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• County program brings healthy options to food deserts - Dayton Daily News

  22-07-2016 23:31 via daytondailynews.com
  
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  County program brings healthy options to food deserts
  Dayton Daily News
  Dayton-Montgomery County Public Health workers Angy El-Khatib, left, and Haley Riegel went out in the community to spread awareness about the Good Food Here Healthy Corner Store initiative. KARA DRISCOLL/STAFF. By Kara Driscoll. Staff Writer.
  
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• Desperate for food, middle-class Venezuelans eagerly await reopening of Colombia border - Fox News

  22-07-2016 22:12 via latino.foxnews.com
  
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  Desperate for food, middle-class Venezuelans eagerly await reopening of Colombia border
  Fox News
  Caracas, Venezuela – Colombia and Venezuela are said to be settling the final touches to reopening their border crossings, as Venezuelans eagerly await the green light to cross over for a few hours and purchase some of the products that are now luxury ...and more »
  
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• Nexus: Inmates found rocks in food at Middle River - Staunton News Leader

  22-07-2016 21:58 via newsleader.com
  
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  Nexus: Inmates found rocks in food at Middle River
  Staunton News Leader
  VERONA – Multiple inmates have reported biting into their food to find rocks, unsanitary living and eating conditions, missing mail and other issues at Middle River Regional Jail. Nexus Services Inc. is representing nine of the inmates who have filed ...and more »
  
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• There's a method to OC Fair's fried-food madness - Los Angeles Times

  22-07-2016 20:53 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  There's a method to OC Fair's fried-food madness
  Los Angeles Times
  Tony Boghosian and his brother Charlie have been serving fried chicken and waffles at the Orange County Fair for years, but for this season, the brothers and co-owners of Chicken Charlie's wanted to try something different. They wanted to "fair-ify ...
  
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• Plenty! of Good Ideas for Growing and Sharing Healthy Food - USDA.gov (press release) (blog)

  22-07-2016 20:37 via blogs.usda.gov
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  Plenty! of Good Ideas for Growing and Sharing Healthy Food
  USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
  Plenty! volunteers deliver homemade canned soup and apples to neighbors with school-aged kids. When schools are closed due to weather, families relying on school lunch and breakfast can really use this extra help. In Southwest Virginia, a unique ...
  
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• Matteson D159 officials spent $96500 on food, travel, 'gift' Coach purses - Chicago Tribune

  22-07-2016 20:33 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  Matteson D159 officials spent $96500 on food, travel, 'gift' Coach purses
  Chicago Tribune
  A Daily Southtown review of Matteson School District 159 administrators' spending habits found that between April 2012 through April 2015 they spent at least $96,500 on things such hotel stays, travel and food for meetings. A Daily Southtown review of ...
  
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• This Food-Sharing App Aims To Reduce Food Waste In Spain - Huffington Post

  22-07-2016 20:31 via huffingtonpost.com
  
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  This Food-Sharing App Aims To Reduce Food Waste In Spain
  Huffington Post
  Fruits, bread and vegetables are the most wasted items in any household. According to a report by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, approximately 8 million tons of food are wasted in Spain each year — making it the seventh ...and more »
  
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• Pantries, Albany, Key Bank urge food donations - Albany Times Union

  22-07-2016 20:02 via timesunion.com
  
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  Pantries, Albany, Key Bank urge food donations
  Albany Times Union
  A coalition of Capital Region food pantries teamed up with the city of Albany and KeyBank on Friday, July 22, 2016, to urge people to donate food during a two-week food drive. (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs/Special to the Times Union) less. A coalition of ...and more »
  
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• Food is ruling retail real estate, and food trucks are moving in - CNBC

  22-07-2016 19:41 via cnbc.com
  
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  Food is ruling retail real estate, and food trucks are moving in
  CNBC
  For the first time nearly two decades, restaurant sales surpassed supermarket sales last year. The turnaround is now showing up in retail real estate, as landlords seek to not only profit from the new normal, but reinvent the now-suffering retail mall.
  
