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• Mondelez International launches savoury snacks brand Vea - CAGNY 2017

  21-02-2017 23:47
  Mondelez International today (21 February) announced plans to add a new savoury snacks brand to its portfolio.
  
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• Mondelez International launches savoury snacks brand Vea

  21-02-2017 23:47
  Mondelez International today (21 February) announced plans to add a new savoury snacks brand to its portfolio.
  
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• Local nonprofit receives 60000 pounds of food donations - WKMG Orlando

  21-02-2017 22:08
  
  Local nonprofit receives 60000 pounds of food donations
  WKMG Orlando
  ORLANDO, Fla. - Tuesday was a big day for a local food bank, which received sizable donations sent to help feed hundreds of thousands of people in need. Smithfield Foods and Winn-Dixie re-stocked the shelves at Second Harvest Food Bank with nearly ...
  
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• Deal Hunger Sends Food Stocks Higher; US Indexes at Records - New York Times

  21-02-2017 21:37
  New York Times
  Deal Hunger Sends Food Stocks Higher; US Indexes at Records
  New York Times
  NEW YORK — Stocks again broke records Tuesday as investors came back from a long weekend hungry for deals. While Kraft Heinz and Unilever couldn't complete a proposed $143 billion mega-merger, food and household goods makers rose as investors ...and more »
  
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• Walmart Is Winning the Food Fight, for Now - Bloomberg

  21-02-2017 21:08
  
  Bloomberg
  Walmart Is Winning the Food Fight, for Now
  Bloomberg
  For Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the best way to investors' hearts could be through their stomachs. Shares in the world's largest retailer rose 4 percent Tuesday after it reported a 1.9 percent gain in sales at established U.S. stores in the latest quarter ...and more »
  
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• Food, memory, love in the movies - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  21-02-2017 21:07
  
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  Food, memory, love in the movies
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  At first glance, the Academy Award nominees for Best Picture this year seem to offer little more than a faint whiff of the passion for food that has been portrayed on the big screen in recent years. There are no indie hits like 2014's “Chef,” the food ...
  
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• From food stand to Abu Dhabi and Dubai food festivals: The journey of Endless Summer Sweets - Berkeleyside

  21-02-2017 21:06
  
  Berkeleyside
  From food stand to Abu Dhabi and Dubai food festivals: The journey of Endless Summer Sweets
  Berkeleyside
  Walking into the small restaurant nestled between Extreme Pizza and the Crab Shack on Shattuck Avenue is like walking into a pop-up carnival. The smell of freshly-made kettle corn and funnel cake batter fill the air and the funhouse mirror located ...
  
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• Junk Food Now Responsible for Causing Obesity in the Arctic - Grub Street

  21-02-2017 20:26
  
  Grub Street
  Junk Food Now Responsible for Causing Obesity in the Arctic
  Grub Street
  Indigenous people in the Arctic who've been eating polar bears since the Stone Age are getting fat for the first time ever, and scientists blame the creep of a Western diet full of nonperishable, sugary junk food. Researchers have never before recorded ...
  
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• School gardens address hunger issues and promote healthy food - Philadelphia Public School Notebook

  21-02-2017 20:17
  
  Philadelphia Public School Notebook
  School gardens address hunger issues and promote healthy food
  Philadelphia Public School Notebook
  Nebinger lead science teacher Javier Dominguez has organized the maintenance and use of the school's garden and outdoor classroom. a. a. a. - +. When Gregory Wright decided to plant a garden in his backyard in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West ...
  
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• Meet your new food reporter, Brian Taylor Carlson - DesMoinesRegister.com

  21-02-2017 20:09
  
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Meet your new food reporter, Brian Taylor Carlson
  DesMoinesRegister.com
  Brian Taylor Carlson started his new role as the Des Moines Register's food and dining reporter on Monday. He is a recent Drake graduate in journalism and English following more than two decades as a food industry professional, where he has done nearly ...
  
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• Firefighters assist Pleasantville food pantry - Press of Atlantic City

  21-02-2017 19:29
  
  Press of Atlantic City
  Firefighters assist Pleasantville food pantry
  Press of Atlantic City
  Pleasantville firefighters help to separate and bag the food that has arrived from the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on Feb. 21 at the Oasis United Methodist Church in Pleasantville. prev. next. × ...
  
