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• Long John Silver's Outsources Supply Chain

  14-05-2015 23:18
  Long John Silver's outsources supply chain to SpenDifference.Exclusive Brief: 0Long John Silver’s, America’s largest quick-service seafood restaurant, is the latest chain to outsource its complete supply chain operation to SpenDifference. The 1,100-unit brand’s franchise and corporate leadership hired SpenDifference to manage all aspects of its supply chain for its restaurants in the U.S. and Asia, including purchasing all food and nonfood items, as well as distribution.Chains: L
  
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• Cousins Subs Awards $14,000 in College Scholarships

  14-05-2015 23:10
  Cousins Subs awards four high school seniors $14,000 in scholarships.Exclusive Brief: 0Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs and its Make It Better Foundation awarded four Wisconsin high school seniors with $14,000 in scholarships as part of its third annual Wisconsin Sports Awards Scholarship Contest.Chains: Cousins Subs
  
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• Uncle Maddio's Pairs Pie with Pints

  14-05-2015 23:01
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Uncle Maddio's teams up with Atlanta breweries to host Pie & Pint.Exclusive Brief: 0Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint is teaming up with local Atlanta breweries to host Pie & Pint nights starting May 14, 2015. The events will feature limited-edition beer selections from local breweries paired with Uncle Maddio’s famous pizzas. Brewery representatives will be on-hand to provide guests with information about the beers and offer recommendations. Atlanta
  
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• Taiwan's Ve Wong, Vietnam's Kinh Do in noodle JV

  14-05-2015 22:31
  
  Taiwan-based Ve Wong Corp. and Kinh Do, the Vietnamese food group, are to build an instant noodle plant in Vietnam.
  
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• Donations Pouring in for Elderly Man Who Called 911 for Food - ABC News

  14-05-2015 21:55
  ABC News
  Donations Pouring in for Elderly Man Who Called 911 for Food
  ABC News
  Two days after an elderly man dialed 911 for food because he was hungry and couldn't move, his kitchen cabinets are overflowing with donations. A 911 operator came to Clarence Blackmon's rescue this week after he called for help. The 81-year-old, ...
  Donations, food pour in for starving veteran in FayettevilleWTVD-TV
  Elderly man calls 911 for food, dispatcher answers pleaUSA TODAY
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• Go Roma Opens Location in Glenview, Illinois

  14-05-2015 21:31
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Go Roma opens new location in high-profile corporate area in Glenview.Exclusive Brief: 0Go Roma, a Chicago area favorite, announced the upcoming opening of its newest fast-casual Italian eatery. Set to open in Glenview at the new Glen Gate retail center on Tuesday, May 19, the restaurant will be conveniently situated adjacent to Mariano’s and a collection of high-profile corporate campuses and residential developments.Chains: Go Roma
  
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• Latin American McDonald's 'Arcos Dorados' Recognized

  14-05-2015 21:22
  Image Caption: Image Credit: McDonald's franchisee Arcos Dorados named among best places to work.Exclusive Brief: 0Arcos Dorados, which operates more than 2,100 McDonald’s restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced that it has been selected as the fifth best place to work in Latin America.
  The 2015 ranking by the Great Place to Work Institute placed Arcos Dorados in the top five multinationals operating in the region for a second consecutive year. The institute se
  
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• Editor's viewpoint: It's tough but industry needs to act on water

  14-05-2015 21:18
  
  California is, in its own words, "facing one of the most severe droughts on record" and food and beverage companies are under scrutiny. The situation has served to bring a serious issue facing the industry to wider attention - and that may spark more companies into action in an area where environmental advocates say its record is mixed.
  
