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• Government joins food fight over menu labeling requirements - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  15-08-2017 22:46
  Fortune
  Government joins food fight over menu labeling requirements
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  NEW YORK — The U.S. government has joined a food fight between New York City and a national group opposing new food labeling regulations for chain grocery and convenience stores. The Department of Justice filed legal papers this week on behalf of ...
  The Trump Administration Just Picked a Big Food Fight With New York CityFortune
  FDA picks food fight with city over its calorie-posting rulesNew
  
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• Latino food trade group forms - Supermarket News

  15-08-2017 22:40
  Supermarket News
  Latino food trade group forms
  Supermarket News
  A group of food industry participants including leading Hispanic supermarket chains Northgate Gonzalez and Vallarta Supermarkets have announced the formation of the Latino Food Industry Association, a trade group that will represent the interests of ...
  
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• Neon Label Super LTD Eats Up Tribeca Docu 'Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste' In First Deal - Deadline

  15-08-2017 21:53
  Deadline
  Neon Label Super LTD Eats Up Tribeca Docu 'Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste' In First Deal
  Deadline
  Neon's newly launched boutique label Super LTD has made its first deal, acquiring rights to Wasted! The Story Of Food Waste, the documentary that counts Anthony Bourdain among its executive producers and that bowed at the Tribeca Film Festival this ...and more »
  
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• Jeremy Farmer, ex-Lawrence mayor, sentenced to prison for embezzling from food bank - Topeka Capital Journal

  15-08-2017 21:40
  Topeka Capital Journal
  Jeremy Farmer, ex-Lawrence mayor, sentenced to prison for embezzling from food bank
  Topeka Capital Journal
  Former Lawrence Mayor Jeremy Farmer has been sentenced after pleading guilty in September 2016 to a single felony count of interstate transportation of stolen funds. (File/YouTube). A federal judge ordered a former Lawrence mayor Tuesday to serve 10 ...
  Former Lawrence mayor sent to prison for stealing from food bankKansas City Star
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• Four Wichita restaurants named on Food Network's 'Best of Kansas' list - Wichita Eagle

  15-08-2017 21:35
  Wichita Eagle
  Four Wichita restaurants named on Food Network's 'Best of Kansas' list
  Wichita Eagle
  Food Network has always been in the business of publishing guides to each state's best eats. Remember its 2013 guide to best ice cream shops, where Paleteria La Reyna earned a mention, and 2012's list of best sandwiches, which featured My Tho?
  
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• Armed Venezuelan soldiers caught in Guyana begging for food - Miami Herald

  15-08-2017 21:31
  Miami Herald
  Armed Venezuelan soldiers caught in Guyana begging for food
  Miami Herald
  A handful of Venezuelan soldiers — armed and in uniform — were caught in neighboring Guyana last week begging for food, local police reported, another sign of Venezuela's deepening hunger crisis.
  
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• Hit series 'Man v. Food' takes on Westchester - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  15-08-2017 19:26
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Hit series 'Man v. Food' takes on Westchester
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  In "Man v. Food" on Travel Channel, host Casey Webb ventures into unchartered food territory, trying to find America's most delicious, unique eats –and taking on legendary eating challenges. In an upcoming episode airing Aug. 21, the intrepid eater ...and more »
  
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• This 106-Year-Old Fruitcake Makes The Food Industry's Eyes Light Up - Forbes

  15-08-2017 19:12
  Forbes
  This 106-Year-Old Fruitcake Makes The Food Industry's Eyes Light Up
  Forbes
  For generations, explorers have gone to Antarctica in search of clues about the survival under brutal conditions of man, mammal and bird. Now, they've discovered something else that withstands extreme cold: a 106-year-old fruitcake. According to the ...and more »
  
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• Downtown's Next Food Hall Could Land Right Alongside Skid Row - Eater LA

  15-08-2017 19:07
  Eater LA
  Downtown's Next Food Hall Could Land Right Alongside Skid Row
  Eater LA
  Apparently Los Angeles isn't even close to done building food halls yet. Tenants through the southern tip of Little Tokyo, which is not far from Skid Row, are receiving a new notice for a hearing on September 5 to discuss a possible mixed-use food hall.
  
