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• How Unboiled Eggs Could Help Fight Food Waste - NPR (blog)

  02-02-2015 23:42
  
  NPR (blog)
  How Unboiled Eggs Could Help Fight Food Waste
  NPR (blog)
  Any chef can whip up an egg over-easy, fried or poached. But what about unboiled? Leave that to a group of scientific eggsperts at the University of California, Irvine, the University of Western Australia and Flinders University. Recently, they figured ...
  
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• Obama proposes single agency to oversee US food safety - USA TODAY

  02-02-2015 23:32
  
  USA TODAY
  Obama proposes single agency to oversee US food safety
  USA TODAY
  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday proposed creating a food safety agency to better protect the food supply, which has been rocked by a number of high-profile incidents in recent years. The Obama administration would combine the food safety ...
  
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• Barnraiser is crowdfunding a healthy food future, one sustainable food project ... - Treehugger

  02-02-2015 23:31
  Treehugger
  Barnraiser is crowdfunding a healthy food future, one sustainable food project ...
  Treehugger
  This crowdfunding platform wants to "put a billion dollars into the hands of food innovators" to create a more healthy food future. The emergence of crowdfunding as a viable option for launching new products and projects has been great for certain ...
  
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• Police: Meat from shoplifters' pants used at food carts - kgw.com

  02-02-2015 22:33
  
  kgw.com
  Police: Meat from shoplifters' pants used at food carts
  kgw.com
  Two Portland food cart operators knowingly purchased stolen meat and soda for their restaurants on wheels, according to police. Loading… Post to Facebook. Police: Meat from shoplifters' pants used at food carts Two Portland food cart operators ...
  SE Portland food carts busted for buying stolen meatKATU
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• Cookbook of the Week: Soul Food Love - Yahoo Food

  02-02-2015 22:00
  
  Yahoo Food
  Cookbook of the Week: Soul Food Love
  Yahoo Food
  Yahoo Food's Cookbook of the Week: Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family (Clarkson Potter, 2015), by Southern mother-daughter duo Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams. The two women ...
  
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• VertsKebap Selects Creative Agency For New Campaign

  02-02-2015 21:29
  Chain Selects Firehouse Advertising to Lead April Branding PushExclusive Brief: 0VertsKebap, a rapidly growing fast-casual restaurant based in Austin, Texas, announced today it has named independent Dallas advertising agency Firehouse as its creative agency of record, effective immediately.Microsites: Back of HouseMarketing
  
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• McDonald’s Wins Super Bowl With Top Ad

  02-02-2015 21:24
  "Pay with Lovin'" Ad Gets Top ScoresExclusive Brief: 0McDonald’s one-minute “Pay with Lovin’” ad, which aired during the 2nd quarter, is one of the top-scoring ads so far this Super Bowl, according to Ace Metrix, the standard in television and video advertising analytics.  The ad achieved an Ace Score of 706, one of the highest Super Bowl Ace Scores of all time and 21 percent above the category norm for quick service restaurants. Chains: McDonald'sMicrosites: Entert
  
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• Juice It Up! Opens Third Irvine Location

  02-02-2015 21:18
  Two Sisters Open Latest Juice It Up! FranchiseExclusive Brief: 0Juice It Up!, a leading raw juice bar and hand-crafted smoothie franchise, has officially opened its newest Irvine, California, location. This is the third location in Irvine, and the first operating under the ownership of Shobha Trading, LLC, co-founded by sisters Faurum and Megha Doshi.  The new location offers Juice It Up!’s line of products formulated to meet the nutritional wants and needs of guests at every level of he
  
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• Nashville raw food restaurant Avo aims for spring opening - The Tennessean

  02-02-2015 21:04
  
  The Tennessean
  Nashville raw food restaurant Avo aims for spring opening
  The Tennessean
  Avo restaurant plans to start serving superfood salads, tree-nut cheeses and gourmet raw food meals this spring at the OneC1TY development at 28th Avenue North and Charlotte Avenue. Avo's building permit is approved and owners Jess Rice and of My ...
  
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• Fatburger Offers Limited-Time Thousand Island Burger

  02-02-2015 19:21
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Fatburger serves LTO Thousand Island Burger and milkshake until May 1.Exclusive Brief: 0Fatburger, known for its made-to-order burgers, adds limited-time items to its menu. Guests can now enjoy Fatburger’s special Thousand Island Burger, as well as a creamy and decadent Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Milkshake until May 1.Microsites: BurgersOther Kickers: Menu InnovationsPromotions
  
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• Borden Dairy, Grupo Lala launch Greek yoghurt line

  02-02-2015 18:40
  
  US dairy group Borden Dairy and Mexico's Grupo Lala have teamed up to launch a line of Greek yoghurts and Greek smoothies.
  
