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• Looks Matter: A Century Of Iconic Food Packaging - NPR (blog)

  17-03-2015 23:56
  
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  Looks Matter: A Century Of Iconic Food Packaging
  NPR (blog)
  We take the packaging our food comes in for granted. Yet many of the boxes, bags and bottles that protect our edibles were once groundbreaking — both in their design and in how they changed our perception of what's inside. Sometimes, packaging is so ...
  
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• Robeks Opens Juice Bar in California Public School

  17-03-2015 21:58
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Bar Opened in Arcadia High School's Cafeteria Exclusive Brief: 0Robeks has just opened one of the country’s first public school juice bars at Arcadia High School in California, providing students with custom healthy juices and smoothies at its new cafeteria.
  Robeks owner Robert Kenz says the franchise has been providing juices to area middle schools for several years but this is the first location to offer fresh fruit and vegetable juices made to
  
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• Maui Wowi Takes Aloha Spirit to The Jersey Shore

  17-03-2015 21:44
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Location Coming Soon to Ocean City BoardwalkExclusive Brief: 0Maui Wowi Hawaiian announces a new location coming soon to the Ocean City Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey. The company says it plans to open up its fresh fruit smoothie and gourmet coffee shop in time for Memorial Day weekend, to kickoff summer.
  Just steps away from the beach at the Jersey Shore and the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, this piece of paradise hopes to attract visitors and lo
  
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• Cosi Signs Agreement With MonkeyMedia Software

  17-03-2015 21:40
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Partnership With Cloud PlatformExclusive Brief: 0MonkeyMedia Software, provider of the number-one cloud platform for takeout, delivery, and catering, announces it has entered into a new agreement with Cosi, Inc., a national fast-casual restaurant chain.Microsites: EquipmentOrderingPoint Of SaleRestaurant SoftwareOther Kickers: OrderingIn the StoreChains: Cosi
  
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• Dunkin Announces Partnership For Loss Prevention

  17-03-2015 21:33
  Elected DTT as Preferred Vendor for Video-Based SurveillanceExclusive Brief: 0Dunkin’ Brands announces today the election of DTT as the company’s preferred vendor for video-based surveillance and loss prevention solutions.  The DTT system was piloted in 12 Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout the U.S. After a 90-day evaluation, Dunkin’ and DTT signed an enterprise agreement to move forward with the partnership.  DTT will be working with Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees across the count
  
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• Does Organic Food Taste as Virtuous If It Goes Mass Market? - Wall Street Journal

  17-03-2015 19:52
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Does Organic Food Taste as Virtuous If It Goes Mass Market?
  Wall Street Journal
  She serves her children organic food. She swears she would never open a can of soup for a toddler's lunch. She is Plum Organics' core customer. And Plum hopes she will buy its new pouches of organic tomato meatball soup with kale and spinach even if it ...
  
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• CAGE 2015: Danone defends Yashili investment

  17-03-2015 17:48
  
  Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber has defended the French group's investment in Yashili International Holdings in the wake of the Chinese infant formula group's recent profit warning.
  
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• CAGE 2015: Danone CEO cool on "transformative" M&A

  17-03-2015 16:21
  
  Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber has insisted the French food giant - which has been rumoured to be eyeing US infant formula firm Mead Johnson Nutrition - does not need to make a "transformative" acquisition "to be successful".
  
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• CAGE 2015: Danone CEO cool on "transformational" M&A

  17-03-2015 16:21
  
  Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber has insisted the French food giant - which has been rumoured to be eyeing US infant formula firm Mead Johnson Nutrition - does not need to make a "transformative" acquisition "to be successful".
  
