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• Arla launches "nutrient-enriched" milk in UK

  21-04-2015 22:45
  
  Arla Foods is launching Big Milk, a "nutrient-enriched" fresh milk targeted at children.
  
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• Arla to launch protein dairy drink in UK

  21-04-2015 22:39
  
  Arla Foods is gearing up to extend its Arla Protein yoghurt brand into dairy drinks in the UK.
  
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• Food Pantry Needs Help To Help Others - wnep.com

  21-04-2015 22:36
  
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  Food Pantry Needs Help To Help Others
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  TANNERSVILLE — A food pantry in the Poconos that was helping families in Monroe County four days a week has had to cut back significantly, and now volunteers are trying to change that with the help of community support. Mattie Morales spends her ...
  
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• Focus: Can Arla jump-start flavoured milk?

  21-04-2015 22:30
  
  Arla Foods is looking at adding value to the UK liquid milk sector in a variety of ways, as shown by the product news it announced this week. As part of these efforts, the dairy giant is hoping to capitalise on the "macro-trends" shaping demand in the UK in order to kick-start "stalled" flavoured milk sales in the UK. Will the company's efforts pay off? Katy Askew reports.
  
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• RunFurShelter collecting food for pets of senior citizens - Chicago Tribune

  21-04-2015 21:54
  
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  RunFurShelter collecting food for pets of senior citizens
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  For senior citizens with limited income and mobility, the companionship of a pet can be a financially daunting commitment. With that in mind, South Elgin's RunFurShelter is providing medical care, and collects food and supplies, for pets of senior ...
  
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• You Don't Need Advanced Science to Resist Food Fads—Just a Little Bit of Logic - Slate Magazine

  21-04-2015 21:53
  
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  You Don't Need Advanced Science to Resist Food Fads—Just a Little Bit of Logic
  Slate Magazine
  Paleolithic, vegan, raw, fruitarian, gluten-free, macrobiotic. Whatever diet it happens to be, the first question I ask is: “For the love of God, what's going on?” I mean that literally. Because despite a veneer of scientific rhetoric, food fads are ...
  
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• Food demonstrations at the New Orleans Jazz Fest are the flavor of the state - NOLA.com

  21-04-2015 20:33
  
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  Food demonstrations at the New Orleans Jazz Fest are the flavor of the state
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  Christina Quackenbush, owner of Milkfish, will demonstrate at the 2015 Food Heritage Stage. (The NOLA.com | Times-Picayune archive). Judy Walker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune · Print Email · Judy Walker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By Judy ...
  Jazz Fest food and drink: What's new, what's returningbestofneworleans.comall 33 news articles »
  
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• Will Michael Symon host a new Food Network show? Visits, videotaping in NEO ... - cleveland.com

  21-04-2015 20:11
  
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  Will Michael Symon host a new Food Network show? Visits, videotaping in NEO ...
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  An enthused Michael Symon (shown here at last year's Fabulous Food Show at the I-X Center in Cleveland) confirms that a new Food Network series is in the works. (Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer). Print Email · Joe Crea, Northeast Ohio Media Group ...
  
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• Tools of a Food Safety Inspector's Trade - Wall Street Journal

  21-04-2015 20:06
  
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  Tools of a Food Safety Inspector's Trade
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  Most people go to a restaurant for creative cuisine, or a comfort dish. Antonio Pasquarelli goes looking for things that are much less pleasant. A food safety supervisor with the Department of Environmental Health in Denver, Col., Mr. Pasquarelli ...
  
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• Update: CDC Reports Two More Cases in Listeria Outbreak - Food Safety News

  21-04-2015 19:44
  
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  Update: CDC Reports Two More Cases in Listeria Outbreak
  Food Safety News
  Update: On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the case count of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to Blue Bell products from 8 to 10. The two new reported cases are from Arizona and Oklahoma. The other ...
  Blue Bell recall reminds cooks to be vigilant about food safety, keep ...Orlando Sentinel
  Bird flu outbreak, ice cream recall: Is our food safe?Yahoo F
  
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• Newly launched Food Runners app makes it easier to get food to those in need - SFGate (blog)

  21-04-2015 19:25
  
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  Newly launched Food Runners app makes it easier to get food to those in need
  SFGate (blog)
  So often, mobile apps seem to be purely self-serving: Bring me food! Drive me somewhere! Entertain me! That's not the case with the newly-launched Food Runners app from the San Francisco-based volunteer food delivery service of the same name.
  
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• Fox's Biscuits pay offer puts strikes on hold

  21-04-2015 18:58
  
  Two strikes planned this week at a Fox's Biscuits plant in Yorkshire have been suspended as staff mull a new pay offer from parent company 2 Sisters Food Group.
  
