Food news

• Food Industry Drags Its Heels On Recyclable And Compostable Packaging - NPR (blog)

  29-01-2015 22:57
  
  NPR (blog)
  Food Industry Drags Its Heels On Recyclable And Compostable Packaging
  NPR (blog)
  So the majority of that food packaging is ending up in landfills, or on the street as litter, where it may eventually get swept into the ocean. There, our wrappers and cans and cups become a much bigger problem — a direct threat to marine life that ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• First Multi-Unit Franchisee Found For Woody's Bar-B-Q

  29-01-2015 22:56
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Franchisee Embarks on Multi-Unit Ownership in Jacksonville, FLExclusive Brief: 0After spending a year as the owner of a Woody’s Bar-B-Q franchise in Jacksonville, Florida, industry veteran Jack Dunsmoor has decided to add more to his plate he will open his second Woody’s franchise in the fourth quarter of 2014 in a premier location at the intersection of Baymeadows Road and Philips Highway in Jacksonville: just 4.5 miles away from his current locat
  
  Read more

• St. Patty's Menu Items From Cousins Subs

  29-01-2015 22:40
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Chain Introduces Limited-Time Rueben and Rachel SandwichesExclusive Brief: 0Cousins Subs is helping guests celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with new limited-time-only sub sandwiches: the Rueben and the Rachel.
  The popular Reuben returns on rye bread with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and thousand island dressing.  
  The Rachel is back but with a new twist. The sub is now served with pastrami, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, and thousand island dressing
  
  Read more

• Philly's Best Teams Up With National Hot Rod Association

  29-01-2015 22:37
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Offering Discounts for NRHA WinternationalsExclusive Brief: 0Philly’s Best, the Southern California authentic Philly cheesesteaks and hoagie restaurant, is excited to announce its newly-formed partnership with the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) around the 55th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals. Beginning today, exclusive discount tickets for the drag races, taking place at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona February 5 through 8, are available
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Record 200 Pizzas Per Hour at New PizzaRev Locations

  29-01-2015 22:30
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Record-Breaking Entrance In Bakersfield, Calfornia Exclusive Brief: 0PizzaRev announced today a record-breaking entrance into Bakersfield, California. The fast-casual, build-your-own pizza concept opened two locations in the last two weeks in Bakersfield, where the crew achieved a record 200 pizzas crafted per hour at peak traffic times. The company is on-track to open eight restaurants by the end of the first quarter of 2015.Chains: PizzaRevMicr
  
  Read more

• Buttery Jack Burgers Debut at Jack in the Box

  29-01-2015 22:25
  New Menu Item Feautres Melted Garlic Herb ButterExclusive Brief: 0Jack in the Box is introducing the new Buttery Jack burgers – which feature garlic herb butter melted on top of an all-new, quarter-pound, signature beef patty and tucked inside Jack’s new gourmet signature bun.
  Guests have two options for their Buttery Jack burger. The Classic Buttery Jack features creamy tomato sauce, green leaf lettuce, fresh tomatoes, and Provolone cheese; while the Bacon & Swiss Buttery Jack f
  
  Read more

• Olive Garden Revamps Menu, Invites Food Snobs To Come Whine About It - The Consumerist

  29-01-2015 22:24
  
  Cleveland Scene Weekly
  Olive Garden Revamps Menu, Invites Food Snobs To Come Whine About It
  The Consumerist
  Olive Garden has never pretended to be a center of fancy cuisine or healthy eating. Its selling point the quantities of food available, including and especially breadsticks coated with garlic salt. Olive Garden is currently trying to rebrand itself ...
  A Food Critic Tried Olive Garden's "New" MenuCleveland Scene Weekly
  
  all 3 news articles »
  
  Read more

• News you can eat: Seahawks food FTW!!! (Plus some other stuff) - The Seattle Times (blog)

