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• Food-cart initiative puts Latino entrepreneurs on a path to their dreams - Seattle Times

  28-04-2017 22:50
  
  Seattle Times
  Food-cart initiative puts Latino entrepreneurs on a path to their dreams
  Seattle Times
  Oscar Fernandez, who operates the La Panaderia by Cake Box Co. food cart at Beacon Hill's Plaza Roberto Maestas, hopes “to grow our business from micro status” after getting started with help from community... (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times) More.
  
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• Frozen chicken recalled due to possible plastic contamination

  28-04-2017 22:44
  
  Farmerville, La.-based Foster Poultry Farms has recalled more than 131,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat breaded chicken patties that may be contaminated with plastic. 
  
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• THE DISH: Jack Daniel's on menu; food truck war is on - The Bakersfield Californian

  28-04-2017 22:38
  
  The Bakersfield Californian
  THE DISH: Jack Daniel's on menu; food truck war is on
  The Bakersfield Californian
  Cassie Bittle, left, and Lauren Bowyer get into the Prohibition spirit to promote KC Steakhouse's new Jack Daniel's-themed menu featuring single barrel whiskey from the distiller. After a sold-out kick-off party this weekend for the new food and drinks ...
  
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• Portland's new food and drink hub takes shape - Bangor Daily News

  28-04-2017 22:37
  
  Bangor Daily News
  Portland's new food and drink hub takes shape
  Bangor Daily News
  The last flowers have been sold at Creighton & Sons; errant petals long swept away. And this spring, a trio of food and drink establishments are gearing up behind the scenes at 123 Washington Avenue. Construction crews are hard at work transforming the ...and more »
  
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• Coming soon to the Minneapolis food truck scene: cookie dough - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  28-04-2017 22:34
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Coming soon to the Minneapolis food truck scene: cookie dough
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  In the food trends pipeline, it would seem that cupcakes are so over. Doughnuts are hot, but they're bound to slip sometime. And when they do, spouses Haley and Tony Fritz are going to be ready with what they foresee as the Next Big Thing. Cookie dough.and more »
  
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• Neighborhood Eats: Spins on classic American comfort food at Wooden Spoon - WABC-TV

  28-04-2017 22:06
  
  WABC-TV
  Neighborhood Eats: Spins on classic American comfort food at Wooden Spoon
  WABC-TV
  There's nothing like some good old fashioned comfort food, and a restaurant in Westchester County is putting some spins on the classics. Restaurant owner Nick Triscari named his spot The Wooden Spoon because he wanted the atmosphere to feel familiar ...
  
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• No Food, No Water, No Luxury Tents: The $12000-Per-Ticket Disaster That Was the Short-Lived Fyre Festival - E! Online

  28-04-2017 21:48
  
  E! Online
  No Food, No Water, No Luxury Tents: The $12000-Per-Ticket Disaster That Was the Short-Lived Fyre Festival
  E! Online
  It was supposed to be the Coachella of the Bahamas. It was supposed to be a VIP experience. It was supposed to be a long weekend filled with lounging on the beach, occasionally interrupted with A-list run-ins and topline musical acts. Instead it was ...
  'Literally Bread, Cheese, and Salad': How Fyre Festival-Goers Were Duped After Promise of Celeb Chef MealsPEOPLE.comall
  
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• UN food agencies urge Governments to step up food action in African countries facing famine - UN News Centre

  28-04-2017 21:24
  
  UN News Centre
  UN food agencies urge Governments to step up food action in African countries facing famine
  UN News Centre
  Mothers and children wait to be screened for malnutrition at a UNICEF-supported Outpatient Therapeutic Program in Baidoa, Somalia. UNICEF/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin. Tweet. Print. 28 April 2017 – Unless urgent action is taken to feed people in ...
  UN food agencies warn against ignoring famine alarmReliefweball 114 news articles »
  
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• Mega-Popular Urbanspace Food Hall Adds Second Midtown East Location - Eater NY