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• General Mills to launch Nature Valley popcorn bars in UK

  21-04-2015 18:31
  
  General Mills is to launch a range of Nature Valley snack bars containing popcorn in the UK.
  
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• Beingmate buys Chinese milk supplier

  21-04-2015 18:31
  
  China-based infant formula manufacturer Beingmate is to buy 65% of a subsidiary of local dairy products company Meilijian Group.
  
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• Why Do I End Up Throwing Out So Much Food? - Wall Street Journal

  21-04-2015 18:23
  
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  Why Do I End Up Throwing Out So Much Food?
  Wall Street Journal
  For Jason and Mindy Koschuk, Sunday night cleanup almost always involves throwing away spoiled fruit and vegetables. “Sometimes it's food that I've forgotten about, or maybe we went out to dinner when we should've eaten at home instead,” says Ms.
  
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• Pelham's proposed food truck laws raise questions about mayor's authority - AL.com

  21-04-2015 18:05
  
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  Pelham's proposed food truck laws raise questions about mayor's authority
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  food-truck.jpg Customers wait in line at the Shindigs Catering food truck on Fifth Avenue North in Birmingham. (Birmingham News file / Bernard Troncale). Pelham leaders are fine-tuning proposed changes to law that would allow food trucks to operate in ...
  
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• Lack of food forces Fairfield to empty jail cells - AL.com

  21-04-2015 17:47
  
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  Lack of food forces Fairfield to empty jail cells
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  The Fairfield City Jail is empty because there isn't money to buyfood for inmates, but the police chief says that doesn't mean they won't arrest lawbreakers. "Let me be clear: If we need to arrest you, we will arrest you,'' said Chief Leon Davis. "It's ...and more »
  
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• To Your Health: Fight obesity with more flavorful food - News & Observer

  21-04-2015 17:13
  
  To Your Health: Fight obesity with more flavorful food
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  There are many theories for the state of obesity in our country. A new theory suggests that we have been looking at the wrong suspects. It is not the fat or the sugar or the gluten that is making us eat more – it is the lack of flavor. We are ...
  
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• Tickets on sale for August's inaugural Chicago Food + Wine Festival - Chicago Tribune

  21-04-2015 16:26
  
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  Tickets on sale for August's inaugural Chicago Food + Wine Festival
  Chicago Tribune
  Texas chef Tim Love, seen here on Bravo TV's "Top Chef Masters," is part of the team that created the Chicago Food + Wine Festival. Texas chef Tim Love, seen here on Bravo TV's "Top Chef Masters," is part of the team that created the Chicago Food + ...
  Chicago Food + Wine Festival to Debut in August in Lincoln ParkEater
  Another gourmet food festival debuts this sum
  
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• Which ballpark offers best food in Major League Baseball? Let the argument begin - SportingNews.com

  21-04-2015 16:09
  
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  Which ballpark offers best food in Major League Baseball? Let the argument begin
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  Want to start a different kind of baseball argument? Declare your Major League Baseball club offers the best food to fans this season. Beyond the usual hot dogs and peanuts, MLB's 30 clubs are offering filet mignon, seafood, vegetarian dishes and other ...
  
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• 3 lessons Seattle should take from the World Street Food Congress - KOMO News

  21-04-2015 16:01
  
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  3 lessons Seattle should take from the World Street Food Congress
  KOMO News
  Last week, street food vendors and experts from Bolivia, The Phillipines, Mexico, and India (among others) gathered in Singapore, one of the world's street food capitals, with some of the top minds in the industry to learn, share knowledge, and, of ...
  
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• I Would Have Starved Without the Food Bank - Huffington Post

  21-04-2015 16:01
  
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  I Would Have Starved Without the Food Bank
  Huffington Post
  I stood there shocked. It was the day after my roommates and I had thrown a huge party. I had opened the cupboards and realized that we had literally been eaten out of house and home.... When I first moved out on my own there was a tremendous amount of ...
  
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• Los Angeles County Has The Largest Food Insecure Population In The US ... - Huffington Post

  21-04-2015 15:56
  
  Los Angeles County Has The Largest Food Insecure Population In The US ...
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  The “City of Dreams” has evolved into a nightmare for needy people in Los Angeles. According to Feeding America's recent "Map the Meal Gap" report, 1.5 million people in Los Angeles county don't have enough funds to buy a sufficient amount of food, ...and more »
  
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• Podravka to buy control of Slovenia's Zito

  21-04-2015 15:07
  
  Croatia-based food group Podravka has struck a deal to buy over 51% of Slovenian confectionery-to-pasta firm Zito for EUR33m.
  