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• Tidbit Food Cart Pod to Shutter on SE Division - Eater Portland

  15-08-2017 18:47
  Eater Portland
  Tidbit Food Cart Pod to Shutter on SE Division
  Eater Portland
  The roughly 20 food carts located inside the Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod on Southeast Division and 28th Avenue will roll away by October 8, WWeek reports. Tidbit co-founder Christina Davis says the lot has been sold for an undisclosed development, ...
  Popular SE Portland food cart pod to close this fall, development takes its placeKATU
  SE Portland food cart pod looking for new home due to apartment complex dev
  
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• Food Network's Anne Burrell opens Cheetos-themed pop-up restaurant - Fox News

  15-08-2017 18:22
  Fox News
  Food Network's Anne Burrell opens Cheetos-themed pop-up restaurant
  Fox News
  Celebrity chef Anne Burrell debuts some of the dishes from her new Cheetos-inspired pop-up restaurant. The Spotted Cheetah is open only this week in New York. (Fox News/Diana Colapietro). As celebrity chef Anne Burrell says, “It's pretty easy to be ...and more »
  
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• Chinese meat giant WH Group profits up on fresh pork

  15-08-2017 18:05
  WH Group, the world's largest pork producer, saw its net profit increase by 1% to US$557m in the first six months of 2017.
  
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• Let Them Eat iPads - Slate Magazine

  15-08-2017 17:12
  Slate Magazine
  Let Them Eat iPads
  Slate Magazine
  Prudie counsels a letter writer who resents other shoppers at the food bank because they appear less needy. By Mallory Ortberg. Hands holding smartphone. Thinkstock. Mallory Ortberg. Sam Breach. Mallory Ortberg, aka Dear Prudence, is online weekly to ...
  
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• Beefy King remembering founder with food - Orlando Sentinel

  15-08-2017 17:02
  Orlando Sentinel
  Beefy King remembering founder with food
  Orlando Sentinel
  Beefy King and Tom's Pizza founder Tom Veigle died August 4, and a memorial Friday will honor him with roast beef and ham sandwiches and pizza from those restaurants. Kyle ArnoldContact ReporterOrlando Sentinel. Privacy Policy. Tom Veigle is getting a ...
  
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• Puritan drawer magnets

  15-08-2017 17:00
  
  Puritan drawer magnets remove medium and fine ferrous contaminants from dry, free-flowing products under gravity flow.
  
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• Flexicon screw conveyor

  15-08-2017 17:00
  
  The Flexicon sanitary flexible screw conveyor can be tilted down and rolled to be used in multiple functions.
  
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• Brookfield Engineering powder flow tester

  15-08-2017 17:00
  
  The Brookfield Engineering powder flow tester supplies comprehensive flow data for bulk solid analysis.
  
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• Acrison Model 820 bulk bag unloader

  15-08-2017 17:00
  
  The Acrison Model 820 bulk bag unloader includes a bag spout clamping mechanism for unrestricted access to the discharge spout and an attachment to allow for dust-tight processing.
  
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• Activist investor Jana Partners buys stake in Blue Apron

  15-08-2017 15:59
  Blue Apron, the embattled US meal-kit supplier, has seen activist investor Jana Partners appear on its share roster.
  
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• UK publishes post-Brexit customs proposals

  15-08-2017 15:16
  The UK today (15 August) set out its ideas for the post-Brexit customs arrangements between the country and the EU, with London asserting the proposals would "avoid a cliff-edge" for businesses in both markets.
  
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• Product recall impacts High Liner Foods' H1 results

  15-08-2017 14:33
  A product recall valued at more than US$9m has had a negative effect on the performance of Canadian seafood business High Liner Foods.
  
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• H1 sales, earnings up at San Miguel Pure Foods

  15-08-2017 14:32
  San Miguel Pure Foods, the Philippines-based meat-to-dairy supplier, has reported higher first-half sales and profits.
  
