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• Pret A Manger Debuts The Power Lunch Menu

  22-04-2015 22:38
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Power Lunches Designed With Funcitonal Ingredients For Nutrional NeedsExclusive Brief: 0Pret A Manger launches new menu items to switch up guests’ lunchtime routine. Today, Pret debuted the Power Lunch: its cutting edge take on the grain bowl. All less than 500 calories, each bowl is individually designed with functional ingredients that provide you with the nutrients you need to power through the day.Chains: Pret A Manger
  
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• Terriyaki Madness Adds Salmon to the Menu

  22-04-2015 22:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Salmon Bowl Offered Until June 20Exclusive Brief: 0Teriyaki Madness, a national Asian grill concept, announces the addition of a new Salmon Bowl to their menu, available now for a limited time.Chains: Teriyaki Madness
  
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• Ben's Soft Pretzels Fundraises for Fallen Heroes

  22-04-2015 22:26
  Image Caption: Image Credit: On National Pretzel Day, Ben's Soft Pretzels fundraises for vets. Exclusive Brief: 0Ben’s Soft Pretzels, a leader in the soft pretzel market, is celebrating National Pretzel Day on Sunday, April 26 by giving away a free Jumbo Soft Pretzel with a minimum $1 donation to Ben’s Soft Pretzels charity of choice, the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. Patrons are encouraged to check with their local Ben’s Soft Pretzels bakery for times and availability. The I
  
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• Miguel's Jr. Opens Third Orange County Location

  22-04-2015 22:16
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Miguel's Jr. will open Tustin, California store in May.Exclusive Brief: 0In the age of heat lamps, double-wrapped tacos and DIY burrito assembly lines, Southern Californians have lost sight of what true, traditional Mexican food tastes like. To celebrate its new Tustin, California location, one longtime family-owned Mexican restaurant chain is offering up several simple challenges: Eat traditional. Eat better. And above all else, keep it within the fam
  
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• Giardino Salads Improves Menu With Help of MenuTrinfo

  22-04-2015 22:09
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Working to Enhance Fresh and Healthy OptionsExclusive Brief: 0A Miami-based brand is doing something to support community health and menu transparency, with the help of MenuTrinfo, a nutritional analysis and training firm. Giardino Gourmet Salads will rely on MenuTrinfo’s real-time consulting, nutritional analysis, and allergen- and gluten-free menu development to enhance their fresh and healthy menu options.Chains: Giardino Gourmet Salads
  
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• POSsible POS Partners With North American Bancard

  22-04-2015 21:54
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Provides Businesses With Complete POS and Merchant Processing SolutionExclusive Brief: 0POSsible POS Inc., headquartered in Stafford, Texas, is extending the distribution of its POS software and hardware solution though its new partnership with North American Bancard, the nation’s leading merchant services company, and its front-end gateway, Velocity Exchange. This joint effort provides businesses with the complete POS and merchant processing solutio
  
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• PizzaRev Partners with Murphy O'Brien Public Relations

  22-04-2015 21:52
  Image Caption: Image Credit: PizzaRev partners with LA-based Murphy O'Brien Public Relations.Exclusive Brief: 0Murphy O’Brien Public Relations, a leading Los Angeles public relations firm, announced that it has been selected as the strategic communications agency of record by PizzaRev, a fast-casual, build-your-own pizza concept that stands to reinvent the way America eats pizza. The 2015 communications work will include strategic marketing programs to introduce even more consum
  
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• Fractured Prune Opening Celebrates Arizona Anniversary

  22-04-2015 21:46
  Opening New Tempe Location With GiveawayExclusive Brief: 0Fractured Prune Doughnuts is celebrating its one-year anniversary in the Arizona by opening its Tempe location at University House on Tuesday, April 28 at 7 a.m. For more than 40 years, Fractured Prune Doughnuts has beenknown for its always hot, customizable, and made-to-order doughnuts. To celebrate its newest location in Tempe, the first 300 people will receive free doughnuts. Arizona’s Real Rock Station, 98KUPD, will be on site
  
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• Juice It Up! Opens New Texas Location

  22-04-2015 21:42
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Juice It Up! opens new franchise location in Pearland, Texas.Exclusive Brief: 0Juice It Up! will open its newest Texas location in the Pearland Market Shopping Center in Pearland, Texas on Friday, April 24. This is the first location operated by Kahled Ibrahim, president of Matrix Juice LLC.
  “After experiencing Juice It Up!’s delicious smoothies and fresh, raw juices for myself, I knew that I had to bring it to Pearland because there’s nothing el
  
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• McDonald's Addresses Global Deforestation

  22-04-2015 21:38
  Image Caption: Image Credit: McDonald's will begin developing specific time-bound sourcing targets.Exclusive Brief: 0McDonald’s announced a global commitment on deforestation across the company’s expansive global supply chain. The commitment builds upon McDonald’s Global Sustainability Framework and longstanding leadership in the area of sustainable sourcing. The pledge encompasses all of the company’s products and focuses on beef, fiber-based packaging, coffee, palm oil,
  
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• The Coming Food Bubble - TechCrunch

  22-04-2015 19:42
  
  TechCrunch
  The Coming Food Bubble
  TechCrunch
  Editor's note: Robyn Metcalfe is a food historian at the University of Texas at Austin and the Director of The Food Lab at UT, a catalyst for scientific and cultural exploration, experimentation and innovation in the food system. In 1851, Charles ...
  