  28-04-2017 20:19
  
  Eater NY
  Mega-Popular Urbanspace Food Hall Adds Second Midtown East Location
  Eater NY
  Yet another food hall is to Manhattan, a second location six blocks north of the popular Urbanspace Vanderbilt food hall with just as many vendors. A spokesperson tells Eater they're bringing the art deco motif inside the landmarked building at 570 ...and more »
  
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• Highland Park Hopes to Add Whimsical New Food Hall Called Billie Bird Market - Eater LA

  28-04-2017 20:03
  
  Eater LA
  Highland Park Hopes to Add Whimsical New Food Hall Called Billie Bird Market
  Eater LA
  If you look up “white hot dining trends” in the dictionary right now, there's a good chance you'll find dual entries for 'food halls' and 'Highland Park,' both of which are at the cusp of the current food and beverage conversations around Los Angeles ...and more »
  
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• Food market news of the week - Tyson Foods' one-two, Nestle to cut UK jobs, Emmi's signal of confidence in Brazil,

  28-04-2017 19:55
  Tyson Foods, the US-based meat giant and one of the world's largest food makers, this week announced two more steps in its strategy to focus on value-added protein, including a US$4.2bn deal to buy US burgers-to-sandwiches supplier AdvancePierre Foods Holdings. Nestle announced plans to cut almost 300 jobs in the UK, provoking the anger of unions. And Switzerland-based dairy business Emmi announced a move to boost its presence in Brazil with the acquisition of a minority stake in local group Lat
  
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• The next big march in Washington should be for food, celebrity chefs say - Washington Post

  28-04-2017 19:38
  
  Washington Post
  The next big march in Washington should be for food, celebrity chefs say
  Washington Post
  First, the women marched. Then came the immigrants, and the scientists followed. Now celebrity chefs are calling for another Washington march — this time, for food. “Bizarre Foods” host Andrew Zimmern and “Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio were among the ...
  
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• Heritage Foods pushes dairy operations into northern India

  28-04-2017 19:06
  Heritage Foods, the southern India-focused dairy business, today (28 April) announced its entry into the north of the country by setting up five new production units.
  
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• Lea Michele: 'I've never eaten fast food' - Fox News

  28-04-2017 18:13
  Fox News
  Lea Michele: 'I've never eaten fast food'
  Fox News
  Celebrities: they're just like us — maybe not. Lea Michele recently told E! News that she's reportedly never have one treat that most people have enjoyed (and still do) at some point in their lives. “I'm good in the sense that I've never eaten fast ...
  Lea Michele Says She's 'Never Eaten Fast Food,' Won't Drink Soda or Eat CandyPEOPLE.comall 62 news articles »
  
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• Target is shutting down food lab in Massachusetts after all - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  28-04-2017 17:49
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Target is shutting down food lab in Massachusetts after all
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  ELIZABETH BRUMLEY, Special to the Star Tribune Target could not come to terms with a potential buyer and is closing its Food + Future lab in Cambridge, Mass. Shown is a food scanner that would tell consumers more about the food they might buy.
  Target Food Lab to ClosePatch.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• Unicorn Frappuccinos are just the latest food designed with Instagram in mind - Los Angeles Times

  28-04-2017 17:35
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Unicorn Frappuccinos are just the latest food designed with Instagram in mind
  Los Angeles Times
  If you've been online in the past week, you've seen a Unicorn Frappuccino in its natural habitat: Instagram. The drink dominated social media, with more than 1.3 billion impressions on Twitter, according to the analytics firm Brandwatch. On Instagram ...
  How Unicorn Foods Took Over the InternetThrillist
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• Food Lion 3-Day Sale starts today - WRAL.com

  28-04-2017 17:13
  
  WRAL.com
  Food Lion 3-Day Sale starts today
  WRAL.com
  Food Lion has a new 3-Day Sale starting today, Friday, 4/28 with great deals on Tide, Bounty, Charmin and more! And don't miss the Teacher Discount on Tuesday! These deals are valid Wednesday, April 26 – Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Teacher Discount: On ...and more »
  
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• Yet another dog food lot recalled because it may contain euthanasia drug - CNN

