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• Milk to aid aseptic packaging growth

  10-02-2015 22:41
  
   Acceleration in the milk and dairy products industry will play a key role in propelling the growth of aseptic packaging in the coming years. 
  
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• PACK EXPO East showcases future of packaging

  10-02-2015 22:37
  
   Packaging and engineering students from Rutgers University and Vanderbilt University will display and demonstrate their achievements in the industry. 
  
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• The Fridge Tracks Your Perishable Food on Your iPhone - Lifehacker

  10-02-2015 22:36
  
  Lifehacker
  The Fridge Tracks Your Perishable Food on Your iPhone
  Lifehacker
  iPhone: It's pretty easy to lose track of the foods in your fridge and when they'll expire. The Fridge is an app that helps remind you to eat anything that's about to expire, load up a new shopping list, and more. At its core, The Fridge is simply a ...
  
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• Whole Foods recalls dozens of food items from its N.J. stores - NJ.com

  10-02-2015 22:35
  
  NJ.com
  Whole Foods recalls dozens of food items from its N.J. stores
  NJ.com
  Whole Foods has recalled more than 60 food items from its New Jersey stores prepared with ground cumin that may have contained undeclared peanut allergens. A variety of prepared products sold from the food bars, such as burritos, quesadillas, ...
  February Food And Supplement Recall Roundup: Curse Of The Contaminated ...The Consumerist
  
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• Terminals eliminate need for PCs

  10-02-2015 22:34
  
  IP69K-protected IND780-controlled scales communicate with the company’s ERP system without using a PC.  
  
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• Help put food on the table for needy families - The Tennessean

  10-02-2015 22:34
  
  Help put food on the table for needy families
  The Tennessean
  There's still time to help your neighbors in United Way of Sumner County's annual Winter Food Drive. The food drive ends Friday. The organization is collecting canned and nonperishable food items for distribution by five United Way-supported food banks ...
  
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• Chemung SPCA unveils new pet food pantry - Elmira Star-Gazette

  10-02-2015 22:31
  
  Chemung SPCA unveils new pet food pantry
  Elmira Star-Gazette
  BIG FLATS – A new partnership between the Chemung County Humane Society and SPCA and the Food Bank of the Southern Tier aims to keep more pets with their families. The SPCA gets a lot of surrendered pets because their owners can no longer afford ...
  
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• Fair BEER Act to reform beer tax

  10-02-2015 22:28
  
   The Beer Institute says this “laddered” approach gives the greatest relief to small brewers. 
  
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• FDA commissioner to step down

  10-02-2015 22:13
  
  During her time with FDA, Hamburg helped modernize the nation’s food safety system and took steps to help consumers make more informed, healthful food decisions.
  
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• South African dairy firm Clover Industries forecasts earnings boost

  10-02-2015 22:00
  
  South African dairy processor Clover Industries has forecast half-year earnings will rise by up to 46% on the back of success in pushing up prices.
  
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• Texas Native Brings Dickey's to Palm Springs

  10-02-2015 21:33
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Franchisee Calls Dickey's His Childhood FavoriteExclusive Brief: 0Rodney Harper has been eating Dickey's Barbecue Pit since he was a little kid, and now at the age of 61, he'll bring a barbecue tradition to Palm Springs, California. The first Dickey's Barbecue location in Palm Springs opens on February 12 at 11 a.m. with a three-day grand opening.
  "It's exciting to see our restaurants open in new locations like Palm Springs," says Roland Dickey, Jr., C
  
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• OrderUp Scales Online Ordering With New Leadership

  10-02-2015 21:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Chris McGlothlin Joins OrderUp As COOExclusive Brief: 0OrderUp, the nationwide, on-demand food delivery marketplace, today announced the hiring of Chris McGlothlin as Chief Operating Officer. McGlothlin will oversee OrderUp's operations. A key area of focus for McGlothlin is scaling OrderUp's online ordering and on-demand delivery infrastructure, the company's fastest-growing segment, which now accounts for over 30,000 weekly transactions and has grown
  
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• New CEO For Native Foods Cafe

  10-02-2015 21:22
  The Plant-Based Group Appointed Craig Grimes As New CEOExclusive Brief: 0Native Foods Cafe, a fast casual, plant-based restaurant group, announced the appointment of Craig Grimes as its new CEO. Grimes has more than 25 years of multi-unit experience in the restaurant and hospitality industry, and most recently served as corporate vice president of Food and Beverage for Cedar Fair L.P.
  Grimes, who has served on the company's Board of Directors since April 2012, will succeed Daniel Dolan and
  
