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• A Mazelike Trail to Tibet at Lhasa Fast Food in Queens - New York Times

  19-01-2017 19:35
  New York Times
  A Mazelike Trail to Tibet at Lhasa Fast Food in Queens
  New York Times
  In the middle of lunch at Lhasa Fast Food, someone started blowing a sacred conch. I peered down the hall. Next door, a jeweler was pressing his lips to a shell half-sheathed in silver. Lhasa Fast Food was once just a counter at the back of a cellphone ...
  
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• Butterball promotes Jay Jandrain to COO

  19-01-2017 18:36
  
  US turkey processor Butterball has promoted Jay Jandrain, the company's executive vice president of sales, to the position of COO.
  
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• Local restaurants celebrate anniversaries with food specials - Charleston City Paper

  19-01-2017 17:21
  
  Charleston City Paper
  Local restaurants celebrate anniversaries with food specials
  Charleston City Paper
  Poogan's Porch and Persimmon Cafe are celebrating January with specially priced menus. Poogan's Porch's annual Rollback menu kicks off on Mon. Jan. 23 and lasts until Thurs. Feb. 9. During this time guests will receive a 40 percent discount on all food ...
  
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• Ireland's Glanbia to raise price of Avonmore milk

  19-01-2017 17:17
  Glanbia has confirmed it is raising the price of its Avonmore milk range to sales agents by three euro cents per litre from 5 February in response to increased raw materials costs.
  
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• Ebro buys Spanish organic food firm Vegetalia

  19-01-2017 17:08
  Spain-based group Ebro Foods has snapped up local organic business Vegetalia.
  
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• Austin Food & Wine Festival releases lineup; tickets go on sale - austin360 (blog)

  19-01-2017 16:34
  
  austin360 (blog)
  Austin Food & Wine Festival releases lineup; tickets go on sale
  austin360 (blog)
  The sixth annual Austin Food & Wine Festival returns to Auditorium Shores on April 28-30 with its usual stellar lineup of local, regional and national culinary talent. The festival, which was rained out last year, released its roster of talent and put ...and more »
  
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• As more Latin Americans eat processed food, obesity rates surge - Reuters

  19-01-2017 16:14
  
  As more Latin Americans eat processed food, obesity rates surge
  Reuters
  SANTIAGO Latin America, once plagued by malnutrition, now faces a different type of public health crisis as processed food increasingly replaces traditionally prepared dishes, leading to a surge in obesity rates, a United Nations report showed on Thursday.and more »
  
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• George Weston Ltd shakes up senior management

  19-01-2017 16:12
  George Weston Ltd., the owner of Canada-based bakery group Weston Foods and retail giant Loblaw, today (19 January) announced a series of management changes.
  
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• Inside Puerto Rico's Food Truck Boom - Eater

  19-01-2017 16:11
  
  Eater
  Inside Puerto Rico's Food Truck Boom
  Eater
  Over the past year, Puerto Rico has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Its current economic crisis, which has been developing and worsening for the past 10 years, has much of the island in despair. According to the Pew Research Center ...
  
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• 2 Sisters says "no decision" yet on pizza plant redundancies

  19-01-2017 15:41
  The UK's 2 Sisters Food Group said today (18 January) "no decisions" have been taken over potential job losses at its Nottingham unit, The Pizza Factory, after the loss of a two retail contracts in six months.
  
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• NOSB votes on standards for next-generation GMO's

  19-01-2017 15:00
  
  The recommendations ensure that the ingredients derived from these techniques will not be in certified organic food or beverages.
  
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• Deliveroo launches a flat monthly subscription for food deliveries in the UK - The Verge

  19-01-2017 14:58
  
  Deliveroo launches a flat monthly subscription for food deliveries in the UK
  The Verge
  Would you pay a monthly or yearly subscription to waive the delivery fee from your favorite food service? Deliveroo is testing out the idea, launching a new trial service in six cities in the UK — Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Brighton ...and more »
  
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• The Incline seeks a full-time Food and Culture Editor in Pittsburgh - The Incline

  19-01-2017 14:50
  
  The Incline
  The Incline seeks a full-time Food and Culture Editor in Pittsburgh
  The Incline
  The Incline, a Pittsburgh-based local news startup, is looking for an experienced, innovative professional to work as a food and culture editor. The ideal candidate is a problem-solver, excels at interpersonal relations and customer service, and has a ...
  
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• Arca Continental to open third Mexico snacks plant

  19-01-2017 14:13
  Mexican food and beverage firm Arca Continental has unveiled plans to invest almost MXN300m (US$13.7m) in building its third snacks production plant in the country's Queretaro state.
  
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• Premier Foods has more to worry about than Brexit - editor's viewpoint

  19-01-2017 13:38
  This week's profit warning from Premier Foods plc dismayed the market with analysts expressing concern about the UK group's ability to pass on Brexit-linked cost increases, the performance of its brands and its promotional strategy.
  
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• Nestle mum on Mead Johnson takeover talk

  19-01-2017 13:16
  Nestle has refused to comment on a report in the US claiming the world's largest food maker is considering a takeover offer for infant formula producer Mead Johnson.
  