  28-04-2017 16:10
  
  CNN
  Yet another dog food lot recalled because it may contain euthanasia drug
  CNN
  (CNN) If you have a couple of cans of Party Animal dog food in the house, you may want to pull them out and take a close look at the label. Party Animals, a California-based pet food maker, is recalling two lots from its line of Cocolicious dog foods ...
  Dog Food Recalled After Tests Find Euthanasia DrugWebMD
  Dog Food Recalled After Possible Drug ContaminationCBS DFW
  Dog food products, possibly containing drug used
  
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• D's Naturals' selective use of General Mills backing - interview

  28-04-2017 16:04
  D's Naturals has developed rapidly from its inception just two years ago. Today, the US plant-based protein bar maker generates around US$10m in sales and has attracted investment from General Mills investment arm, 301 Inc. Founder Daniel Katz - or D as he is also known - spoke to just-food's Katy Askew about the development of the business and its prospects.
  
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• Bimbo acquires Morocco's Adghal bakery

  28-04-2017 15:45
  Mexico-based bakery giant Grupo Bimbo has entered the African market with the purchase of the Adghal group, a Morocco-based producer of baked goods.
  
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• UK sugar debate becoming more measured - column

  28-04-2017 15:39
  Ben Cooper reports from a UK conference on sugar this week and finds a shift in the tone of discussion from debate to action.
  
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• Around Hamilton County: Food trucks and Blue Ash summer lineup - Cincinnati.com

  28-04-2017 15:39
  
  Cincinnati.com
  Around Hamilton County: Food trucks and Blue Ash summer lineup
  Cincinnati.com
  It's back! The Fourth Annual Loveland Food Truck Rally hosted by the Little Miami River Chamber Alliance comes to Shopper's Haven Plaza, 675 Loveland-Madeira Road, 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 13. The event includes: food options from more than 20 ...
  
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• Thailand to restrict baby food marketing

  28-04-2017 15:32
  
  Thailand is set to introduce new laws to control marketing and promotions used for infant and toddler food.
  
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• This Startup Has a Natural Solution to the $2.6 Trillion Food Waste Problem - Fortune

  28-04-2017 15:21
  
  Fortune
  This Startup Has a Natural Solution to the $2.6 Trillion Food Waste Problem
  Fortune
  By 2050 earth will be home to 9.7 billion people, all of whom must be fed using less land and fewer resources. And it will have to be done as climate change wreaks havoc on farmers. “We need to build a system that allows us to feed the population in a ...
  
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• What's your favorite New Orleans Jazz Fest food? Nominate it here - NOLA.com

  28-04-2017 15:16
  
  NOLA.com
  What's your favorite New Orleans Jazz Fest food? Nominate it here
  NOLA.com
  The New Orleans Jazz Fest prides itself on dishing out great food. The festival, which features more than 70 food vendors, has a remarkably stable lineup of South Louisiana cooks who come back year after year. We've tried just about every dish at the ...
  Best New Orleans Jazz Fest food, our critic's picksThe Advocateall 78 news articles »
  
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• 17th annual Taste of Weehawken: Good food and drink for a good cause - NJ.com

  28-04-2017 15:04
  
  NJ.com
  17th annual Taste of Weehawken: Good food and drink for a good cause
  NJ.com
  For the past 17 years, the town of Weehawken has come together after the winter months to help a cause that is close to their hearts. The 17th annual Taste of Weehawken is scheduled for May 2 at the Food Court at Lincoln Harbor. Dozens of restaurants ...
  
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• Agrokor investigating "potential errors" in accounts

  28-04-2017 14:57
  
  The restructuring team appointed to run Croatia's indebted food manufacturer and retailer Agrokor has said it investigating "potential errors" in the group's accounts.
  
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• Industrias Bachoco benefits from poultry demand in Q1

  28-04-2017 14:12
  Mexico-based poultry processor Industrias Bachoco has booked improved sales and profits for the first quarter of the year.
  
