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• Currito Brings Loyalty Program to Google Wallet

  17-04-2015 19:54
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Program Now Available On Andoid Phones' Native Digital Wallet AppExclusive Brief: 0Currito has announced it has made its digital rewards program available on Android phones’ native digital wallet app, Google Wallet. The Cincinnati-based chain has already enabled iPhone users to save their digital loyalty and payment cards on the iPhone’s digital wallet app, Passbook. Currito’s presence in Google Wallet comes just one month after Google announced
  
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• Dunkin' Partners With New Franchise Group in Minneapolis

  17-04-2015 19:45
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Plans to Develop 10 New Stores in MinneapolisExclusive Brief: 0Dunkin’ Donuts announced today the signing of a multi-unit store development agreement with new franchise group, Legacy Concepts LLC, to develop 10 new restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the surrounding areas of Bloomington, Edina, Eden Prairie, and the communities west of the Metro area. The first restaurant is planned to open by the end of this year.Chains: Dunkin' Don
  
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• Caribou Names Boelter Supplier of the Year

  17-04-2015 19:38
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Award Given For Outstanding Service, Supply, and InnovationExclusive Brief: 0Caribou Coffee has awarded Boelter Companies with its Supplier of the Year award for partnership in providing outstanding service, supply, innovation, and project management to Caribou. Boelter Companies is the Minneapolis-based coffee company's furniture, fixture, and equipment supplier.Chains: Caribou Coffee
  
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• Pecanberry Salad LTO Returns to McAlister's For Spring

  17-04-2015 19:33
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Seasonal Menu Item Available in More Than 340 Restaurants NationwideExclusive Brief: 0McAlister's Deli announced today the return of its popular Pecanberry Salad, available for a limited time in its more than 340 restaurants nationwide. To celebrate the return of seasonal menu items as well as the popular line-up of flavored beverages, McAlister’s has launched the “Berry Stylish” photo contest. Fans can put on their favorite spring outfit and sna
  
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• The Halal Guys Names New COO

  17-04-2015 19:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Mike Speck to Step in as New Chief Operating OfficerExclusive Brief: 0The Halal Guys, the American Halal street food concept with over 200 new corporate and franchise restaurants in development, has hired Mike Speck as the company’s new chief operating officer. Speck is a 25-year restaurant operations and training veteran, whose most recent role as vice president of Human Resources and Training for Qdoba Mexican Grill involved growing the company fr
  
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• Nestle CFO Martello to move to head Asia unit

  17-04-2015 18:46
  
  Nestle CFO Wan Ling Martello is to lead the country's businesses in Asia, Oceania and Africa after Nandu Nandkishore decided to take early retirement.
  
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• Seasonal Spring Salad From Saladworks

  17-04-2015 18:43
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Announcing the Spring Noodle SaladExclusive Brief: 0Saladworks, the nation’s first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise concept, announces a new spring seasonal salad, the Spring Noodle Salad. This salad will be hand tossed and made to order in all Saladworks locations from April 15 through June 15.The Spring Noodle Salad is a medley of fresh spring mix and Saladworks’ signature lettuce blend, sesame noodles, fresh jumbo shrimp, carrots, e
  
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• BUNN Wins Gold at 2015 Connected World Awards

  17-04-2015 18:32
  Global Manufacturer of Dispensed Beverage Equipment RecognizedExclusive Brief: 0BUNN, a global manufacturer of dispensed beverage equipment, was honored with a Gold Award for Remote Equipment Management at the 2015 Connected World Awards for its partnership with Mesh Systems in the development of BUNNlink Wellness Program.  
  
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• Godfather's Opens Second Albuquerque Location

  17-04-2015 18:26
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Restaurant Will Open on Tuesday April 21Exclusive Brief: 0A second Godfather’s pizza is set to open in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the coming week. The former home of Washington Federal Bank at 5210 Eubank Boulevard in the Northeast Heights neighborhood was converted to the second traditional location. The 41-year-old pizza chain known for “A Pizza You Can’t Refuse” opens Tuesday, April 21 at 11 a.m. with 75 new employees and giveaways for t
  
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• Robeks Debuts Maple Water Fitness Smoothies

  17-04-2015 18:14
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Smoothies Made With Water Extracted From Raw Sap of Maple TreesExclusive Brief: 0Robeks Fresh Juices and Smoothies, a growing national franchise known for its best-in-class products, has debuted three new Fitness Smoothies made with maple water, a specialty water extracted from the raw sap of maple trees.
  The new, limited-time-only items reflect the track record of Robeks as a trailblazer in the juice and smoothie industry. The 19-year-old franchis
  
