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• FDA warns Purina plant in South Whitehall about 'significant violations' - Allentown Morning Call

  14-01-2015 23:37
  
  Allentown Morning Call
  FDA warns Purina plant in South Whitehall about 'significant violations'
  Allentown Morning Call
  Keith Schopp, a spokesman for Nestle Purina at its North American headquarters in St. Louis, said the company is confident there are no food safety issues or risks to pet health with the company's products. He said the company was unaware of any ...
  
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• Madison Co. students may see food changes after losses - Jackson Clarion Ledger

  14-01-2015 22:22
  
  Jackson Clarion Ledger
  Madison Co. students may see food changes after losses
  Jackson Clarion Ledger
  Students in Madison County schools could see changes in their school breakfasts and lunches next year if a plan to outsource the district's food production services goes forward. The district has lost about $312,000 over the past two years as ...
  
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• Marble Slab Says Ditch The New Year’s Resolution

  14-01-2015 22:00
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Shops Celebrate National Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution DayExclusive Brief: 0It may only be a few days into 2015, but January 17 is the most common date to give up on your New Year’s resolution, and Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream & Treatery are here to help. The homemade ice cream shops known for “Unlimited Mix-Ins” are celebrating National Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution Day (Saturday, January 17) with a special buy
  
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• Tim Kean: Plan now for food this summer - Muncie Star Press

  14-01-2015 22:00
  
  Muncie Star Press
  Tim Kean: Plan now for food this summer
  Muncie Star Press
  It seems strange to begin an article about the Summer Food Service Program for kids with ice and snow covering the ground, but now is the time to make plans. The SFSP is a federally funded reimbursement USDA program administered through the Indiana ...
  
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• Anthony Bourdain's mega food hall set to open later this year - Fox News

  14-01-2015 21:59
  
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  Anthony Bourdain's mega food hall set to open later this year
  Fox News
  The concept stalls will each specialize in one or two dishes of "gourmet street food." Bourdain, who has made a living traveling the world in search of the most tantalizing exotic eats, revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the aptly named 'Bourdain ...
  Anthony Bourdain Boosts Xi'an Famous FoodsWall Street Journal
  
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• Florida’s Giardino Gourmet Salads Expands to Nashville

  14-01-2015 21:48
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Giardino's Opens First Franchise Outside of FloridaExclusive Brief: 0Giardino Gourmet Salads, a fast-casual salad concept from South Florida, will expand to Nashville, Tennessee. The three restaurants will be the franchise’s first outside of Florida. The Osman family, previous owners of Subway restaurants in various cities in Florida and Tennessee, will open these over the span of the next three years, starting in 2015. Other Kickers: Franchisi
  
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• Starbucks Creates Retail Management Degree for Baristas

  14-01-2015 21:41
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand Pairs with Arizona State University for New Online DegreeExclusive Brief: 0Brand reputation, values-centered leadership, and ethical sourcing are components of a new online Retail Management Degree that Starbucks and Arizona State University (ASU) created for partners who are part of the Starbucks College Achievement Plan. Microsites: BeverageTrainingChains: Starbucks
  
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• Whataburger Invites Contest Winners Into Test Kitchen

  14-01-2015 21:25
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Whataburger Launches Social Media Contest for New SandwichExclusive Brief: 0Whataburger fans now have a chance to win an exclusive visit to Whataburger's test kitchen where Whataburger's new sandwich creations are invented.
  The contest launches Monday, January 12. Fans will shoot a short video saying "mmmmm" after taking a bite of the new Chicken Strip Monterey Melt and share it on any social media platform with the hashtag #mmmelt.
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• This new Fountain Square food market will warm you up - Indianapolis Star

  14-01-2015 21:17
  
  Indianapolis Star
  This new Fountain Square food market will warm you up
  Indianapolis Star
  This is not to say the Sanderses don't focus on Heartland foods. One side of their store is jammed with dry, canned and frozen foods that speak to Craig Sanders' Putnam County roots. He grew up on a farm there. A steel form high on a shelf resembles ...
  
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• Hot Market: Detroit

  14-01-2015 20:46
  Some limited-service chains see big potential in bankrupt city.Image Credit: ThinkstockTeaser Image Orientation: LeftOnce a bankrupt city left for dead, Detroit is showing signs of becoming a hot destination for quick-service and fast-casual concepts. Where city blocks were once ghost towns, real estate developers today are building thriving centers for businesses and entertainment venues—and restaurant operators are excited to get on board.Other Kickers: FranchisingGrowthFast C
  
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• A Food Entrepreneur Who Hopes Bones Will Turn Into Bucks - Forbes

  14-01-2015 20:43
  
  A Food Entrepreneur Who Hopes Bones Will Turn Into Bucks
  Forbes
  At its core, Brooklyn Bouillon is spot on for hitting the mark on the new food model: identify and solve a problem using a combination of common sense and passion—in this case, the heart is for bones. “I went to New York City's Green Market and ...
  
