Reduce food waste dramatically with simple acts says UN
Requesting smaller portions at restaurants, freezing leftovers and donating to food banks can help make a difference, says the UN-led Think, Eat, Save: Reduce Your Foodprint campaign. Photograph: ...
View ArticleMichelle Kwan dishes on her wedding dress
Michelle Kwan attends the Vera Wang runway show during the Spring 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Stage at Lincoln Center on Sept. 11, 2012, in New ...
View ArticlePentecostal Woman Fired for Wearing Skirt Wins $25K Burger King Settlement
A Pentecostal woman in Texas has won a $25,000 settlement against fast-food chain Burger King after she was fired for wearing a skirt to work in Aug. 2010 and refusing to change her ...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery Consumers Talk Snacks
consumer focus group discussed their preferences within the "variety snacks" category, which includes foods like nuts, seeds, popcorn and meat snacks. Consumers Centers, a research firm ...
View ArticleConsumers Share Key Thoughts on Snack Aisle
Arranging snacks based on health attributes - such as reduced-fat or reduced-sodium - would help consumers find what they desire, according to the research, based on in-store interviews with seven ...
View ArticleLoblaw First to Offer ASC-Certified Seafood
Loblaw Cos. announced it will be the first retailer in North America to carry seafood certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council with the addition of PC Blue Menu tilapia. The ASC is an ...
View ArticleMayne Wins Wegman Award
Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday presented the Robert B. Wegman Award for entrepreneurial excellence to Norman Mayne, chief executive officer, Dorothy Lane Market. The award was presented at the ...
View ArticleHannaford Football Promo Tackles Recipes
Hannaford is reaching out to football fans with a Facebook recipe contest for a $500 Hannaford gift card. The "Football Frenzy Fan-Favorite" recipe contest is open to all those who submit a ...
View ArticleBurke Wins Albers Award
Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday presented the William H. Albers Award to Joe Burke, vice president of retail industry affairs at Coca-Cola Refreshments. The award, which recognizes industry ...
View ArticleSafeway Wakefern Employ Till Reconciliation System
Safeway , Pleasanton, Calif., has improved the speed and accuracy of its till reconciliation process across its roughly 1,700 stores via the installation of technology, said Steve Rempel, the ...
View ArticlePlamann Wins Hoover Award
Unified Grocers . "Al Plamann is legendary among wholesalers and his abiding commitment to serving independent retailers mirrors his altruistic regard for the individual," said Leslie G. ...
View ArticleDishcrawl bringing new food social event to Tampa
A national company that takes the idea of a "pub crawl," but swaps out the cocktails for food, is expanding with its first-ever event in Tampa. On Feb. 5, the Tampa Dishcrawl is set to ...
View ArticleApp Tracks McDonalds Food
Australia has launched a new app that will allow diners to track where the ingredients to their meal came from--down to the farm, bakery or ranch. Called TrackMyMacca's (coined after ...
View ArticleFood Addicts program may help eliminate obsession
When Liz began a 12-step program for food addicts she was 31 years old, miserable and topping the scale at 200 pounds. For the young teacher, life was a series of failed diets and stringent exercise ...
View ArticleTop Five Food Trends Spotted at Winter Fancy Food Show
Winter Fancy Food Show, which ends today in San Francisco. The show is the largest marketplace for specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast, with 80,000 products on display including cheeses, ...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE Group Finds More Fake Food Ingredients
It's what we expect as shoppers--what's in the food will be displayed on the label. But a new scientific examination by the non-profit food fraud detectives the U.S. Pharmacopeial ...
View ArticleWhere Food Comes From Inc. President Leann Saunders Leads Traceability Panel...
CASTLE ROCK, CO--(Marketwire - Jan 22, 2013) - Where Food Comes From, Inc. (d.b.a. IMI Global) ( OTCQB : WFCF ), a leading provider of verification and Internet solutions for the ...
View ArticleSeeds of Change Filming Food Justice in Oakland
Melinda James admits that even when she began work on her new short film about food justice and sustainability in inner-city Oakland, CA, her eating habits were less than ideal. The 27-year-old tells ...
View ArticleDanones Silhouette yogurt line takes innovative turn in new weight management...
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - More and more, women have started to question diet gimmicks and the need to deprive themselves of certain foods. Instead, women have become increasingly receptive to messages ...
View ArticleMTY expands its overseas network of franchises
Jan. 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - MTY Food Group Inc. ("MTY" or the "Company") (TSX: MTY), franchisor and operator of multiple concepts of quick service restaurants, announces that ...
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