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• Clover Industries forecasts fall in headline earnings

  19-01-2017 12:51
  South African dairy group Clover Industries has forecast lower headline earnings for the six months to 30 December.
  
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• How Kraft Heinz Plans to Build a New Global Food Giant - Fortune

  19-01-2017 12:32
  
  Fortune
  How Kraft Heinz Plans to Build a New Global Food Giant
  Fortune
  In Madison, they still struggle to accept that it's really happening. On a not-yet-specified day before the end of March, a Kraft Heinz employee will turn off the lights in the sprawling Oscar Mayer plant, and for the first time in 98 years, no one ...and more »
  
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• Research reveals surprising health benefits of chewing your food - Medical Xpress

  19-01-2017 12:30
  
  Medical Xpress
  Research reveals surprising health benefits of chewing your food
  Medical Xpress
  Scientists have shown that chewing your food properly can boost your mouth's immune system to protect you against illness. The study led by teams at The University of Manchester and National Institutes of Health in the USA, revealed that a specific ...and more »
  
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• Central New York Restaurants, Businesses Can Recycle Food Scraps - TWC News

  19-01-2017 12:29
  
  Central New York Restaurants, Businesses Can Recycle Food Scraps
  TWC News
  AMBOY, N.Y. -- If you think about how much food goes to waste at restaurants, grocery stores and college dining halls it's really astonishing. But now many of those groups are starting to take a smarter approach to food waste -- by recycling it. OCRRA ...
  
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• Weed Entrepreneur Dreams Up a 100-Story Skyscraper to Grow Food - Bloomberg

  19-01-2017 12:00
  
  Bloomberg
  Weed Entrepreneur Dreams Up a 100-Story Skyscraper to Grow Food
  Bloomberg
  Byrd's vision of skyscraper farms to feed city dwellers begins with a much different kind of crop: marijuana. Rick Byrd. Photographer: Ben Draper via Rick Byrd. The 45-year-old is chief executive officer and founder of Pure Agrobusiness Inc., a company ...and more »
  
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• Nestle, Unilever, PepsiCo join sustainable food campaign

  19-01-2017 11:27
  Nestle, PepsiCo, Unilever and Kellogg are among the companies to have signed up to a global initiative aimed at improving food sourcing, reducing waste and supporting "adjustments" in food production methods to promote "healthy and sustainable diets".
  
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• Advocacy Group Pushes For Changes In U.S. Food Assistance Program - Kaiser Health News

  19-01-2017 11:01
  
  Kaiser Health News
  Advocacy Group Pushes For Changes In U.S. Food Assistance Program
  Kaiser Health News
  As policymakers and health officials sound the alarm on the nation's obesity epidemic, a team of researchers want to improve health outcomes among the most vulnerable Americans by overhauling the federal food assistance program. In articles published ...and more »
  
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• UK cake maker Finsbury Food Group to look for price hikes

  19-01-2017 09:17
  UK cake maker Finsbury Food Group revealed this morning (19 January) its first-half sales remained "flat" and predicted it will have to hike prices in the second half of the year to offset increased costs. 
  
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• UK cake maker Finsbury expects price inflation

  19-01-2017 09:17
  UK cake maker Finsbury Food Group revealed this morning (19 January) that its first-half sales remained "flat" and predicted that it will have to hike prices in the second half of the year to offset increased costs. 
  
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• Ireland's O'Brien Fine Foods to acquire Faughan Foods

  19-01-2017 08:51
  Irish cooked meats group O'Brien Fine Foods, which produces meats sold under the Brady Family and Rudds brands, is to acquire Ireland's Faughan Foods, the cooked meats division of Hogan's Farm, for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Mondelez sells Vegemite, Australian grocery brands to Bega Cheese

  19-01-2017 08:27
  Mondelez International has sold a clutch of its Australian and New Zealand grocery brands, including the spread business Vegemite, to Bega Cheese for AUD460m (US$346m).
  
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• Mondelez sells Vegemite, Australian grocery brands to Bega

  19-01-2017 08:27
  Mondelez International has sold a clutch of its Australian and New Zealand grocery brands, including the iconic spread business Vegemite, to Bega cheese for AUD460m (US$346m).
  
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• Kellogg to slash 250 jobs 

  19-01-2017 08:04
  US cereal-to-snack group Kellogg has confirmed that it plans to eliminate 250 positions at its operations in North America. 
  
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• Bend's former Ray's Food Place roof collapses - KTVZ

  19-01-2017 04:56
  
  KTVZ
  Bend's former Ray's Food Place roof collapses
  KTVZ
  BEND, Ore. - More roofs, large and small, collapsed from the weight of wet, heavy snow Wednesday as rain fell across much of Central Oregon. The latest toll included a long-shuttered Bend supermarket and part of a Prineville tire warehouse. Bend Fire ...
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• Lack of donations forces closure of largest food pantry in Roxboro - WRAL.com

  19-01-2017 00:17
  
  WRAL.com
  Lack of donations forces closure of largest food pantry in Roxboro
  WRAL.com
  Roxboro, N.C. — A Person County food pantry that serves hundreds of people every month is in need of help. A lack of monetary donations forced the Food Pantry of Roxboro, at 704 Franklin Street, to recently close, and while some donations have come ...
  
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