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• Are Food Additives Evil? We Have an Almost-Civil Debate - Wired

  16-04-2015 23:42
  
  Wired
  Are Food Additives Evil? We Have an Almost-Civil Debate
  Wired
  If you eat food or like science, you may be aware of the current dispute between Food Babe and Science Babe. Food Babe, essentially, never met a multi-syllabic ingredient she could bring herself to like. Science Babe seems to think we should all be ...
  
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• Why You Should Blame Millennials for Spicy Fast Food - TIME

  16-04-2015 22:33
  
  TIME
  Why You Should Blame Millennials for Spicy Fast Food
  TIME
  Walk into almost any chain restaurant in America and you're sure to encounter spicy new menu items that'll put a little sweat on your brow. A few examples: More. How a Late-Blooming Entrepreneur Made McDonald's the World's Largest Burger ChainSee ...and more »
  
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• Fry's wrongly charged Phoenix food tax after expiration - azcentral.com

  16-04-2015 22:02
  
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  Fry's wrongly charged Phoenix food tax after expiration
  azcentral.com
  PHOENIX -- The Phoenix food tax hit its expiration date at midnight on March 31, but Fry's Food Store wrongly charged its customers the tax the next day. Loading… Post to Facebook. Fry's wrongly charged Phoenix food tax after expiration PHOENIX -- The ...
  
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• Has 'Man vs. Food' star Adam Richman really stopped eating meat? - Fox News

  16-04-2015 21:55
  
  Fox News
  Has 'Man vs. Food' star Adam Richman really stopped eating meat?
  Fox News
  Adam Richman has taken to Twitter once again to set the record straight about his diet. (AP Photo). Adam Richman, star of Travel Channel's "Man vs. Food", shed a whopping 70 pounds last year, causing many to speculate if the competitive eating star had ...
  
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• Huntsville's 2015 Street Food Season starts tonight - whnt.com

  16-04-2015 21:50
  
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  Huntsville's 2015 Street Food Season starts tonight
  whnt.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The counters are polished. The trucks fully stocked. The road blocked off. Everything is in place for the start of the 2015 Street Food Season in Downtown Huntsville. The first rally will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, April 16 on ...
  Skies clear for a successful Street Food Season Kickoff in downtown HuntsvilleAL.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Maybe crickets aren't the food of the future, after all - Fusion

  16-04-2015 21:40
  
  Fusion
  Maybe crickets aren't the food of the future, after all
  Fusion
  Alexis Madrigal is Fusion's Silicon Valley Bureau Chief. He was a senior editor at The Atlantic and a staff writer at Wired. He's the author of Powering the Dream and a visiting scholar at Berkeley. Twitter · Facebook; Email ...and more »
  
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• Nestlé Continues to Slim to Compete with New Food Industry Giants - Wall Street Journal

  16-04-2015 19:46
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Nestlé Continues to Slim to Compete with New Food Industry Giants
  Wall Street Journal
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Nestlé SA NSRGY 1.58 % needs to continue shedding its fringe businesses and capitalize on its size to cope with the wave of megamergers that is reshaping the food industry, Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said ...
  Nestle says taking action to keep top slot in food industryReutersall 25 news articles »
  
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• UPDATE: 2 Sisters in talks to avoid Fox's strike

  16-04-2015 18:53
  
  2 Sisters Food Group has said it is in "dialogue" with union officials in the UK in a bid to avert a strike at a Fox's Biscuits plant.
  
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• Editor's viewpoint: Too early to call Unilever food revival

  16-04-2015 18:51
  
  Today was a positive day for Unilever in many ways. The FMCG giant's first-quarter sales beat expectations and its shares rose steadily in London. Broadly, however, it is too soon to say whether Unilever can enjoy sustained growth from its food business.
  
