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• From Childhood Cooking Lessons to Chilaquiles: What Are Your Favorite Food ... - Westword

  22-10-2015 23:46 via
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  From Childhood Cooking Lessons to Chilaquiles: What Are Your Favorite Food ...
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  I've always loved food, so it's not surprising that many of my memories are in some way related to food, whether eating it in restaurants, bakeries, ramen shops, creperies and even on street corners, or standing in various kitchens with grandmothers ...
  

• Md. Food Bank rate hike irks local feeding programs - Cecil Whig

  22-10-2015 23:22 via
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  Md. Food Bank rate hike irks local feeding programs
  Cecil Whig
  The food pantry at the Chesapeake City Ecumenical Association is filled by both community donations and low-cost purchases the group makes to the Maryland Food Bank. Eileen Viars, CCEA president, said she recently learned the food bank is increasing ...
  

• Friendly's Adds Drive Thru to Existing Location

  22-10-2015 23:03
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Friendly's adds drive thru to existing location in Massachusetts. Exclusive Brief: 0Friendly’s Ice Cream LLC, the operator of Friendly’s restaurants and a manufacturer of ice cream products distributed in over 8,000 retail outlets, announced the opening of a drive thru in Western Massachusetts, conveniently located at the Friendly’s restaurant at 21 Southampton Road in Westfield, Massachusetts, right off Exit 3 from the Mass Pike.Chai
  
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• Weight Concerns Are Top of Mind for Consumers

  22-10-2015 22:54
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Weight consumers are top of mind for consumers.Exclusive Brief: 0The U.S. household manages, on average, 9.6 different health conditions, according to The Hartman Group’s Health & Wellness 2015 report. Consumers are actively treating 3.4 health conditions and proactively preventing 6.2 health conditions. The report finds that the No. 1 health condition America’s consumers are concerned with is the issue of weight management: More than h
  
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• Chicago Concept Naansense Opens Second Location

  22-10-2015 22:49
  Chicago concept Naansense opens second location.Exclusive Brief: 0Chicago Loopers will have a new place to grab a quick lunch in early November when Naansense opens up its second restaurant in the West Loop at 113 South Clinton. The first location (171 N. Wells) opened in January 2014. The brand’s food truck also gallivants around town.
  Naansense is led by experienced chefs Hiran Patel (Lafayette, Veerasway, Bombay Spice, Klay Oven) and Sahil Singh (Lafayette, Veerasway, Hot Chocolate
  
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• Cheeseburger Bobby's Introduces Pumpkin Spice Shake

  22-10-2015 22:15
  Cheeseburger Bobby's introduces LTO Pumpkin Spice Shake.Exclusive Brief: 0To celebrate the changing color of the leaves, football on TV and all things autumn, Georgia favorite Cheeseburger Bobby’s welcomes Bobby’s Pumpkin Spice Shake to its menu for a limited time only. Beginning October 5, the shake was available at all 10 Cheeseburger Bobby’s locations.Chains: Cheeseburger Bobby's
  
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• Cheeseburger Bobby's Brings Back Pumpkin Spice Shake

  22-10-2015 22:15
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Cheeseburger Bobby's brings back LTO Pumpkin Spice Shake.Exclusive Brief: 0To celebrate the changing color of the leaves, football on TV and all things autumn, Georgia favorite Cheeseburger Bobby’s welcomes Bobby’s Pumpkin Spice Shake to its menu for a limited time only. Beginning October 5, the shake was available at all 10 Cheeseburger Bobby’s locations.Chains: Cheeseburger Bobby's
  
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• Gigi's Cupcakes Opens New Training Center, Test Kitchen

  22-10-2015 22:09
  Gigi's Cupcakes opens new corporate training center and test kitchen.Exclusive Brief: 0Gigi's Cupcakes, America’s largest cupcake franchise, has opened a new flagship corporate training center and test kitchen in the Nashville area that will serve as the company’s testing ground for continued menu innovation throughout the brand’s nearly 100 bakeries nationwide.Chains: Gigi's Cupcakes
  
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• Sugar tax, curbs on promotions "would lower intake" - Public Health England

  22-10-2015 22:05
  
  A tax of up to 20% on "high-sugar" products, cutting the number of promotions and introducing more restrictions on advertising are among the measures Public Health England believes are needed to help lower the amount of the ingredient eaten in the country.
  
