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• Food Conglomerates That Take In Organic Brands Have Learned To Leave Them Alone - The Consumerist

  21-08-2015 23:47 via
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  Food Conglomerates That Take In Organic Brands Have Learned To Leave Them Alone
  The Consumerist
  Big players in the packaged food industry have used a tactic of “if you can't beat 'em, acquire 'em” when it comes to brands in the natural and organic foods sector. Yet what initially seemed like perfect corporate marriages of convenience may not be ...
  Big Food's natural brand acquisitions prosper best when left aloneReutersall 16 news articles »
  

• Friday Food Post: 10 Tips on Cooking for One - Bloomberg View

  21-08-2015 22:48 via
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  Friday Food Post: 10 Tips on Cooking for One
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  You thought about cooking. You had frozen fish filets in the freezer and a rather nice-looking head of broccoli sitting right there in the produce drawer. But then, somehow, it was 8:10, and it all seemed like too much trouble, so instead you grabbed a ...and more »
  

• Little Bite, Big Flavor: Wetzel's Pretzels to Roll Out Pizza Bitz

  21-08-2015 21:27
  Image Caption: Image Credit: The new item will be available September 8 through November 8.Exclusive Brief: 0Wetzel’s Pretzels announced the introduction of Pizza Bitz. Available September 8 through November 8, Pizza Bitz begin with dough made from scratch throughout the day in each Wetzel’s location. After the pretzel dough is rolled out by hand, Bitz are cut and topped with cheese and a pepperoni before being baked to a golden brown. Customers can also pair the fresh
  
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• Food selections abound at Western & Southern Open - WLWT Cincinnati

  21-08-2015 21:14 via
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  Food selections abound at Western & Southern Open
  WLWT Cincinnati
  MASON —One of the smaller stars of the Western & Southern Open doesn't set foot on a court -- unless perhaps a player needs a snack mid-set. Who's wearing what? A look at Western & Southern fashion · (img1)W&S fashion. Tennis fashion expert talks ...and more »
  

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• I Hate Sharing My Food - Cosmopolitan.com (blog)

  21-08-2015 20:30 via
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  I Hate Sharing My Food
  Cosmopolitan.com (blog)
  I love everything about going out to eat. I love being social, catching up with friends, and, of course, pretending like calories don't exist. (When I go out to eat, I tend to eat as much as I possibly can until I feel like I need to be rolled out of ...
  

• AAFES to 'freshen' up food choices - Military Times

  21-08-2015 20:27 via
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  AAFES to 'freshen' up food choices
  Military Times
  More healthy food options are coming to some Army and Air Force installations, with the addition of Freshëns Fresh Food Studio restaurants. Loading… Post to Facebook. AAFES to 'freshen' up food choices More healthy food options are coming to some ...
  

• UVM dining to buy Intervale Food Hub veggies - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  21-08-2015 20:19 via
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  UVM dining to buy Intervale Food Hub veggies
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  The Intervale Food Hub has become an "approved vendor" of University of Vermont dining services, which means the Burlington collector and purchaser of local foods can sell it to UVM's dining operation. The food hub, based on a community supported ...
  

• Obesity comes as a side order to cheap food - Boston Globe

  21-08-2015 19:46 via
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  Obesity comes as a side order to cheap food
  Boston Globe
  Associated Press/file 2011. Obesity comes as a side order to cheap food. Even families with limited resources can easily purchase enough calories to meet — and exceed — their daily needs. Continue reading below. By Evan Horowitz. Here's one way to ...
  

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• 10Best Readers' Choice: Food favorites announced! - USA TODAY

  21-08-2015 19:12 via
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  10Best Readers' Choice: Food favorites announced!
  USA TODAY
  Food and travel go together like peanut butter and jelly, and the cultural melting pot that is the U.S. had created quite the diverse and sophisticated culinary culture complete with plenty of travel-worthy foodie experiences. USA TODAY 10Best teamed ...
  

• The Most Picturesque Food Festival Ever? (And How To Conquer It) - Forbes

  21-08-2015 19:03 via
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  The Most Picturesque Food Festival Ever? (And How To Conquer It)
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  I am a San Francisco-based food and travel journalist, cookbook author and professional cook. After nearly ten years editing magazines in New York City with a focus on food, health, and lifestyle, I took off to write freelance for a number of local and ...and more »
  

• Your food could be made and served by robots sooner than you think - GeekWire

  21-08-2015 18:19 via
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  Your food could be made and served by robots sooner than you think
  GeekWire
  Photo via YouTube/UK Dominos Pizza. The battle of paying a $15 minimum wage — especially to workers in the fast-food industry — is stoking the fires of companies asking if they need those human workers at all. Meals of the future will be made and ...
  