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• PepsiCo jobs under threat at Walkers site

  02-02-2015 18:32
  
  PepsiCo has confirmed over 50 jobs could go at a Walkers crisps plant in the UK.
  
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• PepsiCo takes SunBites into savoury biscuits

  02-02-2015 18:29
  
  PepsiCo has decided to take its UK snack brand Walkers SunBites into the savoury biscuits category.
  
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• Hormel faces flak over plant inspections

  02-02-2015 18:27
  
  Hormel Foods is at the centre of claims a US government pilot programme for inspections of pork plants is putting consumers at risk.
  
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• Parmalat to buy Mexico cheese assets

  02-02-2015 18:13
  
  Parmalat has struck a deal to buy a series of cheese assets in Mexico, the Lactalis-owned dairy group's latest move in Latin America.
  
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• White House budget: HHS includes more money for medical research, food ... - Washington Post (blog)

  02-02-2015 18:10
  
  White House budget: HHS includes more money for medical research, food ...
  Washington Post (blog)
  President Obama is seeking $83.8 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services for a broad range of efforts, from ongoing support of the health-care law to speeding development of medical innovations to safeguarding ...
  
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• Captain D’s Reports Record Sales, Growth

  02-02-2015 18:06
  Captain D's increased same-store sales 5.7 percent at the end of 2014.Exclusive Brief: 0Captain D's reached a record-breaking average unit volume and a fourth-quarter same-store sales increase of 5.7 percent at the end of 2014. The company's average-unit-volume growth marks the second year its unit volume has reached an all-time high, and its fourth quarter performance marks the fourth consecutive year of same-store sales growth.Other Kickers: Menu InnovationsGrowthMicrosites: Des
  
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• Obama Proposes New Agency To Make Americans' Food Safer - Huffington Post

  02-02-2015 18:02
  
  Obama Proposes New Agency To Make Americans' Food Safer
  Huffington Post
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants to create a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation's food safe. The proposal in the president's budget released Monday comes after outbreaks of illnesses linked to chicken, eggs, ...
  
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• Thai Union: We can consolidate seafood sector

  02-02-2015 18:00
  
  Thai Union Frozen Products has signalled its interest in more acquisitions in developed markets following three significant deals in Europe and the US for the seafood giant.
  
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• Liz Biro: 5 hot 2015 food trends to try in Indy right now - Indianapolis Star

  02-02-2015 17:43
  
  Indianapolis Star
  Liz Biro: 5 hot 2015 food trends to try in Indy right now
  Indianapolis Star
  Indy behind the culinary curve? I don't think so. Looking over 2015 food trend forecasts, I found lots of things that have been on menus here since 2014 and earlier. I'll be on Fox59's morning news at 9:15 a.m. everyday this week talking with area ...
  
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• Obama proposes new agency to make Americans' food safer - U.S. News & World Report

  02-02-2015 17:39
  
  U.S. News & World Report
  Obama proposes new agency to make Americans' food safer
  U.S. News & World Report
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants to create a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation's food safe. The proposal in the president's budget released Monday comes after outbreaks of illnesses linked to chicken, eggs, ...
  Obama proposes creation of stand-alone US food safety agencyReuters
  Obama proposes single agency to oversee US food safetyUSA TOD
  
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• NRA CEO Named One of the Most Powerful People in Food

  02-02-2015 17:36
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Dawn Sweeney makes "Most Powerful People in Food" list third time.Exclusive Brief: 0The National Restaurant Association’s (NRA) president and CEO Dawn Sweeney was named one of 2015’s “Most Powerful People in Food” by the Daily Meal. This marks the third year in a row Sweeney has earned a top spot on the list.Chains: National Restaurant AssociationMicrosites: Charitable GivingOther Kickers: Outside InsightsHuman Resources
  
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• Mondelez eyes mid-morning snacks with Cadbury NPD

  02-02-2015 17:23
  
  Mondelez International is targeting UK consumers looking to sate their hunger in the middle of the mornings with its latest Cadbury-branded line.
  
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• Bimbo streamlines US production network

  02-02-2015 17:15
  
  Grupo Bimbo, the Mexican bakery giant, has made moves to streamline parts of its production network in the US.
  