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• Firehouse Subs Gives $190,000 to First Responders

  14-05-2015 21:16
  Firehouse Subs awards $190,000 of equipment to Chicago public safety.Exclusive Brief: 0Local Firehouse Subs franchisees have big plans for Chicago with a development plan for more than 75 new Firehouse Subs restaurants in the Chicago area. But long before the first restaurant opens in downtown Chicago this summer, its nonprofit organization, Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, is ensuring Chicago first responders are better equipped to protect and save lives throughout their communitie
  
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• 40% of US food goes to waste: One man's solution - CNN

  14-05-2015 20:58
  
  CNN
  40% of US food goes to waste: One man's solution
  CNN
  New York (CNN) Like many children, Robert Lee was taught never to waste food. But growing up the son of Korean immigrants who struggled to get by, he really took the idea to heart. In college, Lee joined a student group that delivered leftover dining ...and more »
  
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• Wisconsin wants to discourage the poor from spending food stamps on junk food - Washington Post (blog)

  14-05-2015 20:41
  
  Green Bay Press Gazette
  Wisconsin wants to discourage the poor from spending food stamps on junk food
  Washington Post (blog)
  The list of things lawmakers are seeking to prevent poor people from doing with government assistance seems to grow by the day. Not to be left out of the recent wave of legislative attempts, Wisconsin lawmakers revived efforts to require food-stamp ...
  Food stamp recipients targeted by Assembly billsGreen Bay Press Gazette
  Wis. lawmakers to limit foods purchased with food
  
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• Carlos Altamirano's Parada set to bring Peruvian food to Walnut Creek - SFGate (blog)

  14-05-2015 20:23
  
  SFGate (blog)
  Carlos Altamirano's Parada set to bring Peruvian food to Walnut Creek
  SFGate (blog)
  Carlos Altamirano has been as influential as anyone in increasing the stature of Peruvian food in the Bay Area. He owns three restaurants, two in San Francisco and one on the Peninsula, as well as a stable of food trucks. Come late June, the East Bay ...
  
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• Seaboard, Triumph join forces on new Iowa plant

  14-05-2015 20:17
  
  US pork groups Seaboard Foods and Triumph Foods have again joined forces on manufacturing, with plans for a new plant in Iowa.
  
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• Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts - NPR

  14-05-2015 20:07
  
  NPR
  Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts
  NPR
  When Jeff Brown opened his first grocery store in a low-income neighborhood in Philadelphia back in 2004, it seemed like a long shot. Most people thought he was crazy to even attempt to make money in a food desert like Southwest Philly, he says.and more »
  
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• Mondelez weighs up biscuit capex

  14-05-2015 18:06
  
  Mondelez International is looking to invest in its biscuit production in North America - and is weighing up whether to invest in a plant in the US or in Mexico.
  
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• IFA Launches Inaugural Franchising Gives Back Awards

  14-05-2015 16:13
  Image Caption: Image Credit: IFA and Roark Capital Group salute innovative leaders with new awards.Exclusive Brief: 0Following the launch of Franchising Gives Back at the International Franchise Association (IFA) Annual Convention in Las Vegas in February, the IFA Educational Foundation announced that it is accepting nominations for the inaugural Franchising Gives Back Annual Awards. Established in partnership with Roark Capital Group, the awards program will salute the best, most
  
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• Jersey Mike's Teams Up with Wreaths Across America

  14-05-2015 16:06
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Jersey Mike's accepts donations on behalf of Wreaths Across America.Exclusive Brief: 0Jersey Mike’s Subs, known for its fresh-sliced and fresh-grilled subs, is teaming up once again with Wreaths Across America, accepting donations on behalf of the nonprofit veterans’ organization and honoring those in uniform during the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., on May 25.Chains: Jersey Mike's
  
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• Nestlé Uses National Chocolate Chip Day to Raise Funds

  14-05-2015 15:45
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Nestlé's Cookies for Kids' Cancer donates $1 for every cookie cake.Exclusive Brief: 0Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip is marking National Chocolate Chip Day (May 15) by serving up its famous chocolate chip cookies and cookie cakes, and by giving back to its bravest customers in collaboration with the Cookies for Kids’ Cancer organization.Chains: Nestle Toll House Cafe
  