• The Golden Era of Food Comics Is Happening Right Now - Eater

  21-08-2015 18:10 via
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  The Golden Era of Food Comics Is Happening Right Now
  Eater
  There's something about the smell of a comic book store. Fresh ink, bags and boards, dorkiness: It's incredible, indelible, intoxicating. High-gloss pages are my madeleines. I had entered Midtown Comics, a vast two-story emporium, on the eve of Archie ...
  

• Fatburger to Open 2nd Iraq Unit in Amusement Park

  21-08-2015 18:07
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Brand opened its first Iraq restaurant in Majidi Mall in 2011.Exclusive Brief: 0Fatburger announced the opening of its second Iraq restaurant in Erbil, Kurdistan. Set in the middle of the city’s brand new amusement park, Majidi Park, the fast-casual chain is excited to bring its all-American cuisine to families looking to have a fun-filled day. Fatburger opened its first Iraq restaurant in Majidi Mall in 2011.Chains: Fatburger
  
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• Uncle Maddio's to Open Second Charleston-Area Unit

  21-08-2015 17:51
  Image Caption: Image Credit: New unit is located in North Charleston.Exclusive Brief: 0Atlanta-based fast-casual pizza brand Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint is expanding its Charleston, South Carolina–area footprint this week as it opens its second restaurant on August 22 at 11 a.m. The restaurant is in North Charleston at 4940 Centre Point Drive, Unit C., and is opening only six months after Uncle Maddio’s launched its first Charleston-area location at Town Center Pl
  
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• Who's hungry?! This trader leaves finance for food - CNBC

  21-08-2015 17:01 via
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  Who's hungry?! This trader leaves finance for food
  CNBC
  Consumed by the overwhelming dread of having to go to work on Monday mornings, a fed up Brett Schulman turned to food. Schulman began his career in equity trading working for Alex Brown, Bankers Trust, and later Deutsche Bank. He loved the ...
  

• Move to axe artificial coloring makes food duller - Fox News

  21-08-2015 16:38 via
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  Move to axe artificial coloring makes food duller
  Fox News
  Food makers, in coming up for alternatives to synthetic dyes, are making food that doesn't look the same. (AP). Mozzarella cheese at Panera restaurants won't be as glaringly white. Banana peppers in Subway sandwiches won't be the same exact shade of ...
  Popular food brands taking on new hues without artificial dyesThe Denver Postall 126 news articles »
  

• Start to Finish: Brian Niccol

  21-08-2015 11:34
  I’ve always been a big fan of food. Before I was with Taco Bell and in the quick-serve industry, I had a boss who helped me get comfortable with the opportunity to challenge the “way it was done.” Rather, could something be designed differently or packaged differently? How can it be better or strike a new chord? Why have we always done it this way? Facing those questions and challenges head-on leads to innovation, and suddenly you’re innovating in a space that you didn&rs
  
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• Wellspring Capital Management forms flexible packaging company

  21-08-2015 07:00
  Wellspring Capital Management, a New York-based private equity firm, has announced the creation of a leading flexible packaging company through the merger of portfolio companies Prolamina and newly acquired Ampac Holdings.
  
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• Tate & Lyle launches fiber fortification website for manufacturers

  21-08-2015 07:00
  Tate & Lyle, a provider of food ingredients and solutions, has announced the launch of a new website dedicated to fiber fortification: www.tateandlylefibres.com.
  
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• Smithfield Foods names Sullivan president, COO

  21-08-2015 07:00
  Smithfield Foods has announced that Kenneth M. Sullivan, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer, has been named president and chief operating officer.
  
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• Scientists debut the <em>Gulfsnow</em> peach variety

  21-08-2015 07:00
  U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), University of Georgia, and the University of Florida scientists worked cooperatively to develop Gulfsnow, a new peach variety.
  
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• Ardent Mills to acquire Mondelez Canada’s flour mill

  21-08-2015 07:00
  Ardent Mills, a flour-milling and ingredient company, has announced its intent to acquire the Mondelez Canada flour mill located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  
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• Sloan's Brightens Los Angeles with First Area Store

  21-08-2015 00:41
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Sloan's Ice Cream opens first location in Los Angeles.Exclusive Brief: 0The Valley is in for a major cool-down when Sloan’s Ice Cream opens this fall in Topanga. Residents and visitors can take in the irresistible sights, smells, tastes, and sounds of Sloan’s Ice Cream, a Willy Wonka-esque paradise.Chains: Sloan's
  
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