  Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
  TCAT-D Clarksville annual food drive wins statewide recognition
  Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
  Clarksville, Tennessee, December 16, 2014 - The Clarksville campus of the Tennessee College of Technology - Dickson became a virtual marketplace of temptations from lavish buffets and bake sales to handmade crafts as training programs sought to outdo ...
  
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• Global Meat Market: News and Events November 2014

  18-12-2014 01:00
  Using this report, marketers will effectively gain an insight into the latest happenings in the global meat market throughout the month. The monthly report provides the reader with the top-line data n
  
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• Global Confectionery Market: News and Events November 2014

  18-12-2014 01:00
  Using this report, marketers will effectively gain an insight into the latest happenings in the global confectionery market throughout the month. The monthly report provides the reader with the top-li
  
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• The #healthy65 holiday challenge, Day 35 of 65: Jennifer's real food challenge - NewsOK.com

  18-12-2014 00:54
  
  The #healthy65 holiday challenge, Day 35 of 65: Jennifer's real food challenge
  NewsOK.com
  Looking back, I must have been crazy cakes to take on a real food diet through the holidays. Actually, I think I was "nuts" since cake is off the table due to the refined sugar in it. Real food is defined as whole foods, unrefined--like meats, dairy ...
  
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• Flora considers food truck ordinance - wlfi.com

  18-12-2014 00:22
  
  Flora considers food truck ordinance
  wlfi.com
  A food truck run by Mitchell's Mexican Grill of Delphi has started setting up shop in Flora. While local business owners aren't opposed to the food truck, they said they are concerned that it doesn't have to play by the same rules as they do. “It's not ...
  
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