Salvaging Waste Food for the Hungry in Spain
MLAGA, Spain, Dec 21 2012 (IPS) - A recurring question in crisis-stricken Spain is how to ensure that surplus agricultural products reach those most in need. One response is citizen initiatives to ...
View ArticleCBIZ Rakes in Food Donations with Flare
CBIZ are especially pleased with their level of charitable giving this year: 648,034 pounds of food donated to community food banks across the country. The amount far exceeded the company's ...
View ArticleBurger King Spitting Suit Worker Accused of Spitting on Burger
Glenn Goodwin, a truck driver from Cleveland, filed a 2010 suit accusing a Burger King worker of spitting in his Whopper Jr. sandwich. Goodwin alleged that the employee had committed an act of racial ...
View ArticleHelping Those 2013 Resolutions
The Mayans were wrong, Christmas is on deck and we are moving fast into a New Year regardless of the doubters! Even the resolution wary (or weary) are likely to be looking for some positive changes ...
View Article2013 Prediction 3 Meatless Trend Seen Increasing
Meat better watch its back in 2013, according to Suzy Badaracco, president of Culinary Tides, a Portland, Ore.-based firm that tracks and predicts food trends. "Watch for vegetarian and ...
View Article2013 Prediction 4 Online Grocery Shopping Explodes
Amazon Fresh could be poised make a big push in 2013, expanding to up to 20 major markets with a combination of home delivery and delivery to pick-up locations, according to Neil Stern, senior ...
View ArticleDillard to Retire From AWG
Friday he plans to retire Jan. 4 after 37 years "with the greatest company in America." Dillard, 60, said he plans to do "ministry work I've wanted to do" within the ...
View ArticleRuler Foods Plans Champaign Entry
Kroger ’s fast-growing Ruler Foods discount format will open a new store in Champaign, Ill., next spring, a developer said. Richard Spinell, principal of Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based ...
View ArticleRouses Hand-Glazes Hams In-Store
Rouses Supermarkets is bringing customers into its meat departments this week with a miniature butane torch and the aroma of caramelization. For the past two weekends and most of this week, Rouse ...
View ArticlePrescription Flap Hurts Walgreen in Q1
Net earnings at Walgreen Co. fell by 25% to $413 million in the fiscal first quarter as a result of declines in prescription volume and front-end sales as well as shifts to generic drugs. Walgreen ...
View ArticleFood Companies Cut TV Spending to Kids in Obesity Crisis
Food companies cut spending on television ads that market less-healthy food in the U.S. and increased marketing on the Internet and through mobile devices, according to a Federal Trade Commission ...
View ArticleMTY changes investor relations representative
Dec. 21, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - MTY Food Group Inc. ("MTY" or the "Company") (TSX: MTY), franchisor and operator of multiple concepts of quick service restaurants, today announces ...
View ArticleBurger King spitting suit Racism in a Whopper Jr.
Burger King spitting suit settled out of court: A black man claimed in a federal lawsuit that a white Burger King employee in Pennsylvania spit on his burger. Burger King argued there was no ...
View ArticleCounty food bank hopes holiday campaign can keep up with demand
"We are at the halfway point through December where we keep a close eye on the amount of food and dollars we have. At the end of December and beginning of January we find out whether we will be ...
View ArticleFood trucks debut at TIA operators weigh opportunity
Visitors to the cell phone waiting lot at Tampa International Airport this week may have had a burger or BBQ sandwich during their stay. As TBBJ reported on Wednesday, the food trucks will be ...
View ArticleRussia throws poisonous meat back to US
U.S. meat supplies to Russia have been banned. The Russian Federation and the United States differ in the assessment of the causes of the situation. Russia claims that the reason for the ban was the ...
View ArticleRestaurants bloom in Elmhurst
Dining options in Elmhurst continued to expand with the recent addition of a new hamburger place and another new spot offering what the owner calls "American comfort food" set to open in ...
View ArticleFTC Tallies Kid-Targeted Food Marketing at $1.79 Billion
Food companies in 2009 allocated $1.79 billion to marketing aimed at children ages 2 to17 according to a new FTC report, which finds those marketers also stepped up spending on online, mobile and ...
View Article2013 Prediction 5 More Mobile Scanning Apps
Mobile phones have already made their presence palpable across retailing as a vehicle for coupons, price comparisons and location-tracking, but the technology is poised to have an even bigger impact ...
View Article2013 Prediction 6 Frozens Come In From the Cold
Frozen foods will be increasingly viewed as a healthy option in 2013, said Barbara Ruhs, corporate dietitian for Bashas’, Chandler, Ariz. Since freezing is a natural way to preserve food, many ...
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