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• Bruegger's Discounts Bundles for Tax Day

  02-04-2015 23:58
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Bruegger's discounts bagel bundles for Tax Day.Exclusive Brief: 0Bruegger’s Bagels is once again giving guests its annual Tax Day break on its Big Bagel Bundles. April 11–15, Big Bagel Bundles are $10.40— about a $3.50 “deduction” —for guests who are members of Bruegger’s Bagels’ e-mail club and those who sign up for the program by April 9.
  Each Big Bagel Bundle includes the guest’s choice of any 13 bagels from among Bruegger’s Bage
  
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• Walmart US CEO: fresher food, fill empty shelves and lower prices - Fortune

  02-04-2015 23:56
  
  Fortune
  Walmart US CEO: fresher food, fill empty shelves and lower prices
  Fortune
  An employee arranges frozen turkeys displayed for sale at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location ahead of Black Friday in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, November 24, 2014. Retailers are planning to open earlier on Thanksgiving day this year in a ...and more »
  
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• CDC finds US grocery shelves loaded with salty food - Today.com

  02-04-2015 23:30
  
  Today.com
  CDC finds US grocery shelves loaded with salty food
  Today.com
  Americans trying to eat healthier food may have the cards stacked against them — it's very hard to find healthful food in U.S. grocery stories, a government study finds. They found that fewer than half of packaged grocery-store products in most food ...
  More than half the packaged food you buy in grocery stores has too much saltWashington Post
  Packaged Grocery Store Food In US Contains Excessive Salt: CDCTech Timesall
  
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• Drug-Resistant Food Poisoning Lands In The U.S. - NPR (blog)

  02-04-2015 22:53
  
  NPR (blog)
  Drug-Resistant Food Poisoning Lands In The U.S.
  NPR (blog)
  This time last year, a painful new virus was knocking on our doorstep. Travelers were bringing chikungunya to the U.S. And eventually, the mosquito-borne virus set up shop in Florida. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says another ...and more »
  
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• 10 Questions Not to Ask a Food Blogger - Huffington Post

  02-04-2015 20:53
  
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  10 Questions Not to Ask a Food Blogger
  Huffington Post
  A nice person with a helluva busy schedule and one too many commitments perhaps, all of which I love dearly and am not willing to forgo. Over my three and a half years of blogging, I've been asked every question in the book -- from where I buy my ...
  
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• BurgerFi Announces Award Winners at Franchise Summit

  02-04-2015 20:37
  Image Caption: Image Credit: BurgerFi honors seven franchisees with awards at annual summit.Exclusive Brief: 0BurgerFi announced the recipients of its inaugural awards recognizing seven deserving franchise groups at BurgerFi’s annual Franchise Summit.
  The winners of the BurgerFi Awards exemplified BurgerFi’s brand standards to the highest degree—delivering fresh, quality, all-natural products, providing a consistent, enjoyable customer experience, maintaining a low-carbon fo
  
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• Tropical Smoothie Signs 51 Franchise Deals in 2015

  02-04-2015 20:28
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Tropical Smoothie signs 51 franchise deals in first quarter 2015.Exclusive Brief: 0Tropical Smoothie Café announced the signing of 51 franchise agreements in the first quarter of 2015. The deals represent 51 cafés that will expand the sandwich and smoothie franchise in markets such as Atlanta, Detroit, Providence, Rhode Island, Miami, Charleston, South Carolina, and Fayetteville, North Carolina. Additionally, the brand reported a 12.31 percent growth
  
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• Fatburger and Buffalo Express Open First UK Unit

  02-04-2015 20:22
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Fatburger and Buffalo Express open co-branded unit in London.Exclusive Brief: 0Fatburger and sister restaurant Buffalo’s Express are opening their first co-branded location in London in May 2015. The all-American brands have experienced rapid international expansion, with more than 300 stores in development in 32 countries. The new restaurant will be the first Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express in Europe.  Chains: FatburgerBuffalo Express
  
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• Food Expiration Dates: What's Safe and What's Not - Yahoo Food

  02-04-2015 20:20
  
  Food Expiration Dates: What's Safe and What's Not
  Yahoo Food
  After reports surfaced that an Italian grandma accidentally poisoned her family with hot chocolate mix that expired 25 years ago, we at Yahoo Food decided to look into expiration dates to find out what's safe and what's not. The details of the case ...
  