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• SEE IT: Man attacked, robbed as he tries to deliver Chinese food in the Bronx - New York Daily News

  21-02-2017 18:47
  
  New York Daily News
  SEE IT: Man attacked, robbed as he tries to deliver Chinese food in the Bronx
  New York Daily News
  Cops are searching for a couple who viciously beat and robbed a 21-year-old man making a food delivery in the Bronx as at least five witnesses watched nearby — one casually bouncing a basketball. Startling surveillance video released Tuesday shows the ...
  Brutal Beating Of Food Deliveryman Caught On VideoGothamistall 11 news articles »
  
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• Mexico's Grupo Lala books higher FY profits despite US losses

  21-02-2017 18:01
  
  Grupo Lala, the Mexico-based dairy company, saw its sales and earnings grow in 2016 despite losses from the assets it acquired in the US part-way through the year.
  
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• UK Farmers Say `Food Will Rot' in Fields Without EU Workers - Bloomberg

  21-02-2017 18:00
  
  Bloomberg
  UK Farmers Say `Food Will Rot' in Fields Without EU Workers
  Bloomberg
  The U.K. agriculture industry will come to a standstill if the government doesn't reach a deal that guarantees access to European workers, according to the head of Britain's farming union. The most important market news of the day. Get our markets ...and more »
  
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• Emmi's Glaserne Molkerei eyes production growth in 2016

  21-02-2017 16:30
  Emmi-owned German organic milk processor Gläserne Molkerei boosted production of organic milk by 25% in 2016 and is preparing to step up production of yogurt, the company has told just-food.
  
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• Climate Change Is Transforming the World's Food Supply - Yahoo News

  21-02-2017 16:03
  
  Yahoo News
  Climate Change Is Transforming the World's Food Supply
  Yahoo News
  ATLANTA — Climate change is poised to affect the world's food supply in three key ways, experts say. "There will be impacts on the quantity, quality and location of the food we produce," said Dr. Sam Myers, a medical doctor and senior research ...and more »
  
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• VTT's vision of the era of smart and consumer-centric food production - Phys.Org

  21-02-2017 15:54
  
  VTT's vision of the era of smart and consumer-centric food production
  Phys.Org
  We are moving into the era, where food production and digitalisation will merge to form a new food economy. The transition is already under way - led by consumers. Together with companies in the sector, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has ...and more »
  
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• Big changes planned for the sell-by dates on food packaging - Chicago Tribune

  21-02-2017 15:52
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Big changes planned for the sell-by dates on food packaging
  Chicago Tribune
  The majority of Americans have no clear idea what "sell by" labels are trying to tell them. (Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic and Natural Resources Defense Council). Caitlin DeweyWashington Post. The majority of Americans have no clear idea what ...
  Big changes planned for the sell-by dates on food packaging - LA ...Los Angeles Times
  In drive to reduce food waste, 'use by' labels to be simplified ...Mi
  
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• Podravka aims to "double" revenue by 2021 

  21-02-2017 15:51
  Podravka, the Croatia-based consumer goods group, had revealed an aim to "double" its revenue by 2021 as it booked higher sales and earnings for 2016.
  
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• Fifth of world's food lost to over-eating and waste, study finds - Phys.Org

  21-02-2017 15:40
  
  Phys.Org
  Fifth of world's food lost to over-eating and waste, study finds
  Phys.Org
  Almost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers is lost through over-eating or waste, a study suggests. The world population consumes around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost nine per cent is thrown away or left to spoil, ...and more »
  
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• What's really in your dog's food? - WKMG Orlando

  21-02-2017 15:19
  
  What's really in your dog's food?
  WKMG Orlando
  We all love our pets and want what's best for them, and at the most basic level, that comes down to their food. But what do we really know about what we're giving our dogs and cats to eat? [WEB EXTRA: What is in Pet Food? I FDA: Pet Food Labels I Pet ...
  
