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• Cinco De Mayo Food Ideas 2015: 9 Mexican Recipes For Your Fiesta - International Business Times

  01-05-2015 23:58
  
  International Business Times
  Cinco De Mayo Food Ideas 2015: 9 Mexican Recipes For Your Fiesta
  International Business Times
  Cinco de Mayo offers revelers an opportunity to eat their favorite Mexican foods and try new recipes. Flickr / jeffreyw. ¿Estás listo para Cinco de Mayo? There are hundreds of ways to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, but having a ...and more »
  
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• CREAM Offers Desert Tacos For Taco Tuesday Deal

  01-05-2015 22:19
  Customers Receive $1-Off Cream Tacos Every TuesdayExclusive Brief: 0Using a waffle cone, taco-shaped shell, CREAM has made a dessert hybrid. Officially starting May 5, 2015, customers can receive $1-off Cream Tacos every Tuesday.
  CREAM, the dessert franchise known for its delectable ice cream sandwiches, has seen an increased for demand for the massive Cream Tacos.Chains: CREAM
  
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• Food takes center stage at Milan Expo 2015 - USA TODAY

  01-05-2015 22:14
  USA TODAY
  Food takes center stage at Milan Expo 2015
  USA TODAY
  The mascot for Expo 2015 has tomatoes for ears, appears to be of zucchini descent, and not surprisingly, for a character named "Foody," hails from Italy. Food will take center stage at today's opening of Expo Milano 2015, the modern incarnation of the ...
  Expo 2015 opens in Milan; aims to promote food issues, diplomacy but sees ...Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Food, Italy and Milan: Expo 2015 Seeks to Feed the PlanetTravel
  
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• Villa Italian Kitchen Opens New Food Court Locations

  01-05-2015 22:14
  New Units in Ohio, Colorado, and AlabamaExclusive Brief: 0Villa Enterprises, multi-brand restaurant operator and franchisor celebrating 50 years in business, announced Villa Italian Kitchen has opened three new restaurant locations today at Dublin, Ohio’s Tuttle Crossing Mall, 2000 Riverchase Galleria, in Birmingham, Alabama, and 8401 Park Meadows Center Drive, at Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colorado, each conveniently located at the Food Court featuring a variety of freshly ma
  
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• Shake Shack Kicks Off Annual Benefit For No Kid Hungry

  01-05-2015 22:08
  Image Caption: Image Credit: The Great American Shake Sale Charity Initiative Starts May 1Exclusive Brief: 0On Friday, May 1st, Shake Shack will kick off its 4th Annual Great American Shake Sale benefiting No Kid Hungry.
  The Great American Shake Sale is a company-wide cause marketing initiative taking place May 1-31, 2015, at all U.S. Shake Shacks (excluding stadiums and airports). The goal is to raise awareness and funds for No Kid Hungry in its effort to end childhood hunger in
  
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• Pie Hole Eyes "Foodie" Areas in Orange County

  01-05-2015 22:00
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Los Angeles Brand Signs Three-Unit Franchise Deal In Orange CountyExclusive Brief: 0The Pie Hole, the Los Angeles, California-based pie and coffee concept, has closed a three-unit franchise deal for Orange County, California. Named to CondeNast Traveler’s Best Pies in America list, The Pie Hole features sweet and savory, made-from-scratch pies and premium coffees in a fast casual, local gathering space format.
  The Pie Hole has two corporately owned l
  
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• Persona Pizzaeria Signs First Texas Franchise Agreement

  01-05-2015 21:56
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Persona Signs a Five-Unit Deal For HoustonExclusive Brief: 0Persona Wood Fired Pizzeria has signed a five-unit deal for Houston. This marks the brand’s first franchise development agreement in the state of Texas.
  The new Persona locations in Houston will be owned and operated by Spicy Ketchup LLC, a locally based franchise group experienced with the Jimmy John’s brand. The group plans to open its first pizzeria by the fall, with the remaining locat
  
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• Nepal earthquake: Little food, less optimism in Kathmandu tent city - CNN International

