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• Activist grabs headlines but change was already on way at Nestle

  29-06-2017 22:37
  
  Activist investors putting pressure on food companies is not new, especially not in recent years, although Nestle's stature in the industry may have raised eyebrows as US investment fund Third Point made the world's largest food business the latest to feel the heat. However, there were already signs of change at Nestle under new CEO Mark Schneider, Dean Best argues.
  
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• Amazon donates $10000 to Delaware Food Bank - The News Journal

  29-06-2017 22:22
  The News Journal
  Amazon donates $10000 to Delaware Food Bank
  The News Journal
  Associates from Amazon's local fulfillment centers this week made a $10,000 delivery at the Food Bank of Delaware, which plans to double the size of its Newark operations at a new site on Lake Drive. During the visit, 35 associates also picked, packed ...
  
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• Donald Trump's Budget Cuts Would Leave Many Americans Hungry - TIME

  29-06-2017 21:32
  
  TIME
  Donald Trump's Budget Cuts Would Leave Many Americans Hungry
  TIME
  Kennedy represents the 4th District of Massachusetts in the United States Congress and is the grandson of Senator Robert F. Kennedy; Edelman is a professor at Georgetown Law Center and a former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Their bellies were ...
  
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• Retail stands to lose $70 billion over 10 years if food stamp benefits are slashed, and here's who gets hit the most - CNBC

  29-06-2017 21:15
  
  CNBC
  Retail stands to lose $70 billion over 10 years if food stamp benefits are slashed, and here's who gets hit the most
  CNBC
  AlixPartners estimates retail collectively stands to lose $70.7 billion over the decade the proposed cuts would take place. Courtney Reagan | @CourtReagan. 3 Hours Ago CNBC.com. SHARES. show chapters. Customers shop at a Target store in Seattle, ...and more »
  
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• There's only one way food delivery services like Blue Apron can survive - Yahoo Finance

  29-06-2017 21:06
  
  Yahoo Finance
  There's only one way food delivery services like Blue Apron can survive
  Yahoo Finance
  Workers prepare for a Blue Apron Holdings Inc. event before the company's initial public offering (IPO) outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images). More. Blue Apron (APRN) made a lukewarm ...and more »
  
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• One of the world's most famous chefs wants to help you forage for your food - Washington Post

  29-06-2017 20:45
  
  Washington Post
  One of the world's most famous chefs wants to help you forage for your food
  Washington Post
  “The basic premise is simple: Everyone in the world should grow up as a forager,” said René Redzepi, founder of Noma and possibly the world's most influential chef. “Knowing your ABCs in nature, the flora and fauna, the patterns of the landscape, and ...and more »
  
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• Study: Orcas' failed pregnancies linked to scarce food - ABC News

  29-06-2017 20:39
  
  The Seattle Times
  Study: Orcas' failed pregnancies linked to scarce food
  ABC News
  In this 2012 photo provided by the Center for Whale Research, a dog trained to sniff for orca scat sits on a boat in the Salish Sea in Washington state. A new study to be published Thursday, June 29, 2017, says that the small population of endangered ...
  UW professor's study links food scarcity to orcas' failed pregnancies ...The Seattle Times
  Study links at-risk orcas' failed pregnancies to scarce foodKitsap Suna
  
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• Drive-thru fast-food chain will make Sacramento-area debut this year - Sacramento Bee

  29-06-2017 20:12
  
  Sacramento Bee
  Drive-thru fast-food chain will make Sacramento-area debut this year
  Sacramento Bee
  Move over In-N-Out Burger, Carl's Jr., McDonald's and other local purveyors of burgers, fries and shakes. Checkers is coming to the Sacramento area. The Tampa, Fla.-based restaurant chain, formally known as Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., will open ...
  
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• Food trucks soon will operate at O'Hare, Midway, but they'll cater to cabbies - Chicago Tribune

  29-06-2017 20:04
  
  Food trucks soon will operate at O'Hare, Midway, but they'll cater to cabbies
  Chicago Tribune
  Food trucks are expected to serve up their goods at O'Hare and Midway airports later this year. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune). Samantha BomkampContact ReporterChicago Tribune. Food trucks are expected to begin serving at Midway and O'Hare ...
  
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• Food poisoning: 9 myths we all get wrong - Today.com

  29-06-2017 20:01
  
  Today.com
  Food poisoning: 9 myths we all get wrong
  Today.com
  There's really no good reason to picnic. But here we are in full-on picnic mode. That means that bacteria, viruses and parasites are ready to party in our intestines and make us feel like crap for a day, maybe 10. Unfortunately, there's something about ...
  