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• Sanctions boost food prices, hurt real estate in Qatar in July - Reuters

  15-08-2017 14:22
  Sanctions boost food prices, hurt real estate in Qatar in July
  Reuters
  DUBAI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sanctions imposed by other Arab states are continuing to push up food prices in Qatar while hurting the real estate market, but not to the point of damaging the economy severely, according to inflation figures released by the ...and more »
  
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• Hampton Creek in talks with major meat firms

  15-08-2017 13:32
  Hampton Creek is in talks with major meat producers in a move that could result in the licensing of the lab-grown meat technology the US upstart is developing.
  
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• Chicago Property Market Heats Up as Food Companies Pile In - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  15-08-2017 13:00
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  Chicago Property Market Heats Up as Food Companies Pile In
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  In Chicago's trendy Fulton Market district, a once gritty area known only for Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios, construction crews have started facade work on a new headquarters for McDonald's Corp., which is returning to the city after more than four ...and more »
  
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• Delectable Reads Every Food Lover Will Enjoy - San Antonio Current

  15-08-2017 12:49
  San Antonio Current
  Delectable Reads Every Food Lover Will Enjoy
  San Antonio Current
  "You are what you eat.” When Brillat-Savarin coined the first version of this much-used maxim in 1825, he was referring rather strictly to the relationship between diet and health. But what people eat is much more than that – it's a synecdoche of how ...
  
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• Smithfield Foods takes full ownership of Kansas City Sausage Company

  15-08-2017 12:47
  Smithfield Foods, the US meat processor owned by China's WH Group, has announced the full acquisition of Kansas City Sausage Company.
  
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• Ferrero in talks with Azerbaijan over hazelnut production

  15-08-2017 11:58
  Ferrero has held talks with the government of Azerbaijan that could lead the Italian food giant supporting the cultivation of hazelnuts in the country.
  
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• Henry Demone returns as CEO of High Liner Foods

  15-08-2017 10:46
  Henry Demone has returned to the chief executive's position at Canadian seafood specialist High Liner Foods.
  
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• US activist investor Corvex 'buys stake in Danone'

  15-08-2017 10:26
  US-based fund Corvex Management has reportedly emerged as a shareholder in Danone, with the activist investor said to believe the Activia and Alpro maker is undervalued.
  
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• JBS H1 profits rise but meat giant books Q2 drop

  15-08-2017 10:12
  Brazil-based JBS, the world's biggest meatpacker, has reported rising first-half profits but posted a sharp drop in second-quarter earnings amid foreign-exchange and derivatives expenses.
  
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• Martinavarro joins forces with Spanish rival to create new citrus giant

  15-08-2017 10:09
  An alliance between Spain's Martinavarro and Rio Tinto has created Europe's largest citrus group.
  
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• Schwan’s, Tru Shrimp partner to expand indoor shrimp farming

  15-08-2017 07:00
  According to the Star Tribune, Schwan’s Co. is taking a minority stake in Tru Shrimp Co., an affiliate of Ralco, a maker of animal feed.
  
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• GE foods experience a small, but expanding market

  15-08-2017 07:00
  According to an article published in Amber Waves, although small, markets have been recently expanding for genetically engineered (GE) crops with traits that increase nutrient content or improve the taste of certain foods for consumers.
  
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• Cheetos N.Y. pop-up restaurant has a 1,000-person waiting list

  15-08-2017 07:00
  According to The Wall Street Journal, The Spotted Cheetah, a pop-up restaurant specializing in dishes made with Cheetos, has sold out all of the roughly 300 reserved slots for its three-day run, said officials with PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division that makes the snack.
  
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• Blue Diamond expands almond flour capacity with new production line

  15-08-2017 07:00
  Blue Diamond Growers, a producer of almonds and almond ingredients, is increasing its almond flour production capacity with a new processing line set within the recently finished addition to the Salida, Calif., manufacturing complex.
  
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