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• Papa Murphy's Names Former Wendy's SVP as New CMO

  22-10-2015 22:03
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Papa Murphy's names former Wendy's exec Brandon Solano as CMO.Exclusive Brief: 0Papa Murphy’s Holdings Inc., the world’s leading take-and-bake pizza brand, announced that Brandon Solano will join the company as CMO on November 30. Solano has over 20 years of marketing experience at both top restaurants and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands.Chains: Papa Murphy's
  
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• Pizza Patrón Completes 81 of 95 Unit Renovations

  22-10-2015 21:32
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Pizza Patrón completes renovations for 81 of 95 locations.Exclusive Brief: 0Pizza Patrón, widely known for its Pizza Por Pesos program, announced that it has completed renovation of the company’s dramatic new customer-focused “Nueva Tradición” design in 81 of its 95 locations. The remodel process began in April of 2013 when the company’s first franchise agreements began coming up for renewal.Chains: Piz
  
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• 'We Need to Look at Food as a Global System' - FAIR

  22-10-2015 21:29 via
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  'We Need to Look at Food as a Global System'
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  Janine Jackson interviewed Beverly Bell about food sovereignty for the October 16 CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. 1. CounterSpin Beverly Bell. 00:00. Ready. Play. Stop. pop out. DOWNLOAD MP3. X. MP3 Link · Fruit, Dallas farmer's ...
  

• Schwan Food Commits to Eliminating Artificial Ingredients

  22-10-2015 21:22
  Image Caption: Schwan's Food Service Minh Potstickers - Chicken, Pork, or Vegetable - can be used to make this potsticker soup.Schwan Food commits to eliminating artificial ingredients.Exclusive Brief: 0The Schwan Food Company announced a commitment to eliminating four ingredient groups from its broad food portfolio with the goal of making foods with more familiar ingredients. This initiative to simplify ingredient lists is part of Schwan’s longtime work to evolve its foods to me
  
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• Wilmington restaurateurs speak out against food truck bill - The News Journal

  22-10-2015 21:07 via
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  Wilmington restaurateurs speak out against food truck bill
  The News Journal
  Some Wilmington restaurant owners are opposing a city plan to have designated places for food trucks in the downtown area, saying the mobile kitchens are competition. “I have had to decrease and cut employees' time,” said India Sutton, the general ...
  

• Well | The Mediterranean Diet: Is It the Food or the Lifestyle? - New York Times (blog)

  22-10-2015 20:51 via
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  Well | The Mediterranean Diet: Is It the Food or the Lifestyle?
  New York Times (blog)
  For decades, health authorities have argued that the diet of people living in Mediterranean countries, with its emphasis on olive oil, nuts and fresh produce, is a driving force behind the region's historically low rates of heart disease. But now a ...
  

• In tracking outbreaks of food poisoning, can Yelp help? - Lexington Herald Leader

  22-10-2015 20:13 via
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  In tracking outbreaks of food poisoning, can Yelp help?
  Lexington Herald Leader
  When a Shigella outbreak at a San Jose, Calif., seafood restaurant sickened dozens of people last weekend, Yelp reviewers were on the case - right alongside public health officials. "PLEASE DO NOT EAT HERE!!!!" Pauline A. wrote in her Oct. 18 review of ...
  Can Yelp help in tracking outbreaks of food poisoning?Barfblog (blog)all 130 news articles »
  

• Roosevelt Dismissed Early Because of Suspected Food Poisoning Outbreak Among Staff - whotv.com

  22-10-2015 19:53 via
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  Roosevelt Dismissed Early Because of Suspected Food Poisoning Outbreak Among Staff
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  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Classes at Roosevelt High School were dismissed early Thursday because a large number of the school's staff was struck down with suspected food poisoning. In an e-mail to students' parents Principal Kevin Biggs said they don't have ...
  Classes canceled after staff suffer food poisoning at Des Moines high schoolDubuque Telegraph Heraldall 16 news articles »
  

• Gluten-free food festival hits Indy - Indianapolis Star

  22-10-2015 17:11 via
  Gluten-free food festival hits Indy
  Indianapolis Star
  What's out there to eat that's gluten-free? Find out at the Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. More than 100 exhibitors showcase all sorts of gluten-free food and drinks as well as items for ...
  