  29-01-2015 21:44
  
  News you can eat: Seahawks food FTW!!! (Plus some other stuff)
  The Seattle Times (blog)
  12 SEAHAWKS TRIBUTES IN FOOD: With PCC Natural Markets FTW for “HAWKS” spelled out in green onions. MORE>>>. SEAHAWKS' FAVORITE RESTAURANTS: Marshawn Lynch's favorite is HoHo in the I.D. (and his hero is his mom… awwwww!).
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Super Bowl Sunday's #1 Eaten Food - ABC News

  29-01-2015 20:59
  
  Guardian Liberty Voice
  Super Bowl Sunday's #1 Eaten Food
  ABC News
  Is the same. This is six for shoving food down one gulf and America at Thanksgiving. All that gorging averages about 2000 calories consumed during the game. The same amount as the average person eats in an entire day. 48 million people ordered takeout.
  Super Bowl – Four Hours of FoodGuardian Liberty Voice
  26 Healthier Finger Food Super Bowl RecipesParade
  There go New Year resolutions: Super Bowl food bingeStaunton News Lead
  
  Read more

• A Supercool Super Bowl Party Menu from Pinch Food Design - InStyle

  29-01-2015 20:30
  
  InStyle
  A Supercool Super Bowl Party Menu from Pinch Food Design
  InStyle
  Check out the clever, super-chic recipe and presentation ideas from N.Y.C.'s Pinch Food Design. They've become the go-to caterer for the city's creative set, from the Museum of Modern Art to patrons of the High Line. These delicious ideas are all ...
  
  Read more

• Comment: Manufacturers should tread carefully over extended payment terms

  29-01-2015 18:43
  
  Food manufacturers are catching some flack for extending payment terms to their suppliers. The growing tension in the supply chain points to the pressure manufacturers are themselves facing in the current trading environment - and their need to free up cash flow in the balance sheet. But, in a charged political atmosphere, manufacturers should tread carefully, Katy Askew suggests.
  
  Read more

• Seattle now shaming residents for not composting food waste - Fox News

  29-01-2015 18:31
  
  Fox News
  Seattle now shaming residents for not composting food waste
  Fox News
  Starting this year, residents of the Pacific Northwest city who throw away food will have their garbage cans marked with bright red tags—"Scarlet Letter"-style so neighbors will know of their sin. In July, the city will start fining citizens for ...
  Seattle to fine residents for throwing food in garbageWashington Times
  Editorial: Crackdown on tossing food in trash is garbageWalla Walla Union-Bulletin
  In Se
  
  Read more

• Pancheros Donates Burritos to Dance Marathon Participants

  29-01-2015 18:26
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pancheros partners with four Iowa universities for the Dance Marathon.Exclusive Brief: 0Pancheros Mexican Grill, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant, is proud to once again lend a helping hand to local universities by donating food for the annual Dance Marathons supporting the Children’s Miracle Network. Pancheros will donate more than 5,000 burritos to Grand View University, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Norther
  
  Read more

• Food Super Bowl: Boston banquet vs. Seattle smorgasboard - FOXSports.com

  29-01-2015 18:22
  
  FOXSports.com
  Food Super Bowl: Boston banquet vs. Seattle smorgasboard
  FOXSports.com
  Along with player partner Craig Terrill, a former Seahawks defensive tackle, Howie has won the Kick Hunger Challenge each of the last two years, bringing $43,000 and $93,000, respectively, back to Seattle Food Lifeline. This year, the pair expects to ...
  
  Read more

• Saladworks Plans for 2015 to be Year of the Salad

  29-01-2015 18:20
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Saladworks opened 15 stores and entered new markets in 2015.Exclusive Brief: 0Saladworks announced major growth accomplishments in 2014, setting up 2015 to be the Year of the Salad.Chains: SaladworksMicrosites: Charitable GivingHealthy MenusOther Kickers: Growth
  
  Read more

• Capriotti's to Raise Funds and Donate Sandwiches in February

  29-01-2015 18:03
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Capriotti's partners with Las Vegas Rescue Mission for fundraising.Exclusive Brief: 0Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop is partnering with the Las Vegas Rescue Mission throughout the month of February to feed families in the area through its Love Your Community fundraiser. From February 1 to 28, guests are encouraged to show their love by making a $1 donation during their visit to Capriotti’s  to help provide meals within the greater Las Vegas valley.
  