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• ABC's 'The Chew' To Broadcast From The 22nd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival - ABC

  29-06-2017 19:40
  ABC's 'The Chew' To Broadcast From The 22nd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival
  ABC
  ABC's Emmy Award-winning lifestyle series, "The Chew," returns to Walt Disney World Resort this fall to broadcast five shows from the 22nd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. "The Chew" shows, to record October 4-6 against the park's iconic ...and more »
  
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• Danish food sector backs Brussels proposals on acrylamide

  29-06-2017 19:10
  
  The Danish Agriculture and Food Council (DAFC), which represents the country's food and farming sectors, has supported draft proposals put forward by the European Commission to reduce levels of acrylamide in certain foods.
  
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• This Pizza Bikini Is 100% Edible - Food & Wine

  29-06-2017 18:52
  
  Food & Wine
  This Pizza Bikini Is 100% Edible
  Food & Wine
  Could this be the peak summer food mash-up? It's called the Pizza-Kini and it's exactly what it sounds like: A $10,000 bikini made out of pizza. Yes, you read that price correctly. Courtesy of Michael Koh for Villa Italian Kitchen. The ingenious ...and more »
  
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• Amazon-Whole Foods deal increases other food retailers' likelihood of default, report says - CNBC

  29-06-2017 18:27
  
  CNBC
  Amazon-Whole Foods deal increases other food retailers' likelihood of default, report says
  CNBC
  The median one-year probability of default for food retailers was 3.73 percent on June 15 and heightened to 14 percent to 4.26 percent on June 16, S&P Global Market Intelligence said in a report. Meanwhile, the credit quality of Whole Foods has seen an ...
  Amazon's new grocery venture gives Jeff Bezos his greatest challenge—creating enough organic foodQuartz
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• Mondelez to shed jobs at Belgium cheese plant

  29-06-2017 18:25
  
  Forty-five workers at a Mondelez International factory in Belgium making cheese spreads including Dairylea and Sottilette are being made redundant as a result of reduced volumes at the plant.
  
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• UK baby food firm Piccolo makes Ireland first overseas market

  29-06-2017 18:12
  
  Piccolo, which claims to be the UK's fastest growing baby brand, has made Ireland its first overseas market.
  
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• Mexico's Sigma Alimentos buys Peruvian company Supemsa

  29-06-2017 18:03
  
  Sigma Alimentos, the Mexico-based food group, has acquired Peruvian packaged meats and dairy company Suisse Peruana de Embutidos for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• Eastern Europeans think Western food brands are selling them dross - The Economist

  29-06-2017 17:24
  The Economist
  Eastern Europeans think Western food brands are selling them dross
  The Economist
  FOR some it is the cheese and yogurt; for others the fruit juice. But for Tibor Ferko, a young butcher from Usti nad Labem, a city in the northern Czech Republic, it is the chocolate that leaves him slavering at the chops. Mr Ferko gestures with near ...
  
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• Conaway hits back at Heritage over food stamps criticism - The Hill

  29-06-2017 17:24
  
  The Hill
  Conaway hits back at Heritage over food stamps criticism
  The Hill
  House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) hit back on criticism from the conservative group Heritage Action, which released a scathing release on his reticence to cut the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps. “They've been ...and more »
  
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• Chicken Sandwich Takes One Giant Leap for Food-Kind - Space.com

  29-06-2017 17:05
  
  Space.com
  Chicken Sandwich Takes One Giant Leap for Food-Kind
  Space.com
  A KFC chicken sandwich launched on a mision to the stratosphere aboard a World View Stratollite balloon at 9:11 a.m. EDT (1311 GMT) on June 29. Credit: KFC. In what appears to be a historic first, a fast-food chicken sandwich was successfully carried ...and more »
  
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• Moldy cheese tub, expired milk top May food violations in Ann Arbor - MLive.com

  29-06-2017 16:46
  
  MLive.com
  Moldy cheese tub, expired milk top May food violations in Ann Arbor
  MLive.com
  Of the 165 restaurants and food service facilities inspected in May, 18 had two or more priority violations, which are the most serious violations that are most likely to lead to food-borne illness. There were seven restaurants that had three or more ...
  
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• What do you need to know to understand Charlotte's real food scene? These 5 things. - Charlotte Observer

  29-06-2017 16:29
  
  What do you need to know to understand Charlotte's real food scene? These 5 things.
  Charlotte Observer
  If you had to sum up the essential dishes of Charlotte, what would you choose? The keys to understanding what's really going on in food here. The things no one should miss. When the Southern Foodways Alliance brought its annual symposium to town last ...
  
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• Conagra forecasts at best flat FY sales

  29-06-2017 15:57
  
  Conagra Brands today (29 June) forecast its net sales - on a reported and underlying basis - would be at best flat in its new financial year but the US group maintained its three-year targets for organic sales and adjusted margins.
  