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• Bimbo's New York Bakery Co. launches thin bagels in UK

  21-04-2015 15:07
  
  Grupo Bimbo's UK-based brand The New York Bakery Co. is launching a range of thinner bagels to tap into growing demand for what it called "sandwich alternatives".
  
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• Hormel: Bird flu to hit turkey sales, profits

  21-04-2015 14:43
  
  Hormel Foods has said the outbreak of HN52 avian influenza at a number of turkey farms will put pressure on sales and earnings from its Jennie-O Turkey Store division in the US giant's current financial year.
  
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• Where to eat Indian-Pakistani food in San Francisco and the East Bay - SFGate (blog)

  21-04-2015 14:05
  
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  Where to eat Indian-Pakistani food in San Francisco and the East Bay
  SFGate (blog)
  This week's feature on Chettinad cuisine in the Silicon Valley offered yet another reminder that the Bay Area's Indian-Pakistani restaurants aren't just growing in number — they're diversifying: atomizing into more specific regional cuisines and ...
  
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• McCain launches roast potato range in Australia

  21-04-2015 13:50
  
  McCain Foods has launched a frozen roast potato range in Australia.
  
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• Blue Bell pulls all ice cream on listeria tests

  21-04-2015 13:28
  
  Blue Bell Creameries, the US ice cream firm linked to a fatal listeria outbreak, has pulled all of its products from the market after fresh tests found more contaminated products.
  
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• Healthy eating sparks M&A on blurring frontier between food and drugs - Reuters

  21-04-2015 13:06
  Healthy eating sparks M&A on blurring frontier between food and drugs
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  LONDON (Reuters) - A boom in "nutraceuticals" - food and drinks with potential health benefits - is paving the way for a rush of deals, as food and drug companies compete to dominate a market expected to be worth $280 billion by 2018. Consumers have ...and more »
  
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• UPDATE: ABF confident bakery efforts will pay off

  21-04-2015 12:54
  
  Associated British Foods has insisted it is making the right moves in tackling the problem of aggressive competition in the UK and Australia' s bakery sectors which have pressured its sales in the first half of 2015.
  
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• McCormick to move roles to Poland

  21-04-2015 12:24
  
  US food group McCormick & Co. is to transfer "certain activities" within its Europe, the Middle East and Africa business to Poland as part of fresh moves to cut costs and improve efficiency in the region.
  
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• Which? urges action on "misleading" prices

  21-04-2015 12:02
  
  UK consumer watchdog Which? has called on the country's competition regulator to investigate the "misleading" ways supermarkets price products.
  
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• IFC to invest in Iraq unit of Al Safi Danone

  21-04-2015 10:46
  
  The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank is pumping up to US$18m into the Iraq unit of Saudi Arabia-based dairy company Al Safi Danone.
  
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• ABF grocery profits up but pressure on bread

  21-04-2015 09:48
  
  Associated British Foods has reported a 4% increase in half-year profits from its grocery division despite pressure on its bakery businesses in the UK and Australia leading to lower sales from the division.
  
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• Premier launches Mugfull in Batchelors push

  21-04-2015 09:26
  
  Premier Foods is to launch low-fat soup sub-brand Batchelors Mugfull as part of wider plans for the Batchelors range in the UK.
  
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• ABF sees H1 grocery sales fall on bakery pressures

  21-04-2015 09:26
  
  Associated British Foods has reported a 4% increase in operating profit of its grocery division, despite revenues falling for the first half of the year.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: City launches ad campaign to urge all eligible people to sign up ... - New York Daily News

  21-04-2015 08:33
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  EXCLUSIVE: City launches ad campaign to urge all eligible people to sign up ...
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  More than half a million New Yorkers who qualify for food stamps don't get them, officials say — and the city wants them to sign up. With a new website and ad campaign, the de Blasio administration will encourage people who are hungry or struggle to ...
  
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• North America Biostimulants Market by Modes of Application by Active Ingredient, by End-User, by Geography - Analysis & Forecast To 2019

  21-04-2015 02:00
  The North American biostimulants market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 14.1% from 2014 to 2019. The North America market is leading the global biostimulants market. Globally, North America is one o
  
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• Consumer and Market Insights: Confectionery Market in the UK

  21-04-2015 02:00
  Consumer and Market Insights: Confectionery Market in the UK provides an overview of the market, analyzing market data, demographic consumption patterns within the category, and the key consumer trend
  
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• Food Network's Michael Symon meets, greets folks on East Fourth Street - cleveland.com

  21-04-2015 01:04
  
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  Food Network's Michael Symon meets, greets folks on East Fourth Street
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  Michael Symon and Butcher and the Brewer's Eric Anderson. (Marc Bona, Northeast Ohio Media Group). Print Email · Marc Bona, Northeast Ohio Media Group By Marc Bona, Northeast Ohio Media Group The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter
  
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