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• California Drought Means Higher US Food Prices On Almonds, Avocados and ... - International Business Times

  02-04-2015 19:40
  
  International Business Times
  California Drought Means Higher US Food Prices On Almonds, Avocados and ...
  International Business Times
  California's record drought threatens to cause fruit and vegetable prices to rise. A vineyard in Shandon, California, is pictured above. Reuters/Phil Klein. Almonds, avocados, artichokes, alfalfa – these foods may be easy on your belt, but as ...and more »
  
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• Mondelez launches soft-centred Dairy Milk

  02-04-2015 19:10
  
  Mondelez International has added to its Cadbury Dairy Milk range in the UK with the launch of a range of tablets containing soft-centred, flavoured fillings.
  
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• UPDATE: Wheat price charges unlikely to hit Kraft Foods Group

  02-04-2015 18:48
  
  Kraft Foods Group has played down the possible impact of any penalties that could be imposed for allegedly manipulating wheat prices after charges were brought in the US against the company and Mondelez International.
  
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• 351000 People Die of Food Poisoning Globally Every Year - TIME

  02-04-2015 18:25
  
  TIME
  351000 People Die of Food Poisoning Globally Every Year
  TIME
  New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals the growing problem of food-borne illness around the world. The WHO released initial findings on Thursday showing that hundreds of millions of people worldwide are getting sick from ...
  
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• STL food faves analyzed by picky, funny Californians - STLtoday.com

  02-04-2015 17:51
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  STL food faves analyzed by picky, funny Californians
  STLtoday.com
  If you're looking for a hearty fare of funny material, then go no further that checking out a video in which foods that we STLers cherish with all of our taste buds are sampled and critiqued by six Californians. Some observations: • California hipsters ...
  
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• Captain D's to Open 14 New Franchise Units

  02-04-2015 17:29
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Captain D's plans to open at least 14 new franchise in the Southeast.Exclusive Brief: 0Captain D’s signed franchise agreements to open at least 14 new restaurants since December 2014. This growth comes on the heels of an incredibly successful 2014 in which the brand signed agreements to open over 35 new restaurants, opened its first new corporate location in a decade, and generated half a billion dollars in system-wide sales. With these new signings,
  
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• Consumer Reports survey of fresh food at grocery stores - abc7news.com

  02-04-2015 17:26
  
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  Consumer Reports survey of fresh food at grocery stores
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  How fresh is the food at your grocery store? A new Consumer Reports survey shows that some supermarkets deliver much fresher food than others. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=610457" ...
  Consumer Reports: Quality of fresh food at local supermarketsWLS-TVall 46 news articles »
  
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• Fast Food Workers to Protest McDonald's 'Cynical' $1 Raise - Boston.com

  02-04-2015 17:13
  
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  Fast Food Workers to Protest McDonald's 'Cynical' $1 Raise
  Boston.com
  Low-wage fast food workers plan to protest McDonald's limited decision to raise wages in Boston on Thursday, decrying it as a publicity stunt that provides insufficient benefit to few people. McDonald's announced on Wednesday a plan to increase average ...
  Fast Food Workers Continue To Protest After A 'Weak' Raise, Demand $15 An ...CBS Local
  NYC Fast Food Workers Protest McDonald'
  
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• A New Plan for Potatoes

  02-04-2015 16:45
  What can I possibly tell you about potatoes, dear quick-serve industry professional, that you don’t already know? It’s not as though you’re unacquainted with America’s favorite starch. You may even know that it’s the world’s fourth-largest food crop, trailing behind only rice, corn, and wheat, according to the U.S. Potato Board. The U.S.
  
