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• Bubbakoo's Burritos Looks to Expand

  08-05-2015 23:14
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New Jersey–based Bubbakoo's Burritos looks to expand in 2016.Exclusive Brief: 0Born on the banks of the Jersey Shore in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, Bubbakoo’s Burritos announced its strategic franchising plan. The initiative stands to satisfy widespread clamoring from crazed Bubbakoo’s fans calling upon the brand to expand.Chains: Bubbakoo's Burritos
  
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• PizzaRev CEO Joins California Restaurant Association

  08-05-2015 20:55
  Image Caption: Image Credit: PizzaRev CEO Rodney Eckerman joins California Restaurant Association.Exclusive Brief: 0PizzaRev CEO and cofounder, Rodney Eckerman, has joined the board of directors of the California Restaurant Association (CRA), the definitive voice of the state’s restaurant and hospitality industry and the oldest restaurant association in the country.
  “We are thrilled to have Mr. Eckerman join the state board for the California Restaurant Association,” says Jo
  
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• 800 Degrees Expands to Middle East

  08-05-2015 20:35
  Image Caption: Image Credit: 800 Degrees signs multiunit deal for Middle East expansion.Exclusive Brief: 0Chef Anthony Carron and partners’ 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria has partnered with the Gulf Cooperation Council's EATERS LLC, a joint venture between Milestone Resources Group and Manish Jeswani, for a multiunit agreement to open pizzerias across the GCC region.
  This strategic tie-up will foresee the opening of a minimum of 12 800 Degrees outlets within the GCC in the next
  
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• Church's Gives Away Free Honey-Butter Biscuits

  08-05-2015 20:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: As part of National Biscuit Day, Church's gives away free biscuits.Exclusive Brief: 0Buttery with the right amount of sweetness and served piping hot from the oven, Church’s Chicken will offer guests free scratch-made honey-butter biscuits Thursday, May 14, 2015. In honor of National Biscuit Day, the quick-service chicken restaurant is showing they “Have the Love” by announcing that guests will receive a free honey-butter biscuit with any purchas
  
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• Steak Escape Debuts New Prototype Fast Casual

  08-05-2015 20:22
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New prototype Steak Escape Sandwich Grill opens in Ohio.Exclusive Brief: 0Escape Enterprises of Columbus, OH introduces the Steak Escape Sandwich Grill in Hilliard, Ohio as the company's latest evolution of the fast-casual dining business. The new prototype is located at 2540 Hilliard Rome Road, where every aspect of the dining experience was re-imagined.Chains: Steak Escape
  
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• Dunkin' Makes Strides in Social Responsibility

  08-05-2015 20:14
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Dunkin' Brands publishes third Corporate Social Responsibility report.Exclusive Brief: 0Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, published Broadening Our Horizons, the company’s third Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. The report outlines Dunkin’ Brands’ ongoing commitment to sustainability efforts to meet the needs of its franchisees, employees, and guests, while serving local communities
  
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• The Case for Digital Ordering in Quick Service

  08-05-2015 18:39
  Forty years since the first McDonald’s drive thru was created near a military base in Arizona in 1975, drive-thru and fast-food restaurants have come to dominate the American restaurant industry. With 75 percent of restaurant industry transactions consumed off-premise, drive thru is a perfect fit for our on-the-go lifestyles. As a consumer, the convenience of remaining in your car while you order, pay, and pick up your meal is unbeatable, whether it’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a snack in-
  
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• Food industry news of the week: Wessanen; Kellogg; Lactalis

  08-05-2015 16:30
  
  Kellogg reported its first quarter results and despite sales and profits being down, CEO John Bryant said the firm was on the right track. We took a look at the Chinese milk market which revealed the importance of international dairies in its future. Lactalis swooped to acquire a majority holding in Yildiz Holding's AK Gida. And we explored what UK supermarket Sainsbury's latest loss and plan to cut prices would mean for suppliers. Here are the highlights from just-food this week.
  
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• Building value in liquid milk: a four-point plan

  08-05-2015 15:30
  
  Liquid milk is not a category that benefits from significant added value. While milk is on the shopping list, generally speaking, it is not an area where consumers are engaged and brands are valued. Here is just-food's four-point plan for adding value to the milk category.
  
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• Ajinomoto posts FY profit jump

  08-05-2015 15:00
  
  Japanese food manufacturer Ajinomoto has reported an increase in profits for the year.
  