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• Local businesses gain exposure at the Fresno Food Expo - ABC30.com

  14-01-2015 20:25
  
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  Local businesses gain exposure at the Fresno Food Expo
  ABC30.com
  They had the right buyers there from the major food chains that we deal with or that we want to meet and haven't been able to in the past and its right in the center of where all the speciality foods are grown in the whole world," said Chuck Nichols ...
  Nation's Largest Regional Food Show Celebrates 5 th Anniversary with ...Business Wire (press release)
  
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• Machine-learning software

  14-01-2015 20:05
  
  An interactive 3-D platform, Motoman Neocortex machine-learning software uses sensor input to learn and react in real time.
  
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• Vertical form/fill/seal machine

  14-01-2015 20:04
  
  The Parsons-Eagle Phaser XP vertical form/fill/seal produces pillow, gusseted or flat-bottom packages from 2- to 13-in. wide and 3- to 15-in. long at speeds over 60 packages/min.
  
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• Bagging machine

  14-01-2015 20:00
  
  The Circle Packaging Flexibag Si-500 bagging machine creates 4-side sealed sachets.
  
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• Wireless dataloggers

  14-01-2015 19:59
  
  Built to measure and monitor ambient temperatures in refrigerators, freezers and warehouses, T&D RTR-500 wireless dataloggers are water resistant and oil proof; they collect data at temperatures down to -22°F.
  
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• Data acquisition system

  14-01-2015 19:58
  
  A built-in intelligence information system, the Gebo Cermex EIT web-based automated data acquisition system remotely provides the necessary information to identify and analyze production issues and measure performance.
  
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• Android tablet

  14-01-2015 19:57
  
  Incorporating a quad-core Cortex A7 CPU and PowerVR XT GPU, the Arbor Gladius 8 Android tablet features a 7.85-in. LCD display with a multi-touch projected-capacitive touchscreen and integrated WWAN, WLAN and Bluetooth connections.
  
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• Oshkosh man returning to Food Network's 'Chopped' - The Oshkosh Northwestern

  14-01-2015 19:56
  
  The Oshkosh Northwestern
  Oshkosh man returning to Food Network's 'Chopped'
  The Oshkosh Northwestern
  Bradley Stellings will appear on the Food Network's "Chopped" on Jan. 27 at 9 p.m. for a second chance to win the competition during a redemption episode. Editor's note: This story was published on Feb. 3, 2014. Bradley Stellings, a 2004 Oshkosh West ...
  
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• Plastic pallets

  14-01-2015 19:56
  
  Craemer offers a range of reusable plastic pallets.
  
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• The 14 Nerdiest Things We Learned About Food Last Year - Huffington Post

  14-01-2015 19:55
  
  Huffington Post
  The 14 Nerdiest Things We Learned About Food Last Year
  Huffington Post
  In 2013 I came to terms with the fact that I am a food nerd. It happened in a classroom in northwestern Italy, while I was attending a food-focused graduate program. "Food School," as we affectionately called it, was a safe space. A place where, on a ...
  
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• Bottom-loading case packer

  14-01-2015 19:55
  
  Accommodating up to 25 cases/min., the Schneider bottom-loading, vertical, stainless steel case packer, leaves the bottom of the product standing during the packaging process.
  
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• What Does 1000 Calories Look Like at Different Fast-Food Chains? - Huffington Post

  14-01-2015 18:17
  
  Huffington Post
  What Does 1000 Calories Look Like at Different Fast-Food Chains?
  Huffington Post
  Sure, you can eat a salad at McDonald's for an under-300 calorie meal, but most fast-food customers are ordering the high-cal classics -- burgers, chicken nuggets, fries -- and chasing them down with Cokes and milkshakes. We've rounded up some easy ...
  
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• The 10 best foods at the Farm Show according to a restaurant critic - PennLive.com

  14-01-2015 17:51
  
  The 10 best foods at the Farm Show according to a restaurant critic
  PennLive.com
  The food at this year's 99th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show won't let you down in taste, texture or in pounds. With spuds the size of small dogs and blooming onions heavy enough to sink a baby's bathtub, set diets on hold while browsing delectable PA ...
  