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• How To Take The Best Food Photos With Your Phone, According To An Expert - Huffington Post

  02-04-2015 16:33
  
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  How To Take The Best Food Photos With Your Phone, According To An Expert
  Huffington Post
  Admit it: You take the occasional food photo on your phone. You might even do it a lot. If you're not guilty of this all too common practice, you must know someone who is. At some point, you've probably patiently awaited permission to dig into your ...
  
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• New downtown food court seeks proposals - Buffalo.com

  02-04-2015 16:30
  
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  New downtown food court seeks proposals
  Buffalo.com
  New downtown food court seeks proposals Sinatra plans to create locally-inspired food court in downtown Buffalo space where many restaurants have failed. inShare0. By Andrew Z. Galarneau | @BuffaloFood. on Thursday, April 2, 2015 10:27 AM, updated: ...
  Food court, not one tenuous menu, on 617 Main horizonBuffalo Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Quiznos Inks Record Deal to Expand Into China

  02-04-2015 16:18
  Image Caption: Quiznos International president Ken Cutshaw, left, with William Cheng, chairman of The Lion Group.Signs 1,500-unit deal with the Parkson Retail Group of China.Exclusive Brief: 1Quiznos' international business has been hot lately, including a recent deal in China that could be the largest deal in franchising history.
  Quiznos announced that it signed a 1,500-unit deal with the Parkson Retail Group of China, a retail arm of Malaysia-based The Lion Group. The units will be o
  
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• The Greenery swings back to profit in 2014

  02-04-2015 16:17
  
  Netherlands-based produce group The Greenery moved back into the black in 2014 despite lower sales, helped by cost cuts and a boost from the sale of a stake in local vegetable processor Hessing.
  
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• Westvlees, Covalis plan pork merger

  02-04-2015 15:43
  
  Belgian pork processing groups Westvlees and Covalis have outlined plans to merge.
  
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• Jamba Refranchises 100 California Stores

  02-04-2015 15:39
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Jamba enters deal with Vitaligent to refranchise 100 California storesExclusive Brief: 0Jamba Inc. has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Vitaligent LLC to refranchise 100 company-owned restaurants in the San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento, California markets. Vitaligent is led by David A. Peacock, former president of InBev subsidiary, Anheuser-Busch, and existing Jamba franchise partner in St. Louis, who, upon closing of the transacti
  
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• A Big Thanks

  02-04-2015 15:01
  Before their guests bite into a ButterBurger or enjoy a spoonful of frozen custard, Culver’s franchisees want them to know about the most important stakeholder in the Culver’s system, the people who help make the burgers and custard possible: the farmers.
  
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• Ethan Stowell ups the ante for Mariners Safeco Field food offerings - MyNorthwest.com

  02-04-2015 14:52
  
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  Ethan Stowell ups the ante for Mariners Safeco Field food offerings
  MyNorthwest.com
  A Dungeness crab sandwich and bacon-wrapped hot dog are among the new menu items at Safeco Field this season. (KIRO Radio/Josh Kerns). Comments. Tweet. Share. Share. Share. More Photos. See all photos. Hungry fans heading to Safeco Field this ...and more »
  
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• Hershey CEO J.P. Bilbrey named chairman

  02-04-2015 14:50
  
  Hershey has handed president and CEO J.P. Bilbrey the role of chairman.
  