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• Frozen Fries Take on Farm-To-Table Trend

  08-05-2015 14:58
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Lamb Weston takes farm-to-table trend to the frozen food world.Exclusive Brief: 1A new initiative from potato provider Lamb Weston is taking the farm-to-table trend to the frozen food world.
  The Trace My Fries program, which launched April 6, aims to connect customers to the narrative behind their food, all the way back to the communities and farmers that cultivated it. The program comes on the heels of a Sullivan Higdon & Sink FoodThink study that
  
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• Whitewave Q1 profits beat analyst expectations

  08-05-2015 14:54
  
  Whitewave Foods has increased its outlook for the full year on the back of stronger sales in the its American and European Foods & Beverages businesses.
  
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• Food industry results in brief: TreeHouse, Petra, Bonduelle

  08-05-2015 14:48
  
  TreeHouse Foods first quarter sales surged - but the US food group cut its full-year outlook. Inventure Foods revealed the devastating impact of the listeria recall. Meanwhile, Petra Foods commented on the slowdown in the Indonesian economy and weaker consumer sentiment. Here is just-food's weekly results roundup.
  
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• Marfrig posts Q1 loss on higher costs, forex

  08-05-2015 14:41
  
  Brazilian beef giant Marfrig has posted a higher loss for the first quarter of the year on the back of negative foreign exchange and higher costs.
  
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• Building value in liquid milk: a four point plan

  08-05-2015 14:34
  
  Liquid milk is not a category that benefits from significant added value. While milk is on the shopping list, generally speaking, it is not an area where consumers are engaged and brands are valued. Here is just-food's four point plan for adding value to the milk category.
  
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• Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn't Mean They'll Buy It - New York Times

  08-05-2015 14:00
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  Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn't Mean They'll Buy It
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  In 2010, the Morrisania section of the Bronx was what is commonly called a food desert: The low-income neighborhood in New York's least-healthy county had no nearby grocery store, and few places where its residents could easily buy fresh food. That's ...and more »
  
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• In the spotlight: Can national milk brand revitalise Dean Foods?

  08-05-2015 13:44
  
  Dean Foods this week announced it was bringing its 31 fluid milk brands under one label - DairyPure - and appears to be pushing the latest "hormone-free" trend in its marketing. But, after two quarters of falling profits, and fluid milk still unfavourable with US consumers, is the move enough to put it back on the road to recovery? Hannah Abdulla reports.
  
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• In the Spotlight: Can Dean Foods be saved by its national milk brand?

  08-05-2015 13:44
  
  Dean Foods this week announced it was bringing its 31 fluid milk brands under one label: DairyPure, and appears to pushing the latest "hormone-free" trend in its marketing message. But after two quarters of falling profits, and fluid milk still unfavourable with US consumers, is the move enough to bring it back on the road to recovery? Hannah Abdulla explores.
  
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• Mondelez takes steps to accelerate e-commerce growth

  08-05-2015 09:27
  
  Mondelez International has signed a partnership deal with technology firm ChannelSight in a bid to maximise e-commerce sales opportunities.
  
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• Industry launches fresh appeal over Vermont's GMO labels

  08-05-2015 09:21
  
  Organisations representing the food sector have launched a fresh appeal against Vermont state legislation requiring the labelling of genetically modified organisms.
  
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• Hershey launches Lancaster Soft Caramels

  08-05-2015 09:21
  
  US confectioner Hershey has rolled out a caramels product under its Lancaster Caramel Co. brand.
  
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• Aunt Bessie's makes cake aisle debut

  08-05-2015 09:21
  
  UK frozen food firm Aunt Bessie's is making its debut into the cake aisle.
  
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• Post raises outlook, warns on bird flu

  08-05-2015 09:15
  
  Post Holdings raised its full-year outlook to reflect a "better than expected" year-to-date performance but also warned on the uncertain impact of avian influenza.
  
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• Standout Store: Mondo Taco

  08-05-2015 07:39
  Amid thousands of Los Angeles–area taco shops sits Mondo Taco, a three-year-old eatery dishing up 34 eclectic tacos and a mission to redefine the taco experience.
  Starting with homemade tortillas, the 1,250-square-foot outlet in Santa Monica features a menu cleverly divided into three categories: Crawls (chicken, pork, and meat), Swims (seafood), and Grows (vegetables). The tacos have similarly creative names, like the Yo Adrian and the Hawaii 5-OH!
  
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