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• Millennials Cut Back on Dining Out, NPD Study Finds

  17-03-2015 15:01
  Image Caption: Image Credit: According to the NPD Group, Millennials are visiting restaurants less.Exclusive Brief: 0Millennials are the chosen generation for many marketers because of their sheer number and perceived buying power, but they are not a homogenous group and depending on their age and lifestyles, they use restaurants differently, according to a recently released report by The NPD Group, a leading global information company. For U.S. restaurants and foodservice outlets
  
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• Yogurtland Introduces 10 Internationally Inspired Flavors

  17-03-2015 14:47
  Yogurtland's Flavor Quest returns with 10 new LTO flavors.Exclusive Brief: 0Yogurtland’s big international flavor mixer, serving up new flavors inspired by destinations from all around the world, arrived with Yogurtland’s third annual Flavor Quest on March 2.Chains: YogurtlandMicrosites: Desserts
  
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• Pizza Hut Invites Fans to Win $1 Million

  17-03-2015 14:40
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pizza Hut invites fans to win $1 million for backward half-court shot.Exclusive Brief: 0In 1995, Pizza Hut upped the ante by encouraging America to eat their pizza backwards because Stuffed Crust was just that good. Now, 20 years later, Pizza Hut is changing the game again by offering America the chance to sink a half-court shot for a $1 million prize. They just have to do it backwards.Microsites: PizzaChains: Pizza Hut
  
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• Uncle Maddio's Offers Two Southeast Asian LTOs

  17-03-2015 14:25
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Uncle Maddio's sells LTO ThaiTastic Salad and Sriracha Chicken Pizza.Exclusive Brief: 0Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint brings Southeast Asian flavors to its menu with the introduction of two new limited-time only menu dishes, the ThaiTastic Salad and Sriracha Chicken Pizza. Both are inspired by the complex sweet-sour-salty-spicy flavor of Thai cuisine and are available at Uncle Maddio’s locations nationwide through May.Microsites: PizzaChains: 
  
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• Wienerschnitzel Offers 99-Cent Corn Dog LTO

  17-03-2015 14:18
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Wienerschnitzel sells 99-cent corn dogs on National Corn Dog Day.Exclusive Brief: 0To honor the all-important National Corn Dog Day on Sunday, March 22, Wienerschnitzel, the world’s largest hot dog chain, is offering corn dogs for only 99 cents all day long. This year marks the holiday’s 23rd year and also happens to be the 50th (golden) anniversary of the corn dog making its debut on Wienerschnitzel’s menu.Chains: Wienerschnitzel
  
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• Glanbia ready for more M&A

  17-03-2015 13:45
  
  Ireland-based food group Glanbia is ready for more M&A to further expand its consumer-facing performance nutrition business and its business-to-business ingredients arm.
  
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• CAGE 2015: Glanbia ready for more M&A

  17-03-2015 13:45
  
  Ireland-based food group Glanbia is ready for more M&A to further expand its consumer-facing performance nutrition business and its business-to-business ingredients arm.
  
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• Fonterra takes 18.8% stake in Beingmate for US$533m

  17-03-2015 12:56
  
  Fonterra has completed its partial tender offer for an 18.8% stake in China's Beingmate.
  
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• Danish Crown to restructure Ringsted plant

  17-03-2015 12:39
  
  Danish Crown has announced plans to cut capacity at a facility in Denmark, a move that is likely to affect 280 staff.
  
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• Want Want remains upbeat as earnings fall

  17-03-2015 11:07
  
  Chinese dairy-to-snacks group Want Want China Holdings booked a drop in full-year earnings on higher milk powder costs but predicted a drop in the price of raw materials in 2015.
  
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• Nestle launches children's breakfast range in France

  17-03-2015 09:37
  
  Nestle is launching a baby breakfast range in France.
  
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• Lifeway FY earnings hit by cost of milk

  17-03-2015 09:23
  
  US kefir maker Lifeway Foods booked a drop in full-year profit as rising costs offset higher sales in the 12 months.
  
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• Clover earnings up on cost recovery

  17-03-2015 09:02
  
  Clover Industries, the South African dairy group, said this morning (17 March) that first-half margins improved thanks to its cost recovery initiatives, boosting the company's profits in the period.
  
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• 2 Sisters parent Boparan sees "stabilised" performance

  17-03-2015 08:37
  
  Boparan Holdings, the parent company of 2 Sisters Food Group, said it "stabilised" its business despite "another challenging quarter".
  
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