  Read more

• Produce Investments sounds warning on profits

  29-01-2015 18:00
  
  Produce Investments today (29 January) warned its annual pre-tax profits would be below market expectations after a spike in the potato supply hit prices.
  
  Read more

• IBM Thinks it Can Make Your Food Safer: Will it Work? - TIME

  29-01-2015 17:55
  
  TIME
  IBM Thinks it Can Make Your Food Safer: Will it Work?
  TIME
  Our food system is by no means bulletproof when it comes to pathogens. In just the past year, the United States saw major outbreaks of listeria in caramel apples and salmonella in nut butters, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
  
  Read more

• Church's Chicken Offers Super Bowl Special

  29-01-2015 17:41
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Church's Chicken promotes $10 Big Game Box and ContestExclusive Brief: 0Church’s Chicken, one of the largest quick-service restaurant chicken chains in the world, has what it takes to be the life of the party for the Big Game on Sunday, February 1, 2015. Pizza has long dominated the playing field during the big game, but the chicken giant believes its new $10 Big Game Box is such a meatier alternative that they can take a bite out of this pizza-domin
  
  Read more

• RedBrick Pizza Opens Second Missouri Store

  29-01-2015 17:16
  RedBrick Pizza Opens location in South County Center in St. Louis.Exclusive Brief: 0RedBrick Pizza, the fast-casual restaurant serving up gourmet, artisan pizza will open its second Missouri restaurant at South County Center in St. Louis. The first RedBrick Pizza in the state opened January 2015 at Northpark Mall in Joplin. This new location is the first of several restaurants in the area to be developed over the next three years.Other Kickers: ExpansionFranchisingMicrosites: Pizz
  
  Read more

• Campbell aligns structure with growth objectives

  29-01-2015 16:56
  
  The Campbell Soup Co. is reorganising its business into three divisions that reflect its strategic growth priorities.
  
  Read more

• Hershey to acquire meat jerky firm Krave

  29-01-2015 16:40
  
  US confectioner Hershey has confirmed it is to acquire premium jerky firm Krave Pure Foods.
  
  Read more

• Focus: Food marketing to children on UK political agenda

  29-01-2015 16:40
  
  The inclusion in the UK Labour Party's new public health policy paper of a 'watershed' time restriction on the advertising of foods high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) as a future policy option has put the issue of food marketing to children firmly on the political agenda in the run-up to the country's General Election in May.
  
  Read more

• Grupo Bimbo Madrid plant restructure sees 42 jobs at risk

  29-01-2015 16:15
  
  Grupo Bimbo has announced a restructure at its Las Mercedes plant in Madrid, a move which sees 42 jobs at risk.
  
  Read more

• Geographic spread enables Mead to offset slowdown in China

  29-01-2015 16:02
  
  Mead Johnson booked an increase in full-year earnings and sales, as higher revenue at its business units in the Americas and Europe offset a weaker performance in China and Hong Kong.
  
  Read more

• Geographic spread enables Mead Johnson to offset China slowdown

  29-01-2015 16:02
  
  Mead Johnson booked an increase in full-year earnings and sales, as higher revenue at its business units in the Americas and Europe offset a weaker performance in China and Hong Kong.
  
  Read more

• Shopper trends: The growth opportunities for stagnating private label

  29-01-2015 15:29
  
  Private label is now a mature market - one that has grown quickly over recent years to a position of some strength in the European FMCG industry. A force to be reckoned with, traditionally private label has helped consumers reduce their weekly shopping bills and provide retailers with an extra opportunity to boost sales and grow margin.
  
  Read more

• Abbott sees nutrition sales drop

  29-01-2015 15:19
  
  Abbott reported an increase in nutritional sales despite ongoing softness in the US, its largest market, and negative currency effect.
  
  Read more

• Sales mix, costs hits Lancaster Colony first-half

  29-01-2015 15:00
  
  Lancaster Colony reported lower first-half earnings as a deterioration in sales mix and higher costs offset top line gains at the pie-to-condiments maker.
  