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• Food industry seeking another delay in calorie labeling - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  28-04-2017 13:49
  
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Food industry seeking another delay in calorie labeling
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  Facing a May 5 compliance deadline set by the Food and Drug Administration last year, some restaurants and other establishments are eyeing a massive spending bill that Congress will have to pass in the next week to keep the government open and hope to ...and more »
  
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• Young's Seafood silent on 'interest in Icelandic Seachill'

  28-04-2017 13:37
  Young's Seafood has declined to comment on a report it could be among potential suitors casting their nets to acquire the UK-based Icelandic Seachill, owner of The Saucy Fish Co. brand.
  
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• Atlantic Grupa sales down, profits up in Q1

  28-04-2017 13:16
  Atlantic Grupa has booked higher first-quarter earnings but saw its sales fall in the first three months of the year due to a slump in sales of sports nutrition and functional food products, the Croatia-based food and beverage company's largest division.
  
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• Man admits to murdering, burning ex-Food Network contestant, her husband and unborn child - Washington Post

  28-04-2017 12:59
  
  Washington Post
  Man admits to murdering, burning ex-Food Network contestant, her husband and unborn child
  Washington Post
  A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to murdering a former Food Network contestant, her husband and their unborn child, whose dismembered remains were discovered burned in a wood stove near their property. Robert Jason Owens admitted Thursday ...
  Man pleads guilty to murder of pregnant Food Network star, husbandFox News
  North Carolina man pleads guilty to killing Foo
  
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• M&S online food delivery service will be no piece of cake - BBC News

  28-04-2017 12:21
  
  BBC News
  M&S online food delivery service will be no piece of cake
  BBC News
  Couch potatoes everywhere are licking their lips as two High Street giants prepare to enter the crowded market of online food orders for home delivery. Middle-class shoppers could soon find it easier to order high-end treats from home as Marks and ...and more »
  
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• This Is How Much Money Food Bloggers Can Actually Make - Huffington Post

  28-04-2017 12:06
  
  Huffington Post
  This Is How Much Money Food Bloggers Can Actually Make
  Huffington Post
  Pinch of Yum is a successful food blog. But just how successful monetarily? It's a question we all wonder about food blogs. Turns out this particular blog is successful enough to be a full-time job for the husband-and-wife team behind it ― plus staff ...
  
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• Norway eyes seafood exports boost to China under new agreement

  28-04-2017 11:17
  Norwegian seafood exports to China are expected to receive a boost from the signing of a food safety agreement between the nations, Norway's government has said.
  
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• WH Group sales, earnings edge up in Q1

  28-04-2017 09:26
  WH Group, China's largest pork processor, said that its sales and earnings edged up during the first quarter as a stronger result from its hog and fresh pork units offset a decrease in packaged meat profitability. 
  
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• Snack maker Cloetta to remove palm oil from "majority" of products

  28-04-2017 09:26
  
  Swedish confectioner and snack maker Cloetta has announced plans to remove palm oil used in glazing agents, which would see palm oil removed from "the majority of its products" by the end of this year.
  
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• Emmi acquires stake in Brazil's Laticinios Porto Alegre

  28-04-2017 09:26
  Swiss dairy group Emmi is acquiring a 40% stake in Brazilian dairy processor Laticínios Porto Alegre Indústria e Comércio. 
  
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• Cops: Illegal immigrant sought in food stamp scam - Boston Herald

  28-04-2017 08:50
  
  Boston Herald
  Cops: Illegal immigrant sought in food stamp scam
  Boston Herald
  The Massachusetts State Police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section is searching for MARTIN B. SANTIAGO, 49, who did not show up for his food stamp fraud and money laundering trial today in Essex Superior Court. Investigators have determined that ...and more »
  
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• Drinking beetroot juice before exercising may boost brain performance

  28-04-2017 07:00
  A study published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series A suggests that consuming beetroot juice prior to exercise may enhance brain performance in older adults.
  
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• Conagra hires Calpino as vice president of innovation

  28-04-2017 07:00
  Conagra Brands has announced that Barry Calpino has joined the company as vice president of innovation.
  
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