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• Blast 825° Pizza Gives Away Free Pizza

  14-08-2015 23:32
  Blast 825° Pizza gives away free pizza on 8/25Exclusive Brief: 0To celebrate the brand’s success over the past two years, Blast 825° Pizza, a quick-fired pizza restaurant, will be giving away free pizzas and salads at all four of its locations on August 25. Guests who follow or like one of the company’s social media platforms will be rewarded with one free pizza or salad, with no purchase necessary; valid for one pizza or salad per person. Blast 825° has four restaur
  
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• Zaxby's Opens 700th Restaurant

  14-08-2015 23:12
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Zaxby's opens 700th location in Charlotte, North Carolina.Exclusive Brief: 0Fast-casual chicken restaurant concept, Zaxby's Franchising Inc., announced it will open its 700th restaurant on August 17, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The new restaurant will operate under ZAX Inc.—the largest franchisee in the Zaxby’s organization—and will join five existing Zaxby’s locations that serve the greater Charlotte area.Chains: Zaxby's
  
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• Jersey Mike's Gives $100,000 to No Kid Hungry

  14-08-2015 23:05
  Jersey Mike's gives $100,000 to No Kid Hungry (1 million meals).Exclusive Brief: 0Yesterday, Jersey Mike’s Subs Founder and CEO Peter Cancro fresh sliced a $100,000 sub for No Kid Hungry, an organization committed to ending childhood hunger.
  Cancro was fulfilling a pledge he made in March while speaking at an industry conference. There, Cancro unexpectedly announced on stage in front of thousands of attendees that he would donate $100,000 to the charity if Tom Nelson, president of No
  
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• Nestle first-half results - 8 things to learn

  14-08-2015 15:51
  
  Nestle saw organic sales increase 4.5% in the first half of 2015 and confirmed it is on track to meet full-year guidance of growth of "around 5%". The company pushed through efficiency initiatives it is feeding back into marketing investment and said it is starting to see a turnaround in its problem areas - US frozen and China. However, the company remained cautious on the outlook for China while the impact of the Maggi recall in India weighed. Here are just-food's key takeaways from Nestle's fi
  
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• BRICs and beyond: How the Vietnam-EU trade deal will benefit food makers

  14-08-2015 09:20
  
  A free trade agreement initialled between the European Union and Vietnam last week, is set to stimulate trade for both the European and Vietnamese processed, packaged and branded food industries. Mandy Kovacs and Lee Andendorff investigate who stands to gain and why.
  
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• One of Europe's Biggest, Most Wasteful Food Problems Is Almost Completely ... - TakePart

  14-08-2015 02:50 via takepart.com
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  One of Europe's Biggest, Most Wasteful Food Problems Is Almost Completely ...
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  The EU throws away a lot of food, but nearly all of it is still edible. (Photo: greenerleith/Creative Commons). Aug 13, 2015. Willy Blackmore is TakePart's Food editor. Bio. The United Kingdom is the worst of the worst when it comes to food waste in ...
  Europe wastes tonnes of food, and UK is the worst offender, study findsReuters UK
  British people throw away more edible food than citizens
  
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• Lawmakers to hold hearing on DHS food program failures - The Tennessean

  14-08-2015 02:41 via tennessean.com
  
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  Lawmakers to hold hearing on DHS food program failures
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  As lawmakers prepare for a Friday hearing to address problems in a Department of Human Services food program for impoverished children, at least one agency that fed children is bowing out of the program, citing disorganized management by state officials.
  
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• Developer of West Lou. Food Port removes controversial part of project - WHAS 11.com (subscription)

  14-08-2015 01:35 via whas11.com
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  Developer of West Lou. Food Port removes controversial part of project
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  LOUISVILLE, KY. (WHAS 11) – Seed Capital Kentucky, the nonprofit developer of the West Louisville FoodPort in the Russell neighborhood, has submitted. Loading… Post to Facebook. Developer of West Lou. Food Port removes controversial part of project ...and more »
  
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• Spanish Town Installs Communal Fridge To Fight Food Waste - Huffington Post

  14-08-2015 01:17 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  Spanish Town Installs Communal Fridge To Fight Food Waste
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  In the Basque Country town of Galdakao, Spain, residents have rallied around a public “solidarity fridge” installed earlier this year in an effort to reduce food waste. According to NPR, the fridge was the idea of Alvaro Saiz, who previously operated a ...
  To Cut Food Waste, Spain's Solidarity Fridge Supplies Endless LeftoversNPRall 23 news articles »
  
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• Severe 'food shocks' more likely due to extreme weather, experts warn - Yahoo News

  14-08-2015 01:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
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  Severe 'food shocks' more likely due to extreme weather, experts warn
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  Soy beans are seen in a field waiting to be harvested in Minooka, Illinois, September 24, 2014. REUTERS/Jim … By Kate Kelland. LONDON (Reuters) - Extreme weather such as intense storms, droughts and heatwaves will cause more frequent and severe ...
  World food supply at growing risk from severe weatherScience /AAAS
  Food production shocks 'will happen more often because of extreme weathe
  
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• Junk food ads on TV tend to target African American and Latino youth - Los Angeles Times

  14-08-2015 00:08 via latimes.com
  
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  Junk food ads on TV tend to target African American and Latino youth
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  One way to fight health disparities and obesity may be to turn off the TV. Food companies disproportionately target television advertising for unhealthy products like candy and sugary drinks to Latino and African American youth, new research shows ...and more »
  
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