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• Domino's Raises $10 Million For St. Jude's

  10-02-2015 21:14
  Three-Year Fundraising Goal Met One Year EarlyExclusive Brief: 0Domino's Pizza raised an all-time high amount of donations for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during the 2014 St. Jude Thanks and Givingcampaign, bringing the total amount raised in 2014 to $5.2 million. After this year's campaign, Domino’s completed a three-year, $10 million commitment made to the hospital in 2012 – one year early.Other Kickers: Charitable GivingMicrosites: Back of HouseCharitable GivingP
  
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• Selling edible products from home? Get to know Alabama's Cottage Food Law - AL.com

  10-02-2015 21:04
  
  AL.com
  Selling edible products from home? Get to know Alabama's Cottage Food Law
  AL.com
  The Alabama Cooperative Extension System team is using upcoming events to promote the state's Cottage Food Law that took effect last June 1 and regulates the sale of certain edible products from an individual's home. "The law allows for the sale of ...
  
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• Striving for the 'perfect' diet is making us sick: Food for Thought (diet edition) - OregonLive.com

  10-02-2015 20:29
  
  OregonLive.com
  Striving for the 'perfect' diet is making us sick: Food for Thought (diet edition)
  OregonLive.com
  Food for Thought is a weekly roundup of agriculture, food science and nifty food-related articles. No such thing as perfect: Trying to eat the "perfect" diet or omitting food groups in their entirety have caused a new kind of eating disorder ...
  
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• McDonald's 'Pay with Lovin'" Extends to Pittsburgh

  10-02-2015 20:19
  Image Caption: Image Credit: McDonald's extends its "Pay with Lovin'" campaign to Pittsburgh area.Exclusive Brief: 0McDonald's restaurants across western Pennsylvania have been randomly accepting a new form of currency: Lovin'.  As part of the Pay with Lovin' campaign launched during the Super Bowl, local restaurants are taking part in this campaign in which selected customers can pay for their meal with a simple act of love.
  Acts of Lovin' demonstrated during the first week of t
  
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• CT Chef Adam Greenberg Faces 'Chopped' On Food Network - Hartford Courant

  10-02-2015 20:11
  
  Hartford Courant
  CT Chef Adam Greenberg Faces 'Chopped' On Food Network
  Hartford Courant
  When Connecticut chef Adam Greenberg opened his basket during a taping of Food Network's 'Chopped,' he anticipated ingredients — fruits, vegetables, meats and other raw materials to transform into a "late-night dish." What he didn't expect to see was ...
  
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• Food Lion Deals 2/11: Whole chicken, pork loin, Mott's juice & more! - WRAL.com

  10-02-2015 20:01
  
  WRAL.com
  Food Lion Deals 2/11: Whole chicken, pork loin, Mott's juice & more!
  WRAL.com
  Food Lion has some very good deals starting 2/11 including whole chickens (only 89 cents/lb!), pork loin, Mott's juice, Furmano's tomatoes, Pepsi, tomatoes, strawberries & more! You'll also find a gift card promotion and a sale on roses! Food Lion ...
  
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• Preserving food security: Canning foods for donation - Mountain Xpress

  10-02-2015 20:00
  
  Mountain Xpress
  Preserving food security: Canning foods for donation
  Mountain Xpress
  Gather Together: The Haywood County Gleaners gather excess produce from local growers to donate to food security efforts. But the group realized much of their effort was going to waste and looked for ways to preserve more of the bounty. Photo courtesy ...
  
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• Yelp Buys Food Delivery Service Eat24 - Wired

  10-02-2015 19:25
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Yelp Buys Food Delivery Service Eat24
  Wired
  Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman poses at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/AP. Yelp, the San Francisco internet company that crowdsources reviews of restaurants and other businesses across a wide range of metropolitan areas, ...
  ​Yelp gobbles up Eat24, jumps into food delivery businessCNET
  Biz Break: Yelp buys Eat24 to offer food orders directlySan Jose Mercury News
  Yelp Challenges GrubHub With New Foo
  
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• Lindt takes dessert-inspired Creation bars to US

  10-02-2015 18:39
  
  Lindt & Sprungli has launched its Creation chocolate bars in the US.
  