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• Health Law Brings Growth in Food Stamps in Some States - ABC News

  22-04-2015 19:20
  New York Daily News
  Health Law Brings Growth in Food Stamps in Some States
  ABC News
  President Barack Obama's health care law has had a surprising side effect: In some states, it appears to be enticing more Americans to apply for food stamps, even as the economy improves. New, streamlined application systems built for the health care ...
  Daily Newser finds greatest difficulty of Food Stamp Challenge is nutritionNew York Daily News
  Health care law has surprise effect: enticing more peopl
  
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• America has a $165 billion food waste problem - Today.com

  22-04-2015 18:15
  
  Today.com
  America has a $165 billion food waste problem
  Today.com
  Can you afford to throw away $2,000 a year? If you are the average American, the answer is, apparently, yes—and you may not even be aware of it. Americans throw away approximately $165 billion worth of food each year, and for the average American ...and more »
  
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• Fact-checking Gwyneth Paltrow's $29 weekly food stamps budget claim - PolitiFact

  22-04-2015 17:30
  PolitiFact
  Fact-checking Gwyneth Paltrow's $29 weekly food stamps budget claim
  PolitiFact
  Love or loathe Gwyneth Paltrow, her experiment buying groceries on a food stamp budget stirred up a lot of awareness about the nation's anti-hunger programs. Which, you know, was kind of the point. Paltrow, a health-conscious actress who prefers to ...
  Gwyneth Paltrow, THIS Is What Living on Food Stamps Really Looks LikeBreitbart News
  What Gwyneth Paltrow's Food Stamps Failure Taught UsShape Ma
  
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• IRI Product Pacesetters 2014: the top 10

  22-04-2015 16:30
  
  Kraft Foods Lunchables Uploaded has topped IRI's poll of the top NPD launches in the US during 2014.
  
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• Now coming to food trucks: high-end Spam - Quartz

  22-04-2015 16:13
  
  Quartz
  Now coming to food trucks: high-end Spam
  Quartz
  In times of economic trouble, Spam flies off the shelves. But now, as the economy improves, Hormel Foods' canned pre-cooked pork is looking for a new, higher-brow market. The product has played a bit part in “haute” cuisine since at least 2009, when ...
  
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• Feds urge eating expired food, even if 18 months past throwaway date - Washington Examiner

  22-04-2015 15:47
  
  Washington Examiner
  Feds urge eating expired food, even if 18 months past throwaway date
  Washington Examiner
  It sounds yucky, but officials think they've got the trick to get moms to feed expired but safe food to kids and adults alike — they've even got an app. It's called FoodKeeper and it is supposed to have a more accurate calculation of food expiration ...
  Share “Feds urge eating expired food, even if 18...”NewsOK.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Food waste is a massive problem. Here's how you can fix it. - MSNBC

  22-04-2015 15:41
  
  MSNBC
  Food waste is a massive problem. Here's how you can fix it.
  MSNBC
  As we face a serious drought, many cities in California and elsewhere are working hard to waste less water. But we as a nation have yet to fully comprehend the equally important impact of wasting food. Nearly one-third of the fruit, vegetables, grains ...
  5 Ways to Reduce Food WasteYahoo Food
  Kitchen talk with Grant Baldwin of 'Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story'Los Angeles Timesall 4 news articles »
  
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• Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri Return In New Food Network Series - Variety

  22-04-2015 15:21
  
  Variety
  Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri Return In New Food Network Series
  Variety
  Food Network is ordering extra helpings of two program genres that have reliably filled its schedule for some time: road trips that explore how a certain kind of cuisine is served up around the nation, and a bevy of competition programs. The Scripps ...and more »
  
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• BRF to form JV with UK foodservice firm Invicta

  22-04-2015 15:02
  
  BRF is to form a venture with UK-based foodservice supplier Invicta Food Group to serve the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.
  
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• HP Hood to close Heluva Good plant

  22-04-2015 14:55
  
  US dairy group HP Hood is to close its Heluva Good cheese packaging plant and country store in the state of New York.
  
