Price Chopper Runs Instagram Promo
Price Chopper is now using Instagram as a promotional tool. The retailer has launched a football-themed promo on the photo-sharing site. To enter, contestants submit a photo of football-related ...
View ArticleUNFI Eyes Acquisitions in Canada
United Natural Foods Inc. believes it can double the size of its business in Canada through organic growth and additional acquisitions, Mark Shamber, chief financial officer for the Providence, ...
View ArticleYelp dishes out restaurant inspection data in SF and NY
(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET) Yelp plans to shine a bright light on kitchen conditions with the addition of restaurant hygiene scores. The scores, imported from city data, are showcased on business ...
View ArticleFast food is not fat food at Fordham University
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --For 10,000 students who dine on campus at Fordham University, fast food need not be 'fat food' thanks to a new partnership between dining services ...
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QA Chuck Shive CEO of Mikesells Snack Food
Chuck Shive spent nearly 20 years in the beverage industry before coming to Dayton-based Mikesells Snack Food Co. as an executive in 2011. But one thing most people probably dont know about Shive is ...
View ArticleThe global control of foodcountries and populations
In the US, many senior figures from the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) industry have moved with ease to take up positions with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In 1998, senior Monsanto ...
View ArticleSN Plans FMI Midwinter Newsletter
will distribute a free e-newsletter devoted exclusively to the 2013 FMI Midwinter Executive Conference next week. "Supermarket News at FMI Midwinter" will be published Monday-Wednesday, ...
View ArticleTesco Apologizes Over Horsemeat in UK Burgers
Tesco has issued an apology after government testing found a high percentage of horsemeat in frozen beef burgers sold at stores in the U.K. and Ireland. The retailer removed all the affected products ...
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Yelp borrows a health inspectors hat for restaurants
R estaurateurs who thought getting good recommendations on Yelp was good enough, have a new score to deal with: hygiene data from the health departments. Yelp says the health inspection data will ...
View ArticleFood bowl overflowing but 25 of population still hungry
The Indian government is sitting on one of world's biggest hoards of food grains, about 667 lakh tons as of January 1, 2013. This is not some bizarre seasonal twist - monthly stocks of food ...
View ArticleNews Summary Govt food price claim baffles
SIX PESOS: The Argentine government says feeding a person costs six pesos (about $1.20 U.S.) a day. But in Buenos Aires, that will buy just a can of green peas at the grocery store.LIES AND ...
View ArticleMarketing the Flu Season
Having been involved with the supermarket industry for some time, I remember the Avian flu scare. Astute grocers prepared for the possible pandemic. Industry organizations led discussions and ...
View ArticleWhite Paper The Whys and Hows of Reaching the 50+ Market Insights from...
How do you reach 80 million consumers? It starts with insights into Baby Boomers- the generation that could dominate the American Economy for the next two decades. With their accumulated wealth, ...
View ArticleReport questions food stamps nutritional value
A report by a panel of experts released on Thursday questioned whether the U.S. government's food stamp program adequately provides for healthy diets for the more than 47 million low-income ...
View Article5 Worst New Food Trends
Bad food trends take two forms. Some are flashes in the cast-iron pan; others have exhibited a little too much staying power. Going forward into 2013, and surveying the nation’s culinary ...
View ArticleHorseburger scandal touches nerve in Britain piques curiosity about a taboo meat
A sign of Tesco supermarket is seen at a branch in Purley, south London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The Irish food safety watchdog said Tuesday that it had discovered traces of horse and pig DNA in ...
View ArticleMajority Of Americans Believe Food Workers Need Paid Sick Days
90 percent of restaurant workers report having no paid sick days, despite the obvious hazard posed by food workers coming to their jobs while sick. According to a new survey commissioned by the ...
View ArticleYelp adds restaurants health-inspection grades
Yelp is adding restaurants' health-inspection grades to its site, giving users yet another filter through which they can decide where to eat. Yelp said Thursday that city-provided health-score ...
View ArticleFood factory shut in horsemeat row
A major food factory has suspended all production after horse DNA was found in frozen burgers in new tests just two days ago. The ABP Food Group, one of Europe's biggest suppliers and ...
View ArticleHigher taxes on food services could replace NC income tax
Raleigh, N.C. - Republican legislative leaders are crafting a package of changes to North Carolina's tax code that they say will stimulate economic growth, including slapping a 6 percent sales ...
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