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• 3 Food Stocks for a Healthy Investment Diet - Zacks.com

  10-02-2015 18:20
  
  3 Food Stocks for a Healthy Investment Diet
  Zacks.com
  The ageless mantra for staying healthy is eating healthy but hardly do we practice what we preach. Yet, being a life's staple, food manufacturing is not only a crucial sector but also a key contributor to the nation's investments. With widespread food ...
  
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• UPDATE: Amira hits back at "fictitious" corruption allegations

  10-02-2015 18:04
  
  US-listed rice supplier Amira Nature Foods has described claims of corruption at the business as "malafide" and "fictitious".
  
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• Processed foods begone, Michelle Obama says: 'Cheese dust is not food' - CNN

  10-02-2015 18:01
  
  U.S. News & World Report
  Processed foods begone, Michelle Obama says: 'Cheese dust is not food'
  CNN
  (CNN) First, they came for the giant sodas. Then, the salt. Now ... the cheese dust? In the March issue of Cooking Light magazine, first lady Michelle Obama says she's banished processed foods from her family's table in an effort that began nearly a ...
  Michelle Obama Says 'Cheese Dust' Not FoodU.S. News & World Report
  Michelle Obama says 'cheese dust is not food'W
  
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• PepsiCo mixes snacks in UK product launch

  10-02-2015 17:46
  
  PepsiCo is to launch Walkers MixUps - sharing bags of snacks mixing flavours or lines - in the UK.
  
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• Ono Hawaiian BBQ Opens New Store in Northern California

  10-02-2015 17:45
  Ono Hawaiian BBQ opens 48th store in Tracy, California.Exclusive Brief: 0Ono Hawaiian BBQ hosted the grand opening celebration of its Tracy, California store February 5, 2015. The special event kicked off at 11 a.m. in the Tracy Pavilion with a ribbon cutting ceremony at noon. This Northern California branch marks the 48th store for Ono Hawaiian BBQ.
  The grand opening included hula dancer performances and a ribbon cutting with Tracy's mayor Michael Maciel and council members. The event fes
  
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• Winterbotham Darby buys majority stake in G'Nosh

  10-02-2015 17:27
  
  UK food group Winterbotham Darby has acquired a stake in local dips-to-tapas business G'Nosh.
  
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• Amsterdam Falafelshop Opens Second Boston Location

  10-02-2015 17:16
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Amsterdam Falafelshop opens second Boston store in Kenmore Square.Exclusive Brief: 0Amsterdam Falafelshop’s second Boston area shop—seventh overall—is opening mid-February in Kenmore Square. 
  The new shop is in close proximity to Fenway Park and Boston University in a vibrant, mixed-use residential and entertainment neighborhood. Local entrepreneurs and business partners Matt D'Alessio and Laurence Wintersteen will own and operate the new shop.C
  
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• New Locally Owned Pizza Concept Opens in Phoenix

  10-02-2015 17:01
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Husband-and-wife team opens wood-fired pizzeria in Phoenix.Exclusive Brief: 0Classic Crust Pizza, a new pizzeria in Phoenix, Arizona, opened for business Monday, February 2.
  Classic Crust Pizza is owned and operated by husband-and-wife team, Alex and Angie Geiger, newcomers to the Phoenix restaurant market. Michael Johnson serves as executive chef and general manager. Alex and Michael started making pizza in a wood-fired oven mounted to the back of a 1
  
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• The just-food interview: R&R Ice Cream CEO Ibrahim Najafi - part two

  10-02-2015 16:54
  
  In the second section of a two-part interview, R&R Ice Cream CEO Ibrahim Najafi speaks to Dean Best about how the UK-based company is navigating the challenges in its domestic - and still largest - market.
  
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• Cajun Shrimp Returns to McAlister’s for a Limited Time

  10-02-2015 15:50
  McAlister's Deli brings back Cajun Shrimp and New Orleans sweepstakes.Exclusive Brief: 0McAlister'sDeli announced the return of its popular New Orleans-inspired Cajun Shrimp through April 2, 2015. To celebrate the return of one of guests' favorite menu items, McAlister's has launched the For the Love of Shrimp sweepstakes where one fan will win a trip for two to New Orleans.Other Kickers: PromotionsMicrosites: Menu InnovationsChains: McAlister's Deli
  
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• Dean Foods shares drop as Q4 earnings miss

  10-02-2015 15:47
  
  Dean Foods stressed today (10 February) it continued to see "sequential improvements" throughout 2014 but shares fell in pre-market trading as the group reported fourth-quarter profits that missed analyst expectations.
  