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• Pieology Makes Technomic's Top 500 Restaurant Report

  14-05-2015 15:39
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pieology makes Technomic's annual top 500 chain restaurant report.Exclusive Brief: 0Pieology Pizzeria, where pizza lovers go to create custom pizzas in endless flavor combinations, has earned the number one spot in terms of sales and unit change in Technomic’s annual top 500 chain restaurant report. Technomic, the leading fact-based consulting and research firm serving the food industry, reported Pieology as the fastest growing limited service restau
  
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• Starbucks Rolls Out Summer LTO Bakery Items

  14-05-2015 15:31
  Starbucks introduces LTO summer bakery items to pair with drinks.Exclusive Brief: 0Starbucks has introduced new summer bakery items that pair well with coffee and tea.
  ·      S’mores Tart features toasted marshmallow on top of graham cracker tart crust, filled with milk chocolate.
  ·      Frappuccino Sugar Cookie is shaped like a Frappuccino blended beverage and has chocolate and vanilla icing.
  ·      Red Berry Cheese Danish brings sweet cheese and strawberry-raspberry fi
  
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• Danone launches Actimel Pro-Vital in Spain

  14-05-2015 15:28
  
  Danone has launched Actimel Pro-Vital in Spain, a product the company claimed helps promote physical and mental vitality and combat fatigue.
  
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• For the First Time, Restaurants Beat out Grocery Stores

  14-05-2015 15:19
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Restaurants exceed grocery store sales for first time ever, says NRA.Exclusive Brief: 0Monthly sales at restaurants exceeded grocery stores sales for the first time on record, according to the National Restaurant Association (NRA).
  In his latest Economist’s Notebook commentary, the NRA’s chief economist Bruce Grindy broke down industry sales trends.
  For the first time on record in December, monthly sales at restaurants exceeded grocery stores sales
  
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• USDA targets mechanically tenderised beef

  14-05-2015 14:56
  
  The US Department of Agriculture has introduced new labelling requirements for mechanically tenderised beef in a bid to tackle foodborne illnesses that can be introduced during tenderisation.
  
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• United Biscuits rolls out Jacob's Cracker Crisps

  14-05-2015 14:56
  United Biscuits has announced the launch of Jacob's Cracker Crisps in the UK, bolstering its range of savoury bagged snacks in the country.
  
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• Consuming issues: Why Mars' sugar call should be welcomed

  14-05-2015 14:56
  
  Campaigners would contend companies do not often make progressive moves on issues of public concern until pressure has been exerted on them to do so. In the food sector, there is a fair deal of historical evidence to support this, so moves like the one Mars Inc has made on the labelling of added sugar in the US are somewhat rare.
  
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• Consuming issues: Why Mars' move should be welcomed

  14-05-2015 14:37
  
  Campaigners would contend companies do not often make progressive moves on issues of public concern until pressure has been exerted on them to do so. In the food sector, there is a fair deal of historical evidence to support this, so moves like the one Mars Inc has made on the labelling of added sugar in the US are somewhat rare.
  
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• just-food's pick: Consumer trends driving innovation on show at SIAL China

  14-05-2015 13:31
  
  China's massive population base - of roughly 1.4bn consumers - rising urbanisation and an expanding middle class make it one of the most prized markets for international food manufacturers. But the competition to get noticed in this massive market is intense. Nowhere was this more evident than at this year's SIAL China trade show.
  
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• Mexico Cracks Down on Junk Food in Schools - Wall Street Journal

  14-05-2015 11:30
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Mexico Cracks Down on Junk Food in Schools
  Wall Street Journal
  Mexico has taken a page from the playbook of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama by restricting high-calorie foods in schools, as the country struggles to reverse a stubborn obesity trend. Guidelines that took effect for the current school year heavily ...
  