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• Plate of the Union: New Campaign Will Activate Consumers for Healthy Food and Sustainable Farm Policy - Environmental Working Group

  21-02-2017 15:13
  
  Plate of the Union: New Campaign Will Activate Consumers for Healthy Food and Sustainable Farm Policy
  Environmental Working Group
  WASHINGTON – Every five years, the government passes an almost-trillion-dollar piece of legislation that profoundly impacts food and farm policy. For decades, big agribusiness has dominated the process, with its interests taking precedence over public ...and more »
  
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• New Online Hub Further With Food Collectively Tackles Food Waste - Food Tank (blog)

  21-02-2017 15:09
  
  Food Tank (blog)
  New Online Hub Further With Food Collectively Tackles Food Waste
  Food Tank (blog)
  Further With Food serves as a common online destination for the various groups tackling food waste, including academics, businesses, government entities, investors, NGOs, and individuals to share resources and learn from one another. The website ...
  
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• Burger King Buys Popeyes for $1.8 Billion in Fast-Food Mega-Merger - Eater

  21-02-2017 15:01
  
  Eater
  Burger King Buys Popeyes for $1.8 Billion in Fast-Food Mega-Merger
  Eater
  The fast-food universe gave birth to a deep-fried, flame-broiled lovechild today: After weeks of swirling rumors, Burger King parent company Restaurant Brands International announced this morning that it's acquiring Popeyes for $1.8 billion. RBI also ...
  Popeyes and Burger King enter holy fast-food matrimonyA.V. Cluball 161 news articles »
  
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• Saputo lifts Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory buy-out offer

  21-02-2017 15:00
  Saputo has raised its offer to minority shareholders in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory, the Australian firm in which the Canada-based dairy group, holds a majority stake.
  
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• Consumers prefer Lift 'n' Peel liners

  21-02-2017 15:00
  
  It turns out consumers really do have trouble removing those little seals on top of things like ketchup bottles.
  
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• Smucker cuts FY sales forecast

  21-02-2017 14:56
  US food, coffee and pet food group J.M. Smucker has lowered its forecast for annual sales after a 5% drop in its top line in its third quarter.
  
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• Ulker Biskuvi eyes purchase of United Biscuits Saudi unit

  21-02-2017 14:47
  
  Ülker Bisküvi is in talks to take on a business in Saudi Arabia owned by United Biscuits, one of the Turkey-based snacks group's sister companies under the ownership of Yildiz Holding.
  
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• US food's next wave on display at Winter Fancy Food Show - analysis

  21-02-2017 14:17
  A veteran of attending the annual Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, just-food's US columnist Victor Martino reflects on the changes seen since he first hit the event and outlines four key trends from the floors this year.
  
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• Mondelez Overhauls Snack Line as Deal Talk Rattles Food Industry - Bloomberg

  21-02-2017 13:51
  
  Mondelez Overhauls Snack Line as Deal Talk Rattles Food Industry
  Bloomberg
  While merger discussions roil the food industry, Mondelez International Inc. is doing its best to increase sales on its own. The company is introducing a new line of crackers and snack bars made without artificial ingredients and GMOs, and it's ...and more »
  
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• Wessanen eyeing growth in European organic market - interview from Biofach 2017

  21-02-2017 13:41
  Wessanen, the Netherlands-based food group, enjoyed a solid 2016 and last week forecast stronger growth in sales and operating margins this year. The organic sector is one of Wessanen's key markets and, talking to just-food at last week's Biofach trade show in Germany, executive VP for marketing Klaus Arntz set out where the company sees its growth in the category.
  
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• Edmond Scanlon to replace Stan McCarthy as Kerry Group CEO

  21-02-2017 13:32
  Kerry Group has announced Edmond Scanlon, the head of the ingredients and packaged food company's operations in Asia Pacific, will replace Stan McCarthy as CEO.
  
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• Fresh Del Monte 2016 earnings surge despite sales dip

  21-02-2017 13:27
  Fresh Del Monte Produce today (21 February) booked a jump in profits for 2016 on the back of lower costs and higher selling prices within its banana divsion. 
  