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• Frank 'N Steins out, Market on Magnolia food hall coming to downtown - Orlando Weekly (blog)

  29-06-2017 15:47
  
  Orlando Weekly (blog)
  Frank 'N Steins out, Market on Magnolia food hall coming to downtown
  Orlando Weekly (blog)
  No, Fixer Upper's Joanna Gaines isn't opening a modern-rustic outpost of her Magnolia Market on Magnolia Avenue. Instead, Pete Downing, current owner of Frank & Steins hot dog-centric bar space, is eschewing his souped-up tube steaks in favor of a food ...
  
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• McCormick cuts earnings forecast on cost of drive for scale

  29-06-2017 15:45
  
  McCormick & Co. today (29 June) cut its forecasts for annual operating income and earnings per share as the US spices and sauces group takes on the cost of implementing a programme designed to help it become a bigger business.
  
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• Hampton Creek unveils synthetic meat plans

  29-06-2017 15:36
  
  US-based eggless mayo producer Hampton Creek has revealed it is developing lab-produced meat and seafood products and is reportedly expecting to have a product on the market by the end of next year.
  
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• UK food bank use set to grow amid rising living costs and dwindling welfare, study finds - CNBC

  29-06-2017 15:24
  CNBC
  UK food bank use set to grow amid rising living costs and dwindling welfare, study finds
  CNBC
  Dwindling welfare payments and rising living costs mean that more and more people could find themselves reaching out to food banks in coming years, according to a new report from Oxford University. The research, the largest ever study of food bank use, ...
  Who really goes to a food bank?BBC News
  Biggest ever study of food banks warns use likely to increaseThe Guardianall 18 news articles 
  
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• Galaxie apartment building evacuated, burned food possibly to blame, officials say - Madison.com

  29-06-2017 15:23
  
  Madison.com
  Galaxie apartment building evacuated, burned food possibly to blame, officials say
  Madison.com
  Residents had to evacuate the Galaxie apartment building (left) Wednesday night when smoke alarms were activated. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL. prev. next. The Galaxie apartment building on East Washington Avenue was evacuated Wednesday ...and more »
  
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• German dairy giant DMK plans plant closures

  29-06-2017 15:13
  
  A forecast reduction in the volume of milk supplies has led to Germany's largest dairy cooperative DMK to set out plans to cease operations at three of its factories.
  
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• Museum of Natural History Holds Refined Wine + Food Festival - Santa Barbara Independent

  29-06-2017 15:12
  
  Santa Barbara Independent
  Museum of Natural History Holds Refined Wine + Food Festival
  Santa Barbara Independent
  On September 24, more than 1,000 food and wine aficionados gathered on the beautiful grounds of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for its Wine + Food Festival, now in its 30th year. As always, top winemakers personally poured their vintages, ...
  
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• Ex-StarKist executive Stephen Hodge pleads guilty to tuna price-fixing

  29-06-2017 15:06
  
  A former StarKist executive has pleaded guilty to a charge of fixing the prices of canned seafood with officials from other US tuna companies, in the latest development in a scandal which has engulfed the country's three biggest tuna companies.
  
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• Fighting Diabetes With Food - Fortune

  29-06-2017 15:02
  
  Fortune
  Fighting Diabetes With Food
  Fortune
  In the summer of 2012, Sami Inkinen was 36, wealthy, and semiretired. Trulia, the online real estate company he cofounded and nurtured from a startup to a business with some 20 million users, had filed to go public, and he had decided to cease his ...
  
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• JBS creates executive committee as governance push continues

  29-06-2017 14:40
  
  Troubled Brazilian meat processor JBS has set up an executive committee, the latest in a series of moves to strengthen its governance and compliance processes in a bid to restore credibility following damaging corruption investigations.
  
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• Kennett Square attracting food lovers at new restaurants, kitty cafe, beer garden - The News Journal

  29-06-2017 14:07
  The News Journal
  Kennett Square attracting food lovers at new restaurants, kitty cafe, beer garden
  The News Journal
  KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. – A little more than a year ago, Andrea and Bryan Sikora decided it was time to expand their culinary horizons. Since 2013, the couple have operated three bar/restaurants in downtown Wilmington, beginning with their flagship rustic ...
  