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• Soylent Slurps $20M From A16Z, Lerer, Index To Drink Big Food's Milkshake - TechCrunch

  14-01-2015 17:23
  
  Silicon Valley Business Journal
  Soylent Slurps $20M From A16Z, Lerer, Index To Drink Big Food's Milkshake
  TechCrunch
  Everyone's favorite food-disrupting nutritional slurry, Soylent, has just closed a $20 million funding round, led by existing investor Andreessen Horowitz. Another prior investor in its 2013 $1.5 million seed round, Lerer Ventures, also participated in ...
  Food replacement startup Soylent raises $20MSilicon Valley Business Journal
  
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• Irish food exports boosted by growth outside EU

  14-01-2015 16:51
  
  Markets outside the EU are driving the growth in Ireland's food exports, according to data released today (14 January).
  
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• Focus: Why the jury is out for Danone's Oikos Triple Zero

  14-01-2015 15:41
  
  Danone has launched Oikos Triple Zero, a product it hopes will attract more protein-hungry male consumers to a slowing Greek yoghurt category. Will the French company succeed? Dean Best investigates.
  
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• Dutch rules on advertising food to kids tightened

  14-01-2015 14:01
  
  The Dutch Advertising Code has been amended to limit the foods that can be advertised to children between seven and 12 years of age.
  
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• Powerful Yogurt CEO sanguine over Danone's Oikos Triple Zero

  14-01-2015 13:06
  
  Powerful Yogurt CEO Carlos Ramirez believes the fledgling US firm can ride out Danone's bid to get more men eating the French group's yoghurt with its launch of Oikos Triple Zero.
  
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• An open house can be like the Titanic. Hey, great food! - STLtoday.com

  14-01-2015 12:02
  
  An open house can be like the Titanic. Hey, great food!
  STLtoday.com
  We had an open house the other day, our first party since we moved to St. Louis. We had no idea how many people would show up — we alternately worried that no one would come or that we would be so swamped with people that we would run out of food.
  
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• Things only food snobs have in their kitchens - Fox News

  14-01-2015 11:34
  
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  Things only food snobs have in their kitchens
  Fox News
  Cheese is just about the greatest food on earth. When you get to the point that a cheese is too stinky to handle, it's just a waste of cheese. See more foods and kitchen items that snobby foodies have on hand. More from The Daily Meal. Table Manners ...
  
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• Healthy, custom, creative: DC's new face of fast food - WTOP

  14-01-2015 10:07
  WTOP
  Healthy, custom, creative: DC's new face of fast food
  WTOP
  In a year where fast-food giant McDonald's saw a 4.6 percent slide in U.S. sales, fast-casual restaurants increased their sales by 10.5 percent. Sweetgreen was one of D.C.'s first healthy, fast-casual concepts. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images).
  
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• Chop Chop: Brief conversations with people in food - Press Herald

  14-01-2015 10:00
  
  Press Herald
  Chop Chop: Brief conversations with people in food
  Press Herald
  A: (We live in) what they are now calling an obesigenic environment. That means there is food available everywhere, highly palatable food. There are cues to eat it. And we don't have to use much of our own energy. There are so many labor-saving devices.
  
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• Americana sale "on hold" - reports

  14-01-2015 09:16
  
  The sale of Middle East frozen food maker, Kuwait Food Co. (Americana), is reportedly close to being put on hold, partly due to differences on price.
  
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• 7-Eleven launches private label "better-for-you" snack bars

  14-01-2015 09:14
  
  US convenience retailer 7-Eleven has expanded its private label range with the launch of a line of "better-for-you" snack products, 7-Select GO!Smart.
  
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• Take sugary drinks out of food assistance - Sacramento Bee

  14-01-2015 09:00
  
  Sacramento Bee
  Take sugary drinks out of food assistance
  Sacramento Bee
  Add this to the New Year's barrel of political myths: Limiting access to sugary drinks for families receiving public assistance is an attack on poor people. A new poll released this month reveals that, at least in California, public assistance ...
  
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• Yashili warns 2014 profits will plunge 40%

  14-01-2015 08:56
  
  Yashili International Holdings, the listed Chinese infant formula company in which Mengniu and Danone hold sizeable stakes, has warned that it now expects a 40% decline in profit for 2014.
  
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• Pure Food And Wine Employees Walk Out Over Unpaid Wages - Gothamist

  14-01-2015 08:48
  
  Pure Food And Wine Employees Walk Out Over Unpaid Wages
  Gothamist
  [UPDATE BELOW] Upscale raw vegan restaurant Pure Food And Wine is currently embroiled in a massive battle with its employees. According to several tipsters, the entire staff of the Gramercy restaurant has refused to work yesterday and today because ...
  