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• This is why Americans throw out $165 billion in food every year - MarketWatch

  22-07-2016 19:37 via marketwatch.com
  
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  This is why Americans throw out $165 billion in food every year
  MarketWatch
  Americans have a complicated relationship with food: They eat a lot and waste a lot. More than half of Americans say they're aware of the problem of food waste, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Plos One ...
  Americans feel guilt over tossing edible foodThe San Diego Union-Tribune
  America Wastes $160 Billion in Food Every Year But Is Too Busy to StopBloombergall 9 news
  
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• Angel Food Cake, an Airy Bed for Summer Fruit - New York Times

  22-07-2016 19:23 via nytimes.com
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  Angel Food Cake, an Airy Bed for Summer Fruit
  New York Times
  Angel food cake with a salad of nectarines and plums and lemon thyme. Credit Craig Lee for The New York Times. Not long ago, I was at a dinner party at which the host served angel food cake with berries for dessert. “I always buy angel food cake when I ...and more »
  
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• Walmart Will Start Selling 'Ugly' Fruit to Reduce Food Waste - Fortune

  22-07-2016 18:40 via fortune.com
  
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  Walmart Will Start Selling 'Ugly' Fruit to Reduce Food Waste
  Fortune
  Some 30% of perfectly good apples get thrown out. It's what's on the inside that counts at Walmart WMT 0.04% —at least when it comes to apples. So-called ugly fruit and vegetables can look strange because of weather phenomena like hailstorms or heat ...
  Walmart's Embrace of 'Ugly' Fruits and Vegetables Fights Food Waste and HungerTriple Pundit (registration) (blog)
  Walmart To Start Selling 'Ugly' Produce To
  
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• Comic-Con 2016: Seth Rogen on staging an animated food orgy in 'Sausage Party' - Los Angeles Times

  22-07-2016 18:25 via latimes.com
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Comic-Con 2016: Seth Rogen on staging an animated food orgy in 'Sausage Party'
  Los Angeles Times
  Someone could probably make an adorable, family-friendly animated movie about talking food in a grocery store. But Seth Rogen is clearly not that someone. At an early screening for the upcoming “Sausage Party” at Comic-Con on Thursday night, Rogen ...
  'Sausage Party' Red Band Trailer Previews Food's Revenge on HumansHollywood Reporter
  One More 'Sausage Party' Red B
  
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• Realtor association fights food insecurity in Central Texas - Austin American-Statesman

  22-07-2016 17:25 via statesman.com
  
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  Realtor association fights food insecurity in Central Texas
  Austin American-Statesman
  Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the Statesman delivered to your inbox. One in four Central Texas children may not know where their next nutritious meal comes from. This reality reported by the Central Area Food Bank of Texas ...
  
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• Pladis plays down reports of Ferrero-Delacre talks

  22-07-2016 16:08
  United Biscuits owner Pladis has played down reports that it is in talks with Ferrero, aimed at the Italian confectionery company acquiring Pladis' Belgian luxury biscuits business Delacre.
  
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• Abbott reports small growth in nutrition division

  22-07-2016 15:56
  Illinois-based healthcare company Abbott Laboratories has reported a 1.4% increase in its nutrition segment, its largest business. 
  
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• ABF's Allied Bakeries closing distribution depot 

  22-07-2016 15:47
  Allied Bakeries, the bakery unit of Associated British Foods, has said it is closing its Chester Road distribution centre in Saltney Ferry, Chester. 
  
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• Wahaca's Soft Taco Kits launch spices up summer

  22-07-2016 15:25
  Mexican restaurant group Wahaca aims to spice up summer in the UK with the launch its "street food" range in 900 Tesco stores and online from 25 July.
  
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• Kraft Heinz launches new Creationz range

  22-07-2016 14:56
  Kraft Heinz is launching a new line of beans and pulses, Heinz Creationz in the UK.
  
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• Hostess launches whole grain Mini Muffins

  22-07-2016 13:31
  
  As demand for on the go snacks increases, Hostess has introduced a new Mini Muffins recipe containing eight grams of whole grain per serving.
  
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• Job cuts imminent as General Mills restructures 

  22-07-2016 13:26
  Over 1,400 jobs are at risk as part of General Mills' restructuring plans to close and sell factories in the US and overseas.
  