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• Coca-Cola Brings Back Share a Coke Campaign

  17-04-2015 18:06
  Bottles Will Once Again Feature the Names of Millions of AmericansExclusive Brief: 0Coca-Cola is bringing back one of its most successful U.S. programs of all time. “Share a Coke” swept the nation last summer and, beginning this week, Coca-Cola bottles across the country will once again feature the names of millions of Americans.
  Back by popular demand, Coca-Cola will swap out its iconic logo on 20-ounce bottles of Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and Coke Zerofor 1,000 of the most popular names i
  
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• College apologizes for serving Mexican food at space alien-themed party - Fox News

  17-04-2015 18:03
  
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  College apologizes for serving Mexican food at space alien-themed party
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  A California college has apologized for its “insensitivity” after serving Mexican food at an official school night party whose theme, “Intergalactic,” included decorations featuring aliens from outer space. In a letter addressed to its student body ...
  Stevenson College apologizes for serving Mexican food at alien-themed partyWashington Times
  UC Santa Cruz Administrator Apologizes For Mexican Food
  
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• No, food stamps aren't subsidies for McDonald's and Wal-Mart - Washington Post

  17-04-2015 16:51
  No, food stamps aren't subsidies for McDonald's and Wal-Mart
  Washington Post
  A single mother works for a fast-food restaurant. Her hours fluctuate from week to week, and she is never able to work more than 30 hours in a given week. She loses her job in June, and can't find another until September. It's the same story with her ...and more »
  
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• Heinz relaunches mustard in US push

  17-04-2015 16:24
  
  Heinz has relaunched its mustard in the US in a bid to grab a slice of a category in which it is not among the top eight brands.
  
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• Food industry news of the week: Nestle, Unilever

  17-04-2015 16:24
  
  Nestle this week admitted 3G Capital and Warren Buffett's investments in the food industry had led to "accelerate" efforts to "adjust" its portfolio. The food giant was also one of the companies reporting first-quarter results, a group that included Unilever, which saw food volumes rise 3%, although it remains too early to call a sustained recovery from the unit.
  
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• Mondelez launches "indulgent" whipped Philadelphia

  17-04-2015 16:06
  
  Mondelez International has developed an "indulgent" whipped Philadelphia cheese it believes will offer UK consumers more ways to eat the product
  
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• Kagome acquires US health food group Preferred Brands International

  17-04-2015 16:06
  
  Japan's Kagome Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire Preferred Brands International, a US-based natural and ethnic food group.
  
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• What the analysts say: Analysts spot underlying issues at Nestle

  17-04-2015 15:47
  
  Nestle beat expectations when it delivered organic sales growth of 4.4% for the first quarter this morning (17 April). However, many analysts have pointed to disappointing real internal growth - which strips out pricing - and continued sales issues at various units, including US frozen and milk and ice cream products.
  
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• Comment: Nestle reacts to world of 3G and Buffett

  17-04-2015 15:29
  
  Nestle must adapt to emerging consumption trends and consolidation in the food sector with an "acceleration" of its portfolio adjustment efforts, chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe indicated yesterday (17 April). However, the struggling US frozen food business looks like it will avoid the axe - for the time being at least. Katy Askew reports.
  
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• Don Don buys Mercator's in-house bakery

  17-04-2015 15:25
  
  Slovenian baker Don Don has entered into an agreement to buy Pekarna Grosuplj, the in-house bakery business of regional retailer Mercator.
  
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• Before You Order 'Healthy' Fast Food, Read This - U.S. News & World Report (blog)

  17-04-2015 15:15
  
  U.S. News & World Report (blog)
  Before You Order 'Healthy' Fast Food, Read This
  U.S. News & World Report (blog)
  Chains are jumping on the sustainability train. Does that make their food better for you? Hamburger in hands. At some fast food joints, burgers are made from grass-fed beef. But that doesn't necessarily make them health foods. By Toby Amidor April 17 ...
  