  01-05-2015 21:54
  
  U.S. News & World Report
  Nepal earthquake: Little food, less optimism in Kathmandu tent city
  CNN International
  Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) With each passing day, the sprawling tent city in Kathmandu's Tundikhel feels less like a temporary solution and more like a permanent residence. Days after the earthquake struck Nepal, hundreds in the makeshift encampment fear ...
  A week after earthquake, Nepal still needs tents and foodU.S. News & World Report
  Nepal still in need of tents and food a we
  
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• California Tortilla Brings Back Street Tacos

  01-05-2015 21:53
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Three New Offerings Re-Imagine Food Truck FavoritesExclusive Brief: 0Starting Monday, May 4th, California Tortilla is bringing back Street Tacos, re-imagining food truck favorites with sauces from Havana to Enchilada to Korean BBQ.
  California Tortilla’s trio of Street Tacos, each with less than 200 calories, come served on a warm mini corn tortilla topped with melted jack cheese:
  ·      Korean BBQ: made with Mesquite grilled steak topped with K
  
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• Taco John's Now at Love's Travel Stops

  01-05-2015 21:49
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand Signs 10-Unit Deal For Travel Stop LocationsExclusive Brief: 0Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, a national travel stop company, has signed a deal to add 10 Taco John’s quick-service Mexican restaurants to its travel stop locations.Chains: Taco John's
  
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• Sloan's Ice Cream Announces Middle East Expansion

  01-05-2015 21:44
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand Signs a Franchise Development Agreement With LMZ CuisinesExclusive Brief: 0Sloan’s Ice Cream today announced a major development deal that will expand the brand into the Middle East.Chains: Sloan's
  
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• Wisconsin Republicans Don't Want Food Stamp Recipients Buying Beans ... - ThinkProgress

  01-05-2015 21:44
  
  ThinkProgress
  Wisconsin Republicans Don't Want Food Stamp Recipients Buying Beans ...
  ThinkProgress
  Low-income Wisconsin families won't be able to buy shellfish with food stamps, and will have a much harder time getting basics like dried beans, pasta sauce, and cooking spices into their kitchens, under the latest state-level Republican proposal to ...
  
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• After living off food stamps for a week, here's what surprised me most - Business Insider

  01-05-2015 21:38
  
  Business Insider
  After living off food stamps for a week, here's what surprised me most
  Business Insider
  What to say when the hiring manager asks, 'Can you tell me about a time... The 20 richest people in ad tech, ranked by income · The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is shattering all revenue records —... Maker Studios exec: 'TV will be dead in 10 years' ...
  It's a Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Food Fight With These Special DishesABC Newsall 10,681 news articles &raq
  
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• Sonic Adds Slush Flavors With Help of Kevin Durant

  01-05-2015 21:36
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Adding Two Signature Slushes This SummerExclusive Brief: 0Sonic Drive-In is bringing back the popular line up of Slush Headquarters flavors for another summer, adding even more candy-inspired flavors to the mix, with help from brand ambassador and NBA All Star, Kevin Durant. Sonic’s icy treats are available in 28 different options made with real fruit and candy including Nerds, Jolly Ranchers, and popping candy.Chains: Sonic Drive -In
  
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• Core Debuts As Brand New Health Food Concept

  01-05-2015 21:10
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Offering Greens, Grains, and Bone BrothsExclusive Brief: 0Core, the active lifestyle restaurant, debuts May 6 at 7265 Buckley Road in Syracuse, New York.
  Once open, the eatery will serve lunch and dinner to customers seven days a week, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Chains: CORE
  
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• Kentucky Derby to offer self-serve beer machine and new food items - Washington Post (blog)

  01-05-2015 19:59
  
  WKYT
  Kentucky Derby to offer self-serve beer machine and new food items
  Washington Post (blog)
  There's more to the Kentucky Derby than mint juleps, big hats and celebrities. This year, Levy Restaurants, the dining and hospitality partner at Churchill Downs in Louisville, will be offering several new food items and a DraftServ mobile draft beer ...
  Staff preparing plenty of food for Kentucky Derby weekendWKYTall 2,194 news articles »
  
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• Tackling global issues by targeting food waste - Los Angeles Times

  01-05-2015 19:38
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Tackling global issues by targeting food waste
  Los Angeles Times
  What's the point of worrying about organic food, genetically modified organisms, locally sourced items and fair trade if more than a third of it will simply go to waste? Discarded food is a serious issue, and it's garnering attention from a variety of ...
  