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• Southern Hospitality to Open Five Fast Casual Units

  10-02-2015 15:15
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Five new Southern Hospitality fast casuals will open in Denver.Exclusive Brief: 0Bourbon Brothers Holding Corporation announced a formal agreement to license the Southern Hospitality (SH) brand for new fast-casual units. The company plans to open up to five new fast-casual units in the Denver and Colorado Springs markets over the next 18 months under the agreement.Chains: Southern HospitalityMicrosites: Menu InnovationsOther Kickers: Exp
  
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• Vani Hari: How She Grew Her Food Blog Into An Empire - Forbes

  10-02-2015 15:00
  
  Forbes
  Vani Hari: How She Grew Her Food Blog Into An Empire
  Forbes
  Vani Hari is a food activist and the creator of foodbabe.com. In her work, Hari has influenced how food giants like Kraft, Subway, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, and Starbucks create their products, steering them toward more healthful policies. She lives in ...
  The Food Babe Way: The Food Industry Does Not Want YOU to Read This!Food Integrity Now
  
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• Synutra earnings rise on sales, productivity

  10-02-2015 14:54
  
  Chinese infant formula maker Synutra International booked an increase in earnings during the first nine months of its financial year, driven by sales gains and improved efficiency.
  
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• Mr. Food - Sloppy Joe Biscuit Bake recipe - ABC30.com

  10-02-2015 14:37
  
  ABC30.com
  Mr. Food - Sloppy Joe Biscuit Bake recipe
  ABC30.com
  2. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook ground beef, onion, and bell pepper 8 to 10 minutes, or until no longer pink. Drain off excess fat. Add tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt, and pepper ...
  
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• Univeg owner Deprez "eyes Greenyard Foods merger"

  10-02-2015 14:31
  
  The owner of Belgian fruit and vegetable group Univeg reportedly plans to take the business public by combining it with listed local peer Greenyard Foods.
  
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• Food industry quotes: Gulfood 2015 World Food Security Summit

  10-02-2015 14:13
  
  Food security is one of those words thrown around a fair bit in the industry, particularly now, with issues of political turmoil and global warming heightening. It's no surprise then that food security was one of the key topics of discussion at this year's Gulfood 2015 in Dubai. Looking just at the Middle East, the arid desert region has a heavy reliance on imports as it is unable to grow much of its own food. The matter is not helped by a quickly growing population demanding more food. A group
  
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• New type of food allergy causing concern - WKYC-TV

  10-02-2015 13:44
  
  WKYC-TV
  New type of food allergy causing concern
  WKYC-TV
  A new type of food allergy is showing up more and doctors don't yet know why. Loading… Post to Facebook. New type of food allergy causing concern A new type of food allergy is showing up more and doctors don't yet know why. Check out this story on ...
  
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• 2 Investigators: More Failed Food Inspections At Schools - CBS Local

  10-02-2015 13:11
  
  2 Investigators: More Failed Food Inspections At Schools
  CBS Local
  (CBS) – Most Chicago parents expect their children's school kitchens to be clean and safe. Instead, the 2 Investigators found just the opposite. Eleven percent of CPS schools that CBS 2 sampled failed the mandated health inspection last year. Two years ...
  
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• Lakeland Dairies to invest EUR36m in milk powder production

  10-02-2015 12:50
  
  Irish dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies has revealed plans to invest EUR36m (US$40.6m) in expanding its milk powder processing operations.
  
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• Ferrero wins through in Lindt advertising spat

  10-02-2015 09:29
  
  The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa has ruled in favour of Ferrero after Lindt brought a complaint against the Italian chocolate maker over its advertising strategy in the market.
  
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• Mondelez NPD push for nut spreads in Australia

  10-02-2015 09:17
  
  Mondelez International has launched eight Kraft nut spread lines in Australia.
  
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• Mondelez NPD push for nut butters in Australia

  10-02-2015 09:17
  
  Mondelez International has launched eight Kraft nut butter products in Australia.
  
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• Amira Nature Foods faces corruption allegations

  10-02-2015 09:15
  
  Amira Nature Foods stock lost more than one-quarter of its value in New York yesterday (9 February) after allegations emerged that management breached listing rules by cooking the books and using company funds for "personal use".
  
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