• CSM eyes licensing to grow in US, Europe - audio

  22-10-2015 16:55
  
  CSM Bakery Solutions is working to grow sales ahead of its core markets in Europe and North America through insight-led innovation and branding, vice president of bakery products Sebastian Siethoff told just-food. 
  
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• General Mills' 301 Inc. NPD unit to invest in start-ups

  22-10-2015 16:49
  
  General Mills has decided its innovation department 301 Inc., which has focused on developing products in-house, will centre on providing capital to emerging food brands to create "breakthrough innovation in the food space".
  
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• Freedom Foods Group strikes deal to buy oat products firm Popina

  22-10-2015 16:46
  
  Freedom Foods Group has struck a "binding agreement" to buy Australian oat-based cereal and snacks business Popina Foods.
  
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• CSM Bakery Solutions outlines plans for growth

  22-10-2015 16:32
  
  CSM Bakery Solutions came to life two years ago when Rhône Capital acquired the bakery supplies business of Dutch food and ingredients group CSM. At the time, Rhône Capital said it would invest in CSM's capacity to innovate and use its customer relationships to support global growth. Katy Askew spoke to CSM vice president of bakery products, Sebastian Siethoff, to find out more. 
  
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• CSM Bakery Solutions aims for market-leading growth

  22-10-2015 16:32
  
  CSM Bakery Solutions came to life two years ago when Rhône Capital acquired the bakery supplies business of Dutch food and ingredients group CSM. At the time, Rhône Capital said it would invest in CSM's capacity to innovate and use its customer relationships to support global growth. Katy Askew spoke to CSM vice president of bakery products, Sebastian Siethoff, to find out more. 
  
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• Ten Food Trends for 2016 That Will Transform Restaurants - Forbes

  22-10-2015 16:24 via
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  Ten Food Trends for 2016 That Will Transform Restaurants
  Forbes
  At this point a couple years ago, if you asked a restaurant executive how she might user Uber to build sales, she might have guessed as a prefix for the name of her brand's Oktoberfest-theme burger. But now, Uber and Postmates are just two of the ...
  

• McDonald's Sees 1st Quarterly Sales Increase in 2 Years

  22-10-2015 15:41
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Exclusive Brief: 0McDonald's Corporation announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015.Chains: McDonald's
  
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• UAE dairy firm National Food Products Co. 'eyeing stake sale'

  22-10-2015 15:31
  
  UAE-based dairy manufacturer National Food Products Company is reportedly eyeing a sale of a majority stake in its business.
  
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• Plum Organics alters product names after ingredient scrutiny

  22-10-2015 15:31
  
  Plum Organics, the US baby food business owned by Campbell Soup Co., has changed the names of a clutch of products after claims the labels were misleading.
  
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• 6 Tips to Avoid Food Waste - U.S. News & World Report

  22-10-2015 15:22 via
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  6 Tips to Avoid Food Waste
  U.S. News & World Report
  Don't pick up too many bananas if you want to eat them all before they turn brown. By Karen Cordaway Oct. 22, 2015 | 9:22 a.m. EDT + More. When we go grocery shopping, we have every intention of eating all that we buy. For some reason, that isn't ...
  

• Where Will Our Future Food Come From? Ask a Farmer - Smithsonian

  22-10-2015 15:14 via
  Where Will Our Future Food Come From? Ask a Farmer
  Smithsonian
  Fewer Americans live on farms than ever before. As a result, "produce" becomes those fruits and vegetables we buy at the store rather than items we pull out of the ground or off a tree. That's not the only issue. With booming population growth that ...
  

• Mead Johnson cuts sales, earnings forecasts

  22-10-2015 15:08
  
  Mead Johnson, the US-based infant formula group, today (22 October) lowered its forecast for its 2015 sales and earnings, a year CEO Kasper Jakobsen described as "challenging on several fronts".
  
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• This is what it takes to feed 1.4 billion people - CNBC

  22-10-2015 15:01 via
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  This is what it takes to feed 1.4 billion people
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  China's recent slowdown has raised widespread concerns that any weakening demand there for goods and raw materials from the rest of the world could weigh on the entire global economy. But, so far, the slowdown doesn't seem to have dampened China's ...
  

• Submersible level transmitters

  22-10-2015 15:00
  
  Suitable for harsh conditions, Blue Ribbon Corporation Model BC001 Birdcage 316 stainless steel submersible level transmitters have an integral 3-in. sensing diaphragm that allows them to read true level depth within foam environments.
  