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• 'Food Babe' Debacle Underscores Crisis of Credibility Surrounding What We Eat - Adweek

  16-04-2015 18:14
  
  Adweek
  'Food Babe' Debacle Underscores Crisis of Credibility Surrounding What We Eat
  Adweek
  Gawker recently turned food marketers' heads with a 2,500-word takedown of blogger, dietary guru and anti-GMO activist Vani Hari, aka "Food Babe." Author Yvette d'Entremont, who started a rival blog under the "Science Babe" moniker, asserted that Hari ...
  
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• Here's What Gluten Really Does To Your Food - Huffington Post

  16-04-2015 18:13
  
  Huffington Post
  Here's What Gluten Really Does To Your Food
  Huffington Post
  Unless you've been living under a rock for the last five years, you're familiar with the term gluten. Whether you're gluten-free or a gluten freak, you know it's a buzzy word in the food and health world, and you may even know how it affects the body ...
  
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• Airline food workers strike at LAX - Los Angeles Times

  16-04-2015 18:08
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Airline food workers strike at LAX
  Los Angeles Times
  More than 100 workers who prepare food for airlines flying out of Los Angeles International Airport went on strike Tuesday, saying they are overworked and lack the proper equipment to do their jobs, union organizers said. lRelated Airlines collected ...and more »
  
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• Fox's Biscuits plant to be hit by strike

  16-04-2015 17:58
  
  Engineers at a Fox's Biscuits plant in the UK are set to go on strike next week over what union officials have described as a "paltry and insulting" pay offer from the business.
  
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• BRF to set up venture in Singapore

  16-04-2015 17:58
  
  Brazil-based food group BRF is to set up a venture in Singapore through a deal with local company Singapore Food Industries.
  
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• Bakkavor sells rest of Italpizza

  16-04-2015 17:41
  
  Bakkavor is to sell the rest of its shares in Italy-based frozen pizza business Italpizza.
  
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• Fast-food workers picket, demanding wage hikes - New York Post

  16-04-2015 15:53
  
  New York Post
  Fast-food workers picket, demanding wage hikes
  New York Post
  Fast-food and other low-wage workers picketed outside burger joints in New York and across the country Wednesday, demanding pay hikes to at least $15 an hour. About 500 protesters brought the lunch rush to a halt at an Upper West Side McDonald's while ...
  3 takeaways from $15 minimum wage rallies, fast-food strikescleveland.com
  Fast-food strikes widen into social-justice movementUSA TODAY
  'Fight for $15'
  
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• Focus: How will Flowers grow in organic, speciality bread?

  16-04-2015 15:50
  
  US baker Flowers Foods has typically increased sales by focusing on regional growth. During the group's investor day in New York this week, it was made clear extending its geographic reach in the US will remain a key strategic pillar. However, the company has also set its sights on growing share in on-trend areas such as organic, speciality and breakfast items.
  
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• Dutch poultry group Plukon eyes eastern Europe

  16-04-2015 14:53
  
  Dutch poultry processor Plukon Food Group is eyeing expansion in eastern Europe as it moves into a "new growth phase" with a new-look consortium owning the business.
  
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• We consumed $600 worth of the Knicks' free food on Fan Appreciation Night - SB Nation

  16-04-2015 14:18
  
  We consumed $600 worth of the Knicks' free food on Fan Appreciation Night
  SB Nation
  Wednesday night's loss to the Pistons concluded the worst season in Knicks history. As a thank you to ticket holders who tolerated the year-long tank, Madison Square Garden made the evening "Fan Appreciation Night," with discounted merchandise, ...
  
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• In 'Something Rotten!,' if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On - New York Times

  16-04-2015 14:00
  New York Times
  In 'Something Rotten!,' if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On
  New York Times
  “Something Rotten!,” which opens Wednesday, is about a pair of brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, Elizabethan-era playwrights who are more or less learning on the job. Unable to get anywhere in a theatrical world dominated by Shakespeare, they consult a ...
  
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• Earthbound Farms launches kale, Half & Half salads

  16-04-2015 13:34
  
  US organic food group Earthbound Farms - owned by WhiteWave Foods - is adding more pre-prepared salads to its range.
  