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• HP Hood to close Heluva Good plant in Wayne County

  22-04-2015 14:49
  
  HP Hood is reportedly set to close its Heluva Good cheese packaging plant and country store in Wayne County.
  
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• Fazer to cut jobs at Vantaa bakery

  22-04-2015 14:07
  
  Bakery group Fazer has announced it is restructuring operations at its Vantaa bakery in Finland, a move which sees 45 jobs put at risk.
  
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• Skinnypop adds Pacqui to better-for-you portfolio

  22-04-2015 13:45
  
  US better-for-you popcorn brand Skinnypop has announced the acquisition of local tortilla firm Paqui.
  
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• Kraft's Lunchables Uploaded tops IRI NPD poll

  22-04-2015 13:27
  
  Kraft's Lunchables Uploaded product has been named as the best-selling new food and beverage line in the US during 2014, according to an annual poll by IRI.
  
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• As food truck craze fades, Roaming Hunger helps boost vendors' profits - Los Angeles Times

  22-04-2015 13:00
  
  Los Angeles Times
  As food truck craze fades, Roaming Hunger helps boost vendors' profits
  Los Angeles Times
  When gourmet food trucks were at the peak of their popularity, traveling to distant locations and waiting hours in line for a taste was part of the thrill. But with thousands of the mobile kitchens on the road today, the frenzy has faded, forcing many ...and more »
  
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• Food industry quotes of the week: ABF, Hershey, Iglo

  22-04-2015 11:16
  
  This week, Associated British Foods reported its annual results and revealed it struggled with competition in the UK and Australian bakery sectors. US consumer goods rookie acquired Birds Eye owner Iglo Group. Hershey had its first quarter results out which demonstrated troubles in uptake of chocolate in China. And Blue Bell announced it was pulling all its products off US shelves after fresh tests found more listeria-ridden products. Here is the week in quotes.
  
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• Pork Farms' Kerry pastry deal nears green light

  22-04-2015 09:50
  
  The UK competition regulator has "provisionally cleared" Pork Farms' takeover of Kerry Group's chilled savoury pastry business.
  
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• Hershey launches namesake Caramels

  22-04-2015 09:50
  
  Hershey has added chocolate-covered caramels to its namesake range in the US.
  
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• Pilgrim's Pride makes antibiotic-free pledge

  22-04-2015 08:15
  
  US poultry processor Pilgrim's Pride plans to remove all antibiotics from 25% of its chicken production by 2019.
  
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• Murray Goulburn buys foodservice cheese brand

  22-04-2015 08:15
  
  Murray Goulburn has snapped by the foodservice-focused cheese brand Caboolture from fellow Australian dairy group United Dairy Power.
  
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• Mondelez launches "premium" Philadelphia in Spain

  22-04-2015 08:15
  
  Mondelez International has added a "premium" line to its Philadelphia cream cheese range in Spain.
  
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• General Mills introduces "hearty" Yoplait in US

  22-04-2015 08:15
  
  General Mills is to launch a "hearty" Greek yoghurt product under its Yoplait brand in the US.
  
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• At long last, Filipino food arrives. What took it so long? - Washington Post

  22-04-2015 02:38
  
  At long last, Filipino food arrives. What took it so long?
  Washington Post
  Nearly three years ago, before most Americans could pronounce sinigang, let alone find a place to enjoy the sour soup, Andrew Zimmern predicted Filipino cuisine would soon become the darling of diners who collect restaurant experiences like seashells ...and more »
  
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• Dairy Processing Equipment Market in the US 2015-2019

  22-04-2015 02:00
  Dairy processing equipment are used for homogenization, blending, pasteurization, and filling of dairy products. They enable processing of milk, leading to the production of pasteurized milk, cream, c
  
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• “We're really glad: Huge helping of relief for food truck operators as Common ... - fox6now.com

  22-04-2015 00:45
  
  fox6now.com
  “We're really glad: Huge helping of relief for food truck operators as Common ...
  fox6now.com
  MILWAUKEE (WITI) — 11th District Alderman Joe Dudzik tried unsuccessfully to ban food trucks in his district. The Milwaukee Common Council rejected the idea on Tuesday, April 21st — and food truck operators are breathing a sigh of relief. 11th ...
  Food trucks rally, proposed restrictions fallMilwaukee Business Journal
  Milwaukee council votes on food truck restrictionsWISN Milwauke
  
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• New food pantry fast becoming one of busiest - KCCI Des Moines

  22-04-2015 00:13
  
  KCCI Des Moines
  New food pantry fast becoming one of busiest
  KCCI Des Moines
  DES MOINES, Iowa —Polk County teamed up with The Des Moines Area Religious Council to open a new food pantry. Other Stories. Here's why killing 3.8M Iowa chickens... House approves high-speed internet... Business Record: 300 new jobs being.
  
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