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• A hungry Gwyneth Paltrow fails the food-stamp challenge four days in - Washington Post

  17-04-2015 15:06
  
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  A hungry Gwyneth Paltrow fails the food-stamp challenge four days in
  Washington Post
  After four long days living like America's poor, Gwyneth Paltrow broke her much-mocked attempt at shopping on a food stamp budget in search of some chicken and black licorice. The multimillionaire mom was derided last week when she accepted the ...
  Gwyneth Paltrow gives herself a C-minus after failing food-stamp challengeLos Angeles Times
  Gwyneth Paltrow gave up on food stamp challeng
  
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• Food industry results in brief: Bernard Matthews, PHW Gruppe, Armanino

  17-04-2015 13:55
  
  While food industry majors Danone, Unilever and Nestle kicked off the first-quarter reporting season this week, a number of other companies also released details of their performance to the markets. We heard from Germany's PHW Gruppe, Armanino Foods of Distinction and Bernard Matthews, among others. Here is just-food's results round-up.
  
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• UN agency food aid vouchers in Syrian crisis diverted and sold for cash - Fox News

  17-04-2015 13:21
  
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  UN agency food aid vouchers in Syrian crisis diverted and sold for cash
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  A Syrian refugee removes water and mud around his UN-supplied tent, at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon). EXCLUSIVE: A World Food Program initiative that handed out hundreds of ...
  
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• What's the Biggest Fast Food Burger You Can Casually Order? - Eater LA

  17-04-2015 12:07
  
  What's the Biggest Fast Food Burger You Can Casually Order?
  Eater LA
  Welcome to Burger Chains Power Hour, where all we talk about is fast food burgers for the next sixty minutes. The fast food-loving internet abounds with mysterious tales of secret dishes and cross-menu mash ups, like this none-too-subtle dollar menu ...and more »
  
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• Big fast food chains think people still really love bacon on burgers - Fox News

  17-04-2015 11:29
  
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  Big fast food chains think people still really love bacon on burgers
  Fox News
  The larger-than-life El Diablo features sliced jalapenos, crunchy Jalapeno Poppers, spicy habanero bacon sauce and pepper-Jack cheese-- with bacon of course. (Carl's Jr). Has there even been a more important food than the burger? Eater is conducting a ...
  Austin Barbecue Pitmasters' Favorite Fast Food BurgersEaterall 5 news articles »
  
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• That's it. eyes US expansion with new bars

  17-04-2015 10:28
  
  That's it., a food group that manufactures snack bars using only two ingredients, is expanding in the US through the introduction of new products and listings with national retailers.
  
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• US dairy sector back trade liberalisation efforts

  17-04-2015 09:31
  
  US dairy manufacturers have welcomed bipartisan efforts to renew and modernise the trade authority through which President Obamamthe Trade Promotion Authority in order to "open the door to new markets" for US dairy products.
  
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• In the spotlight: France's big step to uniform FOP labels

  17-04-2015 09:31
  
  France's new health bill, which subject to two further votes could be ratified later this year, includes provision for a voluntary colour-coded front-of-pack nutritional labelling scheme. The debate this has sparked, Ben Cooper writes, mirrors closely that seen in the UK, with food manufacturers sternly opposed to the use of colours.
  
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• Nestle sales rise on emerging markets, pricing

  17-04-2015 09:11
  
  Nestle has booked an expectation beating increase in first quarter sales on the back of pricing action and growth in emerging markets.
  
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• Walmart donates food to Tulsa food bank - KOKI FOX 23

  17-04-2015 05:06
  
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  Walmart donates food to Tulsa food bank
  KOKI FOX 23
  The Walmart near Admiral and Memorial is closed for least six months due to some plumbing issues, but many people will actually benefit from the closure. A lot of food was left behind in the closure and most it will now go to the tables of those in need.
  
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• Kids fed expired food in Douglas County schools; district says 'Our food is safe' - The Denver Channel

  17-04-2015 04:02
  
  Kids fed expired food in Douglas County schools; district says 'Our food is safe'
  The Denver Channel
  A nutrition services manager for a Douglas County school says students are frequently served expired food. READ MORE: http://bit.ly/1DNyFpt. KMGH. Expired sausages. Copyright 2015 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be ...and more »
  
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• Where are the food trucks? - DesMoinesRegister.com

  17-04-2015 03:10
  
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  Where are the food trucks?
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  The day has finally arrived for street food downtown. Just one thing is missing — the food trucks. Don't expect to see many flipping burgers or skewering kabobs this weekend. Friday is launch day for a food vendor pilot program in downtown Des Moines ...
  Des Moines Food Truck Program Begins Fridaywhotv.comall 4 news articles »
  
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