  Read more

• Cherkizovo sees volume, value sales gain

  29-01-2015 14:35
  
  Russian meat firm Cherkizovo Group reported higher volume and value sales throughout 2014.
  
  Read more

• Hershey Q4 sales miss analyst expectations

  29-01-2015 14:33
  
  Hershey shares dipped in early trade today (29 January) after the company missed analyst sales expectations for the fourth quarter of 2014.
  
  Read more

• Survey: Your fellow airplane passengers don't want to smell your food - Mashable

  29-01-2015 14:06
  
  Mashable
  Survey: Your fellow airplane passengers don't want to smell your food
  Mashable
  Airline food is often bland and expensive — but that doesn't make it acceptable for passengers to stink up the plane with their food, say other passengers. In a new survey, 48% of respondents said that it was rude to bring food with strong odors on ...
  Survey Confirms What Your Nose Already Knows: Bringing Smelly Food On ...The Consumerist
  
  all 2 news articles »
  
  Read more

• How Sequencing Foods' DNA Could Help Us Prevent Diseases - Wired

  29-01-2015 14:05
  
  Wired
  How Sequencing Foods' DNA Could Help Us Prevent Diseases
  Wired
  But ensuring that every piece of food pushed through the supply chain is safe enough to eat is no small task. Yes, some food companies test their ingredients before cooking and shipping, but there's no way to test for unknown pathogens or impurities ...
  IBM, Mars see gene sequencing as key to protecting the global food supplyVentureBeat
  IBM Research and Mars tackle food safety with advanced geneticsEngadget
  IBM joins f
  
  Read more

• Huegli posts sales growth for FY2014

  29-01-2015 13:30
  
  Swiss food group Huegli has reported and increase of 3.6% in organic sales for the full year 2014.
  
  Read more

• Got leftovers? Donate your food stockpiled for the blizzard that wasn't to NYC ... - New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV

  29-01-2015 13:16
  
  CBS Local
  Got leftovers? Donate your food stockpiled for the blizzard that wasn't to NYC ...
  New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
  (PIX11) – New Yorkers flocked to grocery stores in the hours before a wicked winter storm rolled through, wiping out bread shelves and snatching up gallons of milk. But after the blizzard that wasn't, those same stockpiling New Yorkers who spilled onto ...
  Brooklynite's Twitter Push: Donate Unneeded 'Blizzard' Food To HungryCBS Local
  
  all 2 news articles&
  
  Read more

• Capespan expands fruit packing capability

  29-01-2015 12:31
  
  South Africa's Capespan has increased its fruit packing capacity through the acquisition of two assets: the Novo pack house and Theewaterskloof Estate.
  
  Read more

• Have we reached 'peak food'? Shortages loom as global production rates slow - The Independent

  29-01-2015 12:01
  
  The Independent
  Have we reached 'peak food'? Shortages loom as global production rates slow
  The Independent
  Peak production refers to the point at which the growth in a crop, animal or other food source begins to slow down, rather than the point at which production actually declines. However, it is regarded as a key signal that the momentum is being lost and ...
  "Peak chicken" was 2006 - how food production isn't keeping pace with populationMirror.co.uk
  
  all 3 news article
  
  Read more

• Cranswick meets expectations after "strong" Christmas

  29-01-2015 11:42
  
  Cranswick's third-quarter revenue was "marginally ahead" of last year despite lower pricing in what remained a "competitive" environment.
  
  Read more

• Betta Foods joins Ernest Hillier in administration

  29-01-2015 10:43
  
  Betta Foods has become the second Australian confectioner owned by private-equity firm Re:Capital to move into administration.
  
  Read more

• Beefs over food in Georgia jail feed outsourcing debate - The Detroit News

  29-01-2015 10:26
  Beefs over food in Georgia jail feed outsourcing debate
  The Detroit News
  Atlanta – — One prisoner said he eased hunger pangs by eating toothpaste. One complained he got so little food that he trembled at night in his cell. Another filed grievance after grievance, each consisting of a single word: “Hungry.” These complaints ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Letter: Your support for food pantry matters - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

  29-01-2015 10:11
  
  Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
  Letter: Your support for food pantry matters
  Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
  We are thankful for all donations, from the one bag of food given by an individual to the car and truckloads of food donated by businesses and produce growers; to food collected by many organizations, clubs, schools, churches; to food collected by ...
  