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• Pasta Chips maker gets PE investment

  14-05-2015 09:30
  
  US business Vintage Italia, the company behind pasta snacks brand Pasta Chips, has received financing from Silas Capital, a private-equity firm that invests in firms in the early stages of their development.
  
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• Nissin sees earnings pressure as sales edge up

  14-05-2015 09:30
  
  ?Nissin Foods booked higher full-year sales this morning (14 May) but reported that profit came under pressure in the 12 months to end-March.
  
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• Fonterra expands mozzarella production

  14-05-2015 09:30
  
  Fonterra is eyeing global exports for mozzarella cheese, after completing work on a new plant at its Clandeboye site in New Zealand.
  
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• JBS sales and earnings surge

  14-05-2015 09:20
  
  Brazilian protein group JBS reported a jump in both sales and earnings for the first quarter of the year, progress the group attributed to its strategic initiatives and drive to become a "global" business.
  
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• David Gelb returns to food with 'Chef's Table' on Netflix - Salt Lake Tribune

  14-05-2015 09:04
  
  Salt Lake Tribune
  David Gelb returns to food with 'Chef's Table' on Netflix
  Salt Lake Tribune
  This image released by Netflix shows chef Massimo Bottura in a scene from the series, "Chef's Table." The series pushes into the childhoods, early failures and emotional connections between the renowned featured chefs and the pioneering food that ...
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• Bakkavor confirms UK fruit plant closure

  14-05-2015 09:02
  
  Bakkavor said yesterday it booked GBP1.1m of exceptional charges during the first quarter of the year, after confirming it had decided to close its Yorkshire Fresh Fruit site in Selby, North Yorkshire.
  
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• 9 of 9 food trucks at event found to have health code violations; 1 truck ... - fox13now.com

  14-05-2015 05:38
  
  fox13now.com
  9 of 9 food trucks at event found to have health code violations; 1 truck ...
  fox13now.com
  SALT LAKE CITY — As hundreds crowded into Sugarmont Plaza for dinner Monday, a small team from the Salt Lake County Health Department joined them. However, their visit was for work not food. “It's a great opportunity,” said Tom Trevino, a supervisor ...
  
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• Stand with Jamie Oliver for food education on Food Revolution Day on May 15th - Treehugger

  14-05-2015 05:21
  
  Treehugger
  Stand with Jamie Oliver for food education on Food Revolution Day on May 15th
  Treehugger
  Every child should know how to grow and cook food, according to Oliver, and he's calling on you to help put practical food education on the standard school curriculum. Our current eating habits and lifestyle choices are rapidly leading to what some are ...
  Musicians join Jamie Oliver's food revolutionMother Nature Network (blog)
  Food Revolution back in New CanaanNewcanaannewsonlineall 21
  
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• Apopka may see ban of new fast-food restaurants - WKMG Orlando

  14-05-2015 05:05
  
  Apopka may see ban of new fast-food restaurants
  WKMG Orlando
  One of the first things you notice about Apopka is the abundance of fast-food restaurants. To some, it's an eyesore. Locals call it the "Fast-Food Capitol of Central Florida" -- a nickname not everybody enjoys. "It's a common complaint that Apopka ...
  Fast food ban just what Apopka needsOrlando Sentinel
  Apopka mayor proposes fast food establishment haltWFTV Orlandoall 3 news articles »
  
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• This is a real photo of different types of food cut into identical cubes - Gizmodo

  14-05-2015 04:29
  
  Gizmodo
  This is a real photo of different types of food cut into identical cubes
  Gizmodo
  My eyes mislead me. Even though this photo looks so perfect that it must be CGI'd or digitally manipulated, it's not, it's completely real. Artists Lernert and Sander took raw food—you can see meat and seafood and fruits and vegetables—and cut them ...
  This is a Real Photo of Food Cut Into Perfect CubesPetaPixel (blog)
  Just look at these 98 perfect little cubes of raw food perfectly organize
  
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• Review: Spenard Food Truck Carnival dishes up great street food and a festival ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-05-2015 04:27
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Review: Spenard Food Truck Carnival dishes up great street food and a festival ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the trees are blooming and Alaskans are working. Apparently, good weather has yet to be declared a state holiday. Once summer arrives, even the most avid weekend warriors and evening mountaineers are apt to ...
  