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• New Kentucky law allows more businesses to donate food to pantries - WCPO

  29-06-2017 13:33
  
  WCPO
  New Kentucky law allows more businesses to donate food to pantries
  WCPO
  NEWPORT, Ky. -- A new law takes effect in Kentucky Thursday that could help feed the hungry. The law takes away a barrier that prevented some businesses from donating their leftovers. According to local food pantry organizers, some sources have been ...and more »
  
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• How whales started filtering food from the sea - The Economist

  29-06-2017 13:10
  The Economist
  How whales started filtering food from the sea
  The Economist
  ARCHAEOPTERYX, a toothy, feathered fossil found in Germany in the 19th century, hinted at a crucial moment in one of the greatest transitions in the history of life—the point when dinosaurs (which have teeth) took to the skies, and birds (which have ...
  
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• How to send back restaurant food without being a jerk - Quartz

  29-06-2017 13:00
  
  Quartz
  How to send back restaurant food without being a jerk
  Quartz
  We've all been there: You tuck into your dinner at a nice restaurant and realize right away that something's not right. Maybe you're a vegetarian and notice a pancetta cube in your pasta. Maybe the dish is too spicy, or too cold, or too salty, or you ...
  
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• Falcons promise affordable food and drinks at new stadium - NBCSports.com

  29-06-2017 12:09
  
  NBCSports.com
  Falcons promise affordable food and drinks at new stadium
  NBCSports.com
  When the Falcons open their new stadium this season, they say they're going to have something unusual: Food and beverages that aren't a ripoff. Falcons President Rich McKay told Fast Company that fans have spoken up repeatedly that food is too ...
  
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• Returning to Taste, Carbon Live Fire still fighting fallout from food poisoning outbreak - Chicago Tribune

  29-06-2017 12:02
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Returning to Taste, Carbon Live Fire still fighting fallout from food poisoning outbreak
  Chicago Tribune
  The premium fire-grilled steak burrito is on the menu at Carbon Live Fire Mexican Grill. The Bridgeport fast-casual restaurant says it's still being affected by fallout from a food poisoning outbreak last summer. (Nick Kindelsperger/Chicago Tribune).
  
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• NEA Funds Climate-Change Plays, Workshops on 'Food Justice' - Washington Free Beacon

  29-06-2017 11:13
  
  Washington Free Beacon
  NEA Funds Climate-Change Plays, Workshops on 'Food Justice'
  Washington Free Beacon
  The National Endowment for the Arts is funding a progressive rendition of Pride and Prejudice, a choreographed traffic jam, and a play about climate change causing the end of the world. Aside from spending $20,000 on a musical about a lesbian illegal ...
  
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• UK fund Downing invests to help Real Good Food expand

  29-06-2017 10:06
  
  UK bakery and ingredients group Real Good Food is looking to expand two of its businesses - and has sought investment from local investment firm Downing to help fund its plans.
  
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• Apetit offloads seafood business to Insula

  29-06-2017 10:06
  
  Finland-based food company Apetit today (29 June) announced a deal to sell its seafood businesses in its domestic market, Norway and Sweden to Norwegian seafood group Insula.
  
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• Nightlife review: Good drinks & great food - Omaha World-Herald

  29-06-2017 08:08
  
  Omaha World-Herald
  Nightlife review: Good drinks & great food
  Omaha World-Herald
  At Skyybox Grill and Bar in west Omaha, they put “grill” first in their name for a reason. The food isn't just an afterthought here. Skyybox has the usual bar and grill eats — appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps and burgers. Most of the food ...
  
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• Study links at-risk orcas' failed pregnancies to scarce food - ABC News

  29-06-2017 05:07
  
  The Seattle Times
  Study links at-risk orcas' failed pregnancies to scarce food
  ABC News
  In this undated photo provided by the University of Washington, Southern resident killer whales swim off the coast of San Juan Island, Wash. A new study to be published Thursday, June 29, 2017, says that the small population of endangered Puget Sound ...
  UW professor's study links food scarcity to orcas' failed pregnancies ...The Seattle Timesall 10 news articles »
  
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• Kidnapped teen forced to be sex slave in exchange for food: cops - New York Post

  29-06-2017 04:01
  
  New York Post
  Kidnapped teen forced to be sex slave in exchange for food: cops
  New York Post
  A North Carolina teen who was kidnapped and held prisoner for more than a year was fed in exchange for sexual favors, according to authorities. The 17-year-old girl had been missing since May 2016 until the FBI rescued her Saturday from her alleged ...
  Imprisoned Charlotte teen was kept in upstairs bedroom, denied food, officials sayCharlotte Observerall 32 news articles »
  
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• 'Living food' concept coming to Pizitz Food Hall - AL.com

  29-06-2017 02:41
  
  AL.com
  'Living food' concept coming to Pizitz Food Hall
  AL.com
  The newest tenant in the Pizitz Food Hall will be a concept new not only to the hall but also to Birmingham: a healthy food concept with a special emphasis on raw fruits and vegetables. But don't think the food at Bitty's Living Kitchen won't be ...and more »
  
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