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• Baskin-Robbins Brings Back Valentine’s Flavor and Cakes

  02-02-2015 17:10
  Baskin-Robbins' Love Potion #31 and Conversation Heart Cakes Return.Exclusive Brief: 0Baskin-Robbins is offering guests a lineup of sweet frozen treats to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, including its February Flavor of the Month, Love Potion #31. This Baskin-Robbins classic, which is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, features white chocolate-flavored and raspberry ice creams, a raspberry ribbon, chocolate chips, and raspberry-filled chocolate-flavored hearts.Other Kickers
  
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• El Pollo Loco Introduces LTO Baja Shrimp

  02-02-2015 16:31
  Image Caption: Image Credit: El Pollo Loco features LTO Baja Shrimp in four new menu items.Exclusive Brief: 0El Pollo Loco announced the addition of Baja Shrimp as a seasonal menu option available through spring. In addition, they will also feature four LTO Baja Shrimp items to highlight the new menu. These new Baja Shrimp menu items include Shrimp Mango Tacos, Shrimp Verde Enchiladas, Shrimp & Chicken Avocado Bowl, and Avocado Shrimp Salad.Chains: El Pollo LocoMicrosites
  
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• Jersey Mike’s Debuts Chicken Bacon Ranch Cheese Steak

  02-02-2015 15:52
  Jersey Mike's introduces new sub and features five other chicken subs.Exclusive Brief: 0Jersey Mike’s Subs introduces its new Chicken Bacon Ranch Cheese Steak, one of six chicken cheese steaks that will be given a starring role on their own menu board beginning February 4. 
  “Our customers have spoken,” says Jersey Mike’s president Hoyt Jones. “We are giving them what they crave and putting chicken in its rightful place on our menu boards. We continue to see more people choosin
  
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• Heart-Shaped Pizza Returns at Papa Murphy’s

  02-02-2015 15:38
  Papa Murphy's brings HeartBaker pizza back for Valentine's Day.Exclusive Brief: 0Papa Murphy's shares the home-baked love again this Valentine's day with its popular heart-shaped HeartBaker pizza. The HeartBaker pizza will be available at Papa Murphy's locations nationwide February 2–14.Other Kickers: Menu InnovationsPromotionsMicrosites: KitchenPizzaChains: Papa Murphy's
  
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• Irish dairy sector gets EUR35m innovation investment

  02-02-2015 14:10
  
  A joint initiative from the Irish government and industry will see EUR35m (US$39.6m) invested in boosting the country's dairy innovation.
  
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• Seabrook Crisps exploring "all strategic options" for investment

  02-02-2015 11:20
  
  Seabrook Crisps has appointed corporate finance advisor McQueen to explore "all strategic options" to secure investment for the UK snack maker's growth.
  
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• Global Cookies Market 2015-2019

  02-02-2015 10:45
  Cookies also commonly known as biscuits are a type of bakery products which are sweet in taste. The Global Cookies market report excludes savory or salted biscuits and considers only the sweet biscuit
  
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• China eyes agricultural modernisation

  02-02-2015 10:00
  
  The Chinese government aims to "deepen reform and innovation" in order to "accelerate" the country's agricultural modernisation this year.
  
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• Bon Bon Buddies launches Surprize Qubes

  02-02-2015 09:33
  
  UK confectioner Bon Bon Buddies has expanded its Surprize range with the launch of Surprize Qubes, individual building blocks containing strawberry-flavoured chewy candy, character stickers and push-out character standees.
  
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• Calbee sees home comforts in 9M results

  02-02-2015 09:19
  
  Japanese snacks group Calbee has pointed to rising sales at home as it reported an increase in nine-month profits.
  
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• Dairy Crest introduces four-month "price floor"

  02-02-2015 09:18
  
  Dairy Crest has introduced a four-month "price floor" in a bid to offer a "lengthy period of stability" to its farmer suppliers struggling under the knock-on impact of low prices for global dairy commodities.
  
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• There go New Year resolutions: Super Bowl food binge - Staunton News Leader

  02-02-2015 09:04
  
  Staunton News Leader
  There go New Year resolutions: Super Bowl food binge
  Staunton News Leader
  WASHINGTON – If you want to explain the Super Bowl to someone who doesn't understand this country, you might want to skip football and go straight to this chart. It shows just how poorly we eat during and around the Super Bowl — and it may well be an ...
  Super Bowl Sunday's #1 Eaten FoodABC News
  
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• City concerned about breweries adding food to operations - Heritage Newspapers

  02-02-2015 09:02
  
  City concerned about breweries adding food to operations
  Heritage Newspapers
  Northern United Brewing Company in the Dexter industrial park. The company wants to add product development and food production to its operations. WASHTENAW NOW - JIM PRUITT. Less than a year after opening a brewpub and tasting room, Northern ...
  
