Mediterranean cuisine anchors family birthday celebration
Cruise through the Mediterranean from the comfort of