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• Wisconsin advances junk food limits, drug testing for those on public aid - Chicago Tribune

  14-05-2015 03:45
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Wisconsin advances junk food limits, drug testing for those on public aid
  Chicago Tribune
  Public aid recipients in Wisconsin would be limited in how much junk food they could buy and forced to undergo screenings for illegal drug use under bills passed Wednesday by the state Assembly. The Republican-sponsored measures face an uncertain ...
  Assembly passes food stamp restrictions, drug testingMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
  Assembly passes restrictions on food stamp purchases, dru
  
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• 'Nature of the beast': Good Food Here pod moving - KOIN.com

  14-05-2015 02:04
  
  KOIN.com
  'Nature of the beast': Good Food Here pod moving
  KOIN.com
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Good Food Here food cart pod won't be there much longer. The popular food cart pod at SE Belmont and 43rd will be moving to make way for a senior community complex with 27 condominiums. The groundbreaking is ...
  Popular Belmont food cart pod may be forced to movekgw.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Family Mourns "Ms. Minnie", Inspiration Behind Minnie's Food Pantry - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  14-05-2015 01:41
  
  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  Family Mourns "Ms. Minnie", Inspiration Behind Minnie's Food Pantry
  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  Family and friends celebrated the life of Minnie Hawthorne-Ewing on Wednesday. A pastor for decades, Hawthorne-Ewing is the inspiration and namesake behind Minnie's Food Pantry in Plano. (Published Wednesday, May 13, 2015). Updated at 7:03 PM ...and more »
  
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• Lawmakers Push Two Food Safety Bills After FRONTLINE Investigation - FRONTLINE

  14-05-2015 01:04
  
  Auburn Citizen (blog)
  Lawmakers Push Two Food Safety Bills After FRONTLINE Investigation
  FRONTLINE
  Lawmakers in the Senate and House introduced two separate food safety bills on Wednesday in the wake of FRONTLINE's investigation into the food safety system, The Trouble with Chicken. The “Meat and Poultry Recall Notification Act,” from Sen. Kirsten ...
  Sen. Gillibrand introduces bill after 'devastating' Frontline investigation of ...Auburn Citizen (blog)
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• There's More To Farm-Fresh Prairie Food Than Steak And Soybeans - NPR

  14-05-2015 00:33
  
  NPR
  There's More To Farm-Fresh Prairie Food Than Steak And Soybeans
  NPR
  Think local Nebraska food, and Omaha's famous steaks may come to mind. The Great Plains are indeed an agricultural powerhouse when it comes to commodities like feed corn, soybeans, beef and pork.and more »
  
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• Shoppers divided on possible Martin's / Food Lion merger - WWBT NBC12 News

  14-05-2015 00:06
  
  Shoppers divided on possible Martin's / Food Lion merger
  WWBT NBC12 News
  The parent companies of both Martin's and Food Lion confirm they've entered into preliminary discussions about merging. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. While it's still early in the process, it has customers at both stores talking. News that Food Lion and ...
  
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• Winlock-Vader Food Bank readies for restaurant opening - Longview Daily News

  14-05-2015 00:01
  Longview Daily News
  Winlock-Vader Food Bank readies for restaurant opening
  Longview Daily News
  Winlock-Vader Food Bank Director Chuck Sonner preps the second-hand store area for painting Tuesday to ready the store and restaurant for their June 2 opening. 2015-05-13T14:30:00Z Winlock-Vader Food Bank readies for restaurant openingLyxan ...
  
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