  Read more

• 1 in 5 American Children Relying on Food Stamps for Meals - TIME

  29-01-2015 09:17
  
  TIME
  1 in 5 American Children Relying on Food Stamps for Meals
  TIME
  Food Stamps Help Bridge Gap For 20 Percent Of Americans Who Struggle With Hunger A girl pays for her mother's groceries using Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) tokens, more commonly known as Food Stamps, at the GrowNYC Greenmarket in Union ...
  
  Read more

• Food Recall Due to Peanuts - POPSUGAR

  29-01-2015 07:16
  
  POPSUGAR
  Food Recall Due to Peanuts
  POPSUGAR
  Parents of peanut-allergy sufferers will want to take extra care the next time they head to the grocery store. In what is being called "the most widespread series of allergy-related recalls" in history, hundreds of food products are being pulled due to ...
  
  Read more

• Dreaming of food, not genies - Victoria Advocate

  29-01-2015 07:13
  Victoria Advocate
  Dreaming of food, not genies
  Victoria Advocate
  Unlike Capt. Maj. Roger Healey, I don't dream of Jeannie. I dream of food. Well, I have normal dreams, but there's usually food somewhere in the dream: take-out, something I made or a banquet. Lately, I've been dreaming of dinner parties. Now, it could ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• 9 year old leads her own food drive for the homeless - KHOU

  29-01-2015 06:25
  9 year old leads her own food drive for the homeless
  KHOU
  HOUSTON - The food pantry at SEARCH was half full until 9-year-old Taliah Block got in. By the time she finished, it was fully stocked and ready to serve. It all started with a simple observation Taliah seeing several of Houston's homeless on the ...
  
  Read more

• Alaskans should join Arctic-wide food price protest Jan. 31 and boycott AC stores - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-01-2015 03:51
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaskans should join Arctic-wide food price protest Jan. 31 and boycott AC stores
  Alaska Dispatch News
  OPINION: By not shopping at AC stores on Jan. 31, Alaskans will send a message against unacceptably high food prices in the Arctic, and will stand in solidarity with families across the region who may not be able to afford food. Pictured: A gallon of ...
  
  Read more

• Seattle vs. New England in the supper bowl: how our food cultures compare - The Seattle Times (blog)

  29-01-2015 03:49
  
  Seattle vs. New England in the supper bowl: how our food cultures compare
  The Seattle Times (blog)
  With the big game right around the corner, we invited Boston Globe food editor Sheryl Julian to tell us how the food scene in Boston reflects the local culture there. Our food writer, Bethany Jean Clement, gave her take on the same subject for Seattle ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Japan's fast-food chains face new headache - CNBC

  29-01-2015 03:02
  
  CNBC
  Japan's fast-food chains face new headache
  CNBC
  Already reeling from a handful of scandals, Japan's fast-food industry faces a new problem: diners are no longer heading out for meals like they used to. "Japanese consumers are choosing to buy their meals at convenience stores and eat at home," said ...
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Build better roads in developing world to bolster food supplies: study - Reuters

  29-01-2015 02:44
  Build better roads in developing world to bolster food supplies: study
  Reuters
  Bjorn Lomborg, head of the Copenhagen Consensus Center which commissioned the study, said debate about waste in rich nations was usually about how to discourage consumers from buying too much food and then throwing away large amounts uneaten.
  
  and more »
  
  Read more

• Drop food scraps at Lansing site - Ithaca Journal

  29-01-2015 02:27
  
  Ithaca Journal
  Drop food scraps at Lansing site
  Ithaca Journal
  Food scrap recycling drop spots are also located at the Recycling and Solid Waste Center in Ithaca, at Cayuga Compost on Aagard Road, at the Dryden Town Highway Department (Saturday only) and at Cornell Cooperative Extension on Willow Avenue in ...
  
  Read more

Follow @Food_news_usa on Twitter!