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• Food market quotes of the week - Danone, Arla, Nestle 

  22-07-2016 13:14
  
  Danone expanded its Indian presence, Arla detailed plans to boost its UK business and just-food examined the potential of healthy ageing products. Here is just-food's week in words. 
  
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• Food market news of the week: Unilever, Danone, Premier 

  22-07-2016 13:02
  Unilever delivered its first-half results and warned on tough trading conditions, Premier was upbeat after maintaining trading momentum, Danone expanded its Indian presence. 
  
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• India's ITC posts increased first-quarter profits

  22-07-2016 12:04
  Indian food and tobacco producer ITC has posted total pre-tax profits of INR3.67bn (US$552m) for the first quarter of the fiscal year ended 30 June compared to INR3.34bn crore in the corresponding period a year ago.
  
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• Learn How to Take Great Food Photographs With Instagram Star Patrick Janelle - TIME

  22-07-2016 10:01 via time.com
  
  TIME
  Learn How to Take Great Food Photographs With Instagram Star Patrick Janelle
  TIME
  Instagram is full of appetizing food photographs – from the latest pizza craze in Brooklyn to the best crawfish etoufée in New Orleans, the juiciest Juicy Lucy Minnesota and the hottest chicken wings in Georgia. On the social platform, the competition ...
  
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• Lindt organic sales miss market expectations

  22-07-2016 09:28
  Swiss chocolate group Lindt & Sprüngli said this morning that it "continues to outperform the overall chocolate market" but organic sales growth missed market expectations. 
  
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• Gruma sees double-digit growth 

  22-07-2016 09:28
  The weakness of the peso, sales growth at corn flour business Gimsa and price increases introduced to reflect higher raw material costs have helped boost tortilla manufacturing giant Gruma's net sales.
  
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• Beston Global Food reveals "proposal" from Nongshim 

  22-07-2016 09:28
  Australia's Beston Global Food Co (BFC) revealed it has received a "proposal" from  Taekyung Food & Processing ('TFP'), a wholly owned subsidiary of Korean company Nongshim Group. 
  
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• How Nestle is catering for an ageing global population 

  22-07-2016 08:23
  The newest of Nestle's 40 R&D facilities is a unit in Singapore specialising in nutrition to support healthy ageing. Ben Cooper reports on the new facility and examines the role food companies can play in maintaining and improving health in old age as life expectancy increases.
  
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• Using quinoa to replace fat in sausages

  22-07-2016 07:00
  A study published in the Journal of Food Science examines the effect of replacing fat with quinoa on the quality characteristics of dry-cured sausages.
  
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• Land O’Lakes announces new sustainability business division

  22-07-2016 07:00
  Land O’Lakes has announced the formal organization of a new business unit, Sustain, and its leadership.
  
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• Choosing unsaturated over saturated fats may improve mortality risk

  22-07-2016 07:00
  A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that consuming higher amounts of unsaturated fats may be associated with lower mortality.
  
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• American consumers don’t understand the impact of food waste

  22-07-2016 07:00
  A study published in PLOS ONE shows that even though American consumers throw away about 80 billion lb of food a year, only about half are aware that food waste is a problem.
  
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• Why Pizza Is Objectively the Best Food Ever, Don't Judge Me - Gizmodo

  22-07-2016 05:45 via gizmodo.com
  
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  Why Pizza Is Objectively the Best Food Ever, Don't Judge Me
  Gizmodo
  Pizza is the best food ever invented. It's cheap, it's greasy, you can put whatever you want on it, and it satisfies that craving to destroy your body. It's so good in fact, that it's the only thing I haven't gotten sick of in my 26 years of eating ...and more »
  
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• Campbell Soup CEO: Stunning disruption in the ecosystem of food - CNBC

  22-07-2016 02:02 via cnbc.com
  
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  Campbell Soup CEO: Stunning disruption in the ecosystem of food
  CNBC
  Campbell Soup Company has been on fire this year, with its stock up 20 percent, and its CEO Denise Morrison says this is just the beginning of leading a major change happening in the food industry. According to Morrison, Campbell has been watching a ...and more »
  
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