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• KP Snacks launches Hula Hoops Puft

  14-01-2015 08:48
  
  KP Snacks, the UK arm of Intersnack, is expanding the Hula Hoops brand with the launch of Hula Hoops Puft.
  
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• Schwan names Galloway CFO

  14-01-2015 08:09
  
  The Schwan Food Co has appointed Robin Galloway to the post of EVP and chief financial officer.
  
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• Our mood in food 2015: Tracking the arc of a trend - Fredericksburg.com

  14-01-2015 06:03
  
  Fredericksburg.com
  Our mood in food 2015: Tracking the arc of a trend
  Fredericksburg.com
  Sometimes a food is in, and then it's waayyy out. Like lard. In an increasingly obese society, lard has been, well, the butt of jokes. Health fanatics labeled it public enemy No. 1, but frankly, if you're willing to let a Cronut sully your lips, why ...
  
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• Wastewater/process screen

  14-01-2015 06:01
  
  Eliminating conventional trunnions and wheels, the Lyco Zero maintenance screen reduces blinding, water and chemicals used during cleaning processes and for industrial waste.
  
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• Continuous ink jet printer

  14-01-2015 06:00
  
  The Domino A520i continuous ink jet printer features a stainless steel exterior, 3-stage fluid management system, plenum airflow cooling system and remote user interface touch panel.
  
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• Genetically modified food labels supported - DeKalb Daily Chronicle

  14-01-2015 05:27
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  Genetically modified food labels supported
  DeKalb Daily Chronicle
  AP file photo A grocery store employee wipes down a soup bar with a display informing customers of organic, GMO-free oils, Oct. 23, 2014, in Boulder, Colo. A large majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified foods, whether they care ...
  GMO foods: Most Americans want labeling, though don't care about eating ...OregonLive.com
  Poll finds most Americans want GMO food labelsPBS NewsHour
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• 10-year food stamp fraud sentence upheld - Green Bay Press Gazette

  14-01-2015 05:17
  
  Green Bay Press Gazette
  10-year food stamp fraud sentence upheld
  Green Bay Press Gazette
  MADISON — A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for a Milwaukee woman accused of defrauding the state's food stamp program. Cassandra Williams, 49, worked as a support clerk in a state Food Share office in ...
  
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• Farm & food tech social meet-up at Generator in Burlington - vtdigger.org

  14-01-2015 04:28
  Farm & food tech social meet-up at Generator in Burlington
  vtdigger.org
  Burlington, VT – The first Farm & Food Tech Social Meet-up welcomes farmers, food business entrepreneurs, makers, technology entrepreneurs, hackers, software developers and anyone else interested in furthering local, sustainable food systems with ...
  
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• Man shot dead at Pompano fast-food restaurant - Sun Sentinel

  14-01-2015 03:17
  
  Man shot dead at Pompano fast-food restaurant
  Sun Sentinel
  Man shot dead at Pompano fast-food restaurant. The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting at a Taco Bell in Pompano Beach. The Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting at a Taco Bell in Pompano Beach. By Emily ...
  
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• Phipps' free app helps shoppers make healthy food choices - Tribune-Review

  14-01-2015 03:02
  
  Phipps' free app helps shoppers make healthy food choices
  Tribune-Review
  The three potential villains in packaged food — sugar, salt and fat — can be highlighted while you're grocery shopping with a new app from Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Green Light Foods, a free app that works for iPhones and Android ...
  
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• Idaho Food Bank receives $110000 donation - LocalNews8.com

  14-01-2015 02:58
  
  Idaho Food Bank receives $110000 donation
  LocalNews8.com
  Some good news, if not food for thought, is on the horizon for folks in parts of rural eastern Idaho - the Idaho Food Bank will now be able to deliver right to them. This is all thanks to a $110,000 donation from the Portneuf Health Care Foundation and ...
  
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• Six hot trends from 2015 Winter Fancy Food Show - SFGate (blog)

  14-01-2015 02:35
  
  SFGate (blog)
  Six hot trends from 2015 Winter Fancy Food Show
  SFGate (blog)
  With so many food industry movers and shakers under one roof, it also happens to be a great place to spy burgeoning food trends (along with reminding us of fads that just won't die — we're looking at you, bacon). Here are just some of the major trends ...
  Five trends to watch from the S.F. Fancy Food ShowSan Francisco Business Times (blog)
  Top 5 food trends announced at Winter Fancy Food ShoweTurboNews
  
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