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• McDonald's Japan Projects Wider Loss After Food Scandals - Wall Street Journal

  16-04-2015 10:22
  
  Wall Street Journal
  McDonald's Japan Projects Wider Loss After Food Scandals
  Wall Street Journal
  TOKYO—The operator of the McDonald's chain in Japan said Thursday it expects to post deep losses in the current year and that it would be closing 131 of its stores. Unveiling plans to turn around its struggling business, McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan ...
  French fry shortages and food scandals take a big bite out of McDonald's JapanQuartz
  McDonald's Japan sees wider losses this
  
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• Clearwater launches "culinary inspired" seafood NPD

  16-04-2015 09:45
  
  Clearwater Seafoods is launching a number of "culinary inspired" value-added seafood products in its Europe, Middle East and Africa region.
  
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• Unilever food, refreshment sales rise

  16-04-2015 09:10
  
  Unilever has booked first-quarter underlying sales growth at its food and refreshment businesses, however, underlying volumes at refreshments and pricing in food came under some pressure in the period.
  
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• The Outnumber Hunger Food Drive is Friday at WLTX! - WLTX.com

  16-04-2015 03:39
  
  WLTX.com
  The Outnumber Hunger Food Drive is Friday at WLTX!
  WLTX.com
  Harvest Hope is hosting a food drive on Friday, April 17, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. at WLTX. Loading… Post to Facebook. The Outnumber Hunger Food Drive is Friday at WLTX! Harvest Hope is hosting a food drive on Friday, April 17, from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. at WLTX.
  
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• Fast-food strikes widen into social-justice movement - USA TODAY

  16-04-2015 03:38
  
  USA TODAY
  Fast-food strikes widen into social-justice movement
  USA TODAY
  Low-wage workers — and their sympathizers — had their say coast to coast on Wednesday. Thousands of workers and protesters from New York City to Los Angeles walked, marched and shouted their demands in front of fast-food locations and on several ...
  Fast-food workers picket demanding wage hikesNew York Post
  US fast-food workers mark Tax Day demanding higher wagesReuters
  Is $15 an Hour a Realistic Goal for Fast-Foo
  
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• Ozarks Food Harvest launches new website - Springfield News-Leader

  16-04-2015 03:19
  
  Springfield News-Leader
  Ozarks Food Harvest launches new website
  Springfield News-Leader
  Ozarks Food Harvest and Springfield agency, 40 Digits, launched the new organizational website of the regional food bank Wednesday morning. The domain remains the same as The Food Bank's existing website, ozarksfoodharvest.org. “We couldn't be ...and more »
  
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• Chef Homaro Cantu, Who Blended Science and Food, Dies - ABC News

  16-04-2015 02:32
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  Chef Homaro Cantu, Who Blended Science and Food, Dies
  ABC News
  Chef Homaro Cantu, who artfully blended science and fine dining at his Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant, has died. The 38-year-old Cantu, one of Chicago's most renowned chefs, turned cooking into alchemy through his brand of molecular gastronomy at ...
  Homaro Cantu, Chicago Food Tech Chef, Dies at 38 in Suspected SuicideNBCNews.com
  Homaro Cantu, Chicago chef who blended food and science, dies at 38Washington
  
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• Gwyneth 'pigs out' at gourmet affairs after food stamp challenge - Page Six

  16-04-2015 02:06
  
  Page Six
  Gwyneth 'pigs out' at gourmet affairs after food stamp challenge
  Page Six
  Gwyneth Paltrow attends a dinner hosted by David and Victoria Beckham on Tuesday. Photo: Getty. Gwyneth Paltrow got off food stamps, then promptly went back to extravagant meals — including an $85-per-person gourmet barbecue dinner and a Beverly ...
  Did Gwyneth Paltrow use her $29 food stamp budget wisely?New York Daily News
  What Gwyneth Paltrow's food stamp challenge gets totally wrong about p
  
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