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• Kraft applies for high-protein cream cheese patent

  02-02-2015 08:51
  
  Kraft Foods Group has submitted an application to patent a method of making high-protein cream cheese.
  
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• Fonterra blames "human error" for US cheese mishap

  02-02-2015 08:33
  
  Fonterra has missed a deadline to apply for its US cheese import licence, an oversight that will cost the group access to the market for its cheese products throughout 2015.
  
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• Industry Consortium Begins Enormous DNA Sequencing Project for Food Safety - Food Safety News

  02-02-2015 07:02
  
  Food Safety News
  Industry Consortium Begins Enormous DNA Sequencing Project for Food Safety
  Food Safety News
  Mars Inc. and IBM Research have teamed up for an ambitious food safety whole-genome sequencing project. The Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain will study the the microbial ecology of foods and their processing environments. Having a ...
  
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• Toddler Food Often Has Too Much Salt, Sugar, CDC Study Says - ABC News

  02-02-2015 06:39
  Live Science
  Toddler Food Often Has Too Much Salt, Sugar, CDC Study Says
  ABC News
  Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods that may contribute to obesity and other health risks, according to a new government study. About seven in 10 toddler ...
  Toddler Foods Have as Much Salt as Junk FoodLive Science
  CDC: Toddler food often has too much salt, sugarwwlp.com
  Too Much Salt, Sugar in Toddler FoodDaily
  
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• Drivers Deliver Food During Super Bowl Despite Snow - KWQC 6

  02-02-2015 06:37
  Drivers Deliver Food During Super Bowl Despite Snow
  KWQC 6
  With the winter storm striking the QCA this Super Bowl weekend, many people decided not to chance the conditions and stay inside, having food delivered from a local restaurant. Those delivery drivers certainly earned their money on Sunday, getting food ...
  
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• Exercise Ads Could Be Added to Food Products - WDAZ

  02-02-2015 06:09
  
  Exercise Ads Could Be Added to Food Products
  WDAZ
  If you're watching the Super Bowl and snacking - your top concern probably isn't going to be how many calories you're eating. Or better yet, how much exercise you need to burn off those extra carbs. Advertisement. Video; Print ...
  
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• South Carolina Schools Head Partially Lifts Junk Food Ban - ABC News

  02-02-2015 03:19
  WLTX.com
  South Carolina Schools Head Partially Lifts Junk Food Ban
  ABC News
  South Carolina schools have partially lifted a ban on junk food. State Education Superintendent Molly Spearman has lifted a complete ban on selling unhealthy snacks in schools. Some sales can take place for certain, approved fundraisers, multiple media ...
  SC schools chief lifts junk food ban for fundraisersWLTX.com
  
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• Food Chain Radio links farmers and consumers - Santa Cruz Sentinel

  02-02-2015 02:59
  
  Food Chain Radio links farmers and consumers
  Santa Cruz Sentinel
  Michael Olson speaks during the 1,000th episode of his show, Food Chain Radio at KSCO in Santa Cruz on Saturday morning. (Kevin Johnson -- Santa Cruz Sentinel). SANTA CRUZ >> Growing up in Montana and working summers hoeing weeds on area ...
  
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• Summer Study Tour: Savoring the flavors of Vermont farm and food education - vtdigger.org

  02-02-2015 01:54
  BurlingtonFreePress.com
  Summer Study Tour: Savoring the flavors of Vermont farm and food education
  vtdigger.org
  Leaders from education and agriculture are collaborating on an innovative “movable feast” of study where undergraduate and graduate students advance from the classroom to the fields, forests, businesses, and offices that make the Vermont food system ...
  Planning under way for Vermont Food Systems Study TourSFGate
  
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• Wisconsin companies invited to food show in Brazil - Appleton Post Crescent

  02-02-2015 00:19
  
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Wisconsin companies invited to food show in Brazil
  Appleton Post Crescent
  MADISON – The Brazilian food and beverage industry is growing as demand increases for a wide variety of food products. Loading… Post to Facebook. Wisconsin companies invited to food show in Brazil MADISON – The Brazilian food and beverage industry ...
  
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