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• FYI Philly: Taste of Three Cities food truck festival - 6abc.com

  01-05-2015 19:32
  
  6abc.com
  FYI Philly: Taste of Three Cities food truck festival
  6abc.com
  "Coast to coast there is a love affair with food trucks. People have a crush on them," says Rob Mitchell, Vice President of the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association and owner of the Cow and the Curd food truck. The Taste of Three Cities is a ...
  
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• Want to Stay Slim? Keep Food Out of Sight - WebMD

  01-05-2015 17:56
  Want to Stay Slim? Keep Food Out of Sight
  WebMD
  THURSDAY, April 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- With food, seeing it is eating it, a new study suggests. People who keep food in plain sight around the house are more likely to be obese, researchers report, while low self-esteem is another risk factor.and more »
  
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• Watch What a Hidden Camera Caught One Roommate Doing to Food in the Fridge - TheBlaze.com

  01-05-2015 17:13
  
  TheBlaze.com
  Watch What a Hidden Camera Caught One Roommate Doing to Food in the Fridge
  TheBlaze.com
  So your roommate doesn't do their dishes. So they leave clumps of hair in the bathroom, or watch TV a little too loud for a little too long at night. It's all better than what a group of University of South Carolina students caught their roommate ...
  USC student charged after spitting, spraying window cleaner in roommates' foodThe Stateall 12 news articles »
  
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• Try-Day Friday: Taking on the Food Stamp Challenge - ABC News

  01-05-2015 17:02
  ABC News
  Try-Day Friday: Taking on the Food Stamp Challenge
  ABC News
  Five days in to my food stamp challenge, I was seriously hangry. To be clear, I wasn't hungry -- I'd consumed enough calories and nutrition to fill me. But I had just finished my fifth night in a row of meatloaf, roast potatoes and frozen green beans ...
  Gwyneth Paltrow misinformed on food stampsTampabay.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• T-Town Food Trucks: First mobile meetup in downtown Tacoma Friday - TheNewsTribune.com

  01-05-2015 16:04
  TheNewsTribune.com
  T-Town Food Trucks: First mobile meetup in downtown Tacoma Friday
  TheNewsTribune.com
  Arnold's Happy Days is the burger truck belonging to Donna Gross, the founder of T-Town Food Trucks. Her truck will be among the first serving this weekend at the inaugural gathering for the new food truck group. The gathering is a pilot project ...
  
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• Detroit 3rd on Zagat's list of "next hot food cities" - Detroit Free Press

  01-05-2015 15:45
  
  Detroit Free Press
  Detroit 3rd on Zagat's list of "next hot food cities"
  Detroit Free Press
  Detroit's rapidly evolving dining scene and "ballsy DIY attitude" make it the third-hottest up-and-coming food city in America, the nationally known Zagat dining guide declares. "The food-obsessed from the suburbs and beyond are returning to the ...
  Zagat Names Detroit One Of America's 'Hottest Food Towns'CBS Local
  Detroit nabs No. 3 spot on Zagat's l
  
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• Food Truck Roundup returns to Brookwood Village with eats from 15 ... - AL.com

  01-05-2015 15:27
  
  AL.com
  Food Truck Roundup returns to Brookwood Village with eats from 15 ...
  AL.com
  Fifteen food trucks will participate in the 2015 Protective Life Food Truck Roundup, which takes place Saturday, May 2, in the upper parking lot at Brookwood Village in Homewood, Ala. Print Email · Bob Carlton | [email protected] By Bob Carlton ...
  
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• Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets - The Atlantic

  01-05-2015 15:01
  
  Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets
  The Atlantic
  Foods are either natural or unnatural. They are good or bad. Bad foods harm you, and good foods cleanse you. Bad foods are sinfully delicious, or guilty pleasures. Good foods are whole, real, clean, and natural. Bad foods are fake, unnatural, and ...
  
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• Kelly Turkeys to open US production site

  01-05-2015 14:51
  
  Premium UK poultry producer Kelly Turkeys plans to open a production site in Albemarle County, Vaginia, through its local unit Kellys Turkey USA.
  