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• Food packaging: Talking heads

  22-10-2015 15:00
  
  Belgian brewery Martens has launched a new brand of beer, Dagschotel, which is packaged in PET bottles digitally printed with a smartphone application. The beer was created in coordination with the Belgian TV sitcom, “F.C. Kampioenen,” to promote its new movie.
  
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• Sweetgrass First to Be REAL-Certified in Washington State

  22-10-2015 14:56
  Image Caption: Image Credit: Seattle concept Sweetgrass is first REAL-certified in Washington.Exclusive Brief: 0The United States Healthful Food Council announced the first dining establishment in Seattle to become REAL Certified. Sweetgrass Food Co., which opens its first location this week, has been recognized for its commitment to Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL). Sweetgrass is the collaboration between a Seattle couple with a passion for wholesome food.
  
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• General Mills is starting a VC for food startups - Fortune

  22-10-2015 14:35 via
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  General Mills is starting a VC for food startups
  Fortune
  Looking for the next big thing. General Mills is thinking small. The Big Food giant is launching a new venture capital arm to make quiet bets on small rivals that could someday become big players in the grocery store. In a new strategy firmed up about ...
  Cereal-Maker General Mills Will Fund Food Start-upsGrub Street
  General Mills will start investing in small food companiesMinneapolis Star Tribune
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• A&P bankruptcy hits food bank donations - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  22-10-2015 14:03 via
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  A&P bankruptcy hits food bank donations
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  The Food Bank for Westchester is already feeling the impact of A&P's departure from the Lower Hudson Valley: Last year, the supermarket chain donated $26,000 and nearly 70,000 pounds of food to the county's only food bank, providing fresh produce, fish ...and more »
  

• Wessanen reports mixed 9M results

  22-10-2015 13:43
  
  Wessanen has recorded a lower profit for the first nine months of the year, with the Dutch food group lapping a period when its results included its former US drinks unit - but the company's operating earnings were higher.
  
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• HP Hood launches Heluva Good houmous

  22-10-2015 10:31
  
  US food group HP Hood is expanding its Heluva Good! dip brand with the launch of a houmous line. 
  
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• Mondelez International reveals 2020 environmental goals

  22-10-2015 10:22
  
  Mondelez International has said it is "accelerating" efforts to reduce its environmental impact when it detailed goals on CO2 reduction, deforestation, water use and waste. 
  
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• Mondelez reveals 2020 environmental goals

  22-10-2015 10:06
  
  Mondelez International said that it is "accelerating" efforts to reduce its environmental impact when it detailed goals on CO2 reduction, deforestation, water use and waste. 
  
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• HP Hood launches Heluva Good! Hummus 

  22-10-2015 10:06
  
  US food group HP Hood is espanding its Heluva Good! dip brand with the launch of a new hummus line. 
  
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• Hormel appoints James Snee as COO

  22-10-2015 10:06
  
  Hormel Foods Corp., has announced the appointment of James Snee to the position of chief operating officer.
  
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• Schwan pledges simpler ingredients in US portfolio

  22-10-2015 10:03
  
  US frozen food manufacturer The Schwan Food Co. has announced plans to simplify the ingredient lists across its project portfolio. 
  
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• Al-Watania Poultry "mulls Saudi listing"

  22-10-2015 09:46
  
  Saudi Arabian poultry processor, Al-Watania Poultry is reportedly planning to list on the Saudi stock exchange. 
  
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• Preventing spoilage during craft beer production

  22-10-2015 07:00
  A new study published in the Journal of Food Science tracks lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which are well-known as the main spoilage agents, inside a brewery and during the craft beer production process.
  
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• Leveille named a Trailblazer

  22-10-2015 07:00
  During the 2015 Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (October 3–6, 2015), given by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Mary Ellen Camire, immediate past president of IFT, presented the 2015 Trailblazer Award to Gilbert A. Leveille.
  
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• Determining good taste in food

  22-10-2015 07:00
  Taste is a chemical sense perceived by specialized receptor cells on the tongue; it occurs when the receptor cells transmit information to the brain.
  
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• Are you ready for FSMA?

  22-10-2015 07:00
  In a new ePerspective post, Brandon Neuschafer, partner at Bryan Cave LLP, urges all businesses—no matter how large or small—to ask themselves if they are truly ready for when the rules take effect.
  
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