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• Venezuelan food crisis reflected in skipped meals and weight loss - CNN

  21-02-2017 13:08
  
  CNN
  Venezuelan food crisis reflected in skipped meals and weight loss
  CNN
  (CNN) A mother contemplates how she does her food shopping amid shortages and high inflation in Venezuela: Whatever is cheapest in the season is what her children eat, substituting one thing for another and in much smaller portions than before.and more »
  
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• China revises food, drug safety targets for 2020 - Reuters

  21-02-2017 13:05
  
  China revises food, drug safety targets for 2020
  Reuters
  BEIJING China has revised 2020 regulatory targets for food and drug safety in a bid to crack down on illegal activity and lax regulation. The State Council, in guidelines published on Tuesday, upgraded surveillance measures for imported and exported ...and more »
  
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• Britannia Industries inks MoU with Greece's Chipita over JV

  21-02-2017 12:48
  Indian biscuit maker Britannia Industries has signed a "non-binding memorandum of understanding" with Greek cake-to-croissant maker Chipita that could lead to a joint venture between the two companies.
  
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• Smithfield launches Pure Farms antibiotic-free pork

  21-02-2017 11:55
  US meat processor Smithfield Foods has launched an antibiotic-free line of fresh pork products under its Pure Farms brand. 
  
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• Organic Food Sales Are Booming; Why Are American Farmers Crying Foul? - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  21-02-2017 11:30
  
  Organic Food Sales Are Booming; Why Are American Farmers Crying Foul?
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Organic grain is flooding into the U.S., depressing prices and drawing complaints from domestic organic farmers who fear their harvests are held to stricter standards than foreign-raised crops. Turkey, for instance, vaulted ahead to become by far the ...
  
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• Regulations make it too hard to sell home-cooked food - New York Post

  21-02-2017 11:01
  
  New York Post
  Regulations make it too hard to sell home-cooked food
  New York Post
  As food delivery becomes ever more popular in the United States, some innovators have been looking to do for meals what Uber and Lyft have done for rides. Good cooks, or even professional chefs working at home, can produce tasty food for people nearby, ...
  
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• Nestle SA in Packaged Food: Business Priorities (World)

  21-02-2017 10:45
  This profile of Nestlé SA is published in three parts. The first part covers the company's key strategic objectives and challenges, and its global packaged food market assessment. Given Nestlé's wide-
  
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• Thai Union net profit stable on cost control

  21-02-2017 09:20
  Seafood processor Thai Union said that it was able to maintain "stable" net profit in 2016 thanks to "stringent" cost controls that offset higher prices for salmon and tuna. 
  
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• Leroy Seafood sees "record" 2016

  21-02-2017 09:03
  Lerøy Seafood Group said today (21 February) that it saw "record" sales and operating profit during 2016. 
  
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• Lerøy Seafood sees "record" 2016

  21-02-2017 09:03
  Lerøy Seafood Group said today (21 January) that it saw "record" sales and operating profit during 2016. 
  
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• Vita Coco launches first milk alternative product in UK

  21-02-2017 09:01
  Coconut water business Vita Coco is launching its first dairy alternative in the UK.
  
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• UK food and drink exports hit new record

  21-02-2017 08:29
  Total UK exports of food and drink in 2016 grew by 10.5% to a record of more than GBP20bn (US$24.8) as manufacturers "responded to rapid growth in demand for quality produce", according to new figures from UK industry association the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
  
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• Kerry operating earnings strengthen despite sluggish sales

  21-02-2017 08:22
  Irish ingredients-to-foods manufacturer Kerry Group booked an increase in profitability today (21 January) as the group to shrugged off top line softness in its consumer foods division. 
  
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• KIND CEO Daniel Lubetzky Pledges $25M To Fight Unhealthy Food Industry Influence - Forbes

  21-02-2017 07:27
  
  Forbes
  KIND CEO Daniel Lubetzky Pledges $25M To Fight Unhealthy Food Industry Influence
  Forbes
  Eat this. Don't eat that. Worry about this. Don't worry about that. Seemingly every day, you hear of news telling you what and what not to consume. But how much of this information can you really trust, especially with fake news and attacks on science ...
  Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky takes on special interests in the food ...CBS Newsall 6 news articles »
  
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• Mondelēz expands health and wellness offerings

  21-02-2017 07:00
  At the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, executives of Mondelēz International detailed the company’s strategy for both top- and bottom-line growth to deliver strong shareholder returns.
  
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• Cheese recall expands

  21-02-2017 07:00
  According to Food Safety News, more than 130 additional cheeses and products containing cheeses are under recall because of Listeria monocytogenes found in cheese produced by Deutsch Kase Haus.
  
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