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• Smucker launches Crisco Organic Coconut Oil

  01-05-2015 14:43
  
  Smucker has launched an organic coconut oil under its Crisco banner.
  
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• Icicle Seafood announces exec appointments

  01-05-2015 14:43
  
  US seafood firm, Icicle Seafoods has announced three senior appointments.
  
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• First Milk to cut jobs, milk prices in turnaround drive

  01-05-2015 14:43
  
  UK dairy cooperative First Milk has announced plans to cut around 70 jobs and reduce its milk price as the group works to improve its financial position.
  
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• In the spotlight: Why ABF's George Weston is making bread better-for-you

  01-05-2015 14:34
  
  Associated British Foods this week announced the launch of a high-protein bread from its Australian business George Weston Foods. The company looks to be weighing up options to increase sales in the highly pressured Australian bakery sector. Is its move into the better-for-you category Down Under one that will pay off? Hannah Abdulla explores.
  
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• Fast food worth a stop: America's best regional chains - USA TODAY

  01-05-2015 13:52
  
  USA TODAY
  Fast food worth a stop: America's best regional chains
  USA TODAY
  With first-rate barbecue joints opening from Brooklyn to Southern California , you no longer have to go to Texas to get great smoked brisket. Once the monopoly of coastal New England seafood shacks, you can now find specialist Maine lobster roll shops ...
  
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• Comment: Industry should act now to cut antibiotics in meat

  01-05-2015 13:03
  
  All signs are pointing to a growing public awareness of - and concern about - the use of human antibiotics in animals that will subsequently enter the food chain.
  
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• Why your next food porn will come from Ethiopia - CNN

  01-05-2015 12:52
  
  CNN
  Why your next food porn will come from Ethiopia
  CNN
  Every week, Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. (CNN) Ethiopian food may still be a niche cuisine across the globe, but that might not be the ...and more »
  
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• Food industry news of the week: Mondelez, GMO labelling, Fonterra

  01-05-2015 12:38
  
  Mondelez International reported on its first-quarter results this week (1 May) and the group was eager to emphasise its performance in China, which was stronger than many multinational peers. Nestle is a company that is facing its own challenges in China and we analysed how the appointment of CFO Wan Ling Martello to head up the regional unit can boost the group's outlook in the market. Elsewhere, we spoke to Gardein founder and CEO Yves Potvin as well as learning about Muller Wiseman's plans to
  
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• German confectioners oppose sugar tax idea

  01-05-2015 09:50
  
  Germany's confectionery industry has sided with the federal government in a clash between the ruling parties in the country's grand coalition, over whether to impose stiffer taxes on sugar to boost public health.
  
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• Yemenis in Desperate Need of Food and Fuel After Weeks of Airstrikes - New York Times

  01-05-2015 09:31
  New York Times
  Yemenis in Desperate Need of Food and Fuel After Weeks of Airstrikes
  New York Times
  CAIRO — In one of Yemen's largest cities, residents have been reduced to a diet of rice. In another, they sleep overnight in lines waiting for gasoline. Hospitals may soon be forced to close, bombs and shells are raining down ever more thickly and ...
  Yemenis in desperate need of food and fuel after air strikesSFGate
  Yemen struggles to import food as coalition navies hold up more shipsReuter
  
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• Nestle launches Gerber Lil' Bits

  01-05-2015 09:27
  
  Nestle's Gerber brand is launching new Lil' Bits recipes that contain "perfectly-sized" soft pieces to help babies learn to chew.
  
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• Russia "likely to extend food embargo"

  01-05-2015 09:14
  
  Russia looks likely to extend its embargo on food from countries including the EU and US beyond the 7 August deadline.
  
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• Bimbo launches wholegrain options under Nature's Harvest brand

  01-05-2015 09:14
  
  Mexico's Grupo Bimbo's US arm Bimbo Bakeries has announced the launch of whole grain breads under its Nature's Harvest brand.
  
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• German confectioners oppose sugar tax plans

  01-05-2015 08:54
  
  Germany's confectionery industry has sided with the federal government in a clash between the ruling parties in the country's grand coalition, over whether to impose stiffer taxes on sugar to boost public health.
  
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