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• Chefs preheat success at DC "food incubator" - CBS News

  02-04-2015 13:00
  
  CBS News
  Chefs preheat success at DC "food incubator"
  CBS News
  Entrepreneurs looking to get a leg up in the food industry are seeking a new pathway to success. So-called "food incubators" are popping up in commercial kitchen spaces across the country, and if you've ever dreamed of having your own restaurant or ...and more »
  
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• Food industry quotes of the week: Aryzta, Mondelez

  02-04-2015 12:05
  
  This week, bakery business Aryzta announced it was in talks to invest in French frozen food retailer Picard while theM&A rumour mill span with reports Mondelez International is considering selling its rights to the Philadelphia brand. Elsewhere,The Real Good Food Co. said it was exploring options for its under-performing sugar business Napier Brown.
  
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• World Health Day 2015: From farm to plate, make food safe - World Health Organization (press release)

  02-04-2015 10:59
  Voice of America
  World Health Day 2015: From farm to plate, make food safe
  World Health Organization (press release)
  2 April 2015 | Geneva - New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods, and the need for coordinated, cross-border action across the entire food supply chain, according to WHO, which next week is ...
  Unsafe Food Kills Hundreds of ThousandsVoice of America
  Food Safety Scan for Apr 02, 2015CIDRAP
  World Health Day 2015: &#
  
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• Food industry news of the week: Aryzta, Mondelez

  02-04-2015 10:36
  
  The week before Easter saw Aryzta surprise the market with news of its plan to buy 49% of French frozen food retailer Picard. M&A speculation surrounded Mondelez International, which was reported to be considering the sale of its rights to the cream cheese brand Philadelphia. Mondelez had a bad end to the week after being charged with manipulating wheat prices.
  
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• Kraft, Mondelez charged with rigging wheat prices

  02-04-2015 09:17
  
  Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez International have been charged with manipulating wheat futures and cash wheat prices.
  
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• Boulder turns Smart Balance spreads dairy-free

  02-04-2015 09:17
  
  US group Boulder Brands is relaunching its Smart Balance spreads dairy-free in a fresh bid to revitalise the line's sales.
  
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• Court OKs bids for French pork firm AIM assets

  02-04-2015 01:23
  
  A French court has approved bids for two slaughterhouses owned by ailing local pork firm Abattoirs Industriels de la Manche, saving 45% of the jobs at the business.
  
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• 3 in 4 Refugees On Food Stamps, Many Using Other Forms Of Public Assistance - Breitbart News

  02-04-2015 01:08
  
  3 in 4 Refugees On Food Stamps, Many Using Other Forms Of Public Assistance
  Breitbart News
  A strikingly high percentage of refugees to the United States use some form of public assistance, according to a government report to Congress. The Office of Refugee Resettlement's Annual Report to Congress for FY2013 reveals that nearly 3 in 4 ...
  
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• This Japanese Fake Food Artist Makes Ramen and Bacon Wearable - Munchies_ Food by VICE

  02-04-2015 00:40
  
  This Japanese Fake Food Artist Makes Ramen and Bacon Wearable
  Munchies_ Food by VICE
  In Japan, fake food is more than a menu enhancer or a quirky decoration: It's a straight-up artform. Making an egg appear gelatinous, a bowl of noodles appear still-warm, or a piece of bacon appear juicy requires more than just a steady hand, but a ...
  
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• “It's going to help a lot:” Easter baskets of food given to families, seniors ... - fox6now.com

  02-04-2015 00:36
  
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  “It's going to help a lot:” Easter baskets of food given to families, seniors ...
  fox6now.com
  MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Food, family, and faith is what Easter is all about, but sometimes the food is hard to come by. For the 8th year, Palermo's Pizza and the Hunger Task Force are providing 1,500 bins of food to families and seniors in need. “Of course ...
  Friends of the Poor Hand Out Food & Easter BasketsPA home pageall 5 news articles »
  
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• Kellogg launches Pringles tortilla chips in UK

  02-04-2015 00:33
  
  Kellogg has launched a range of tortilla chips in the UK under snack brand Pringles.
  
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• Daily's Premium Meats to build bacon plant

  02-04-2015 00:17
  
  US pork products processor Daily's Premium Meats is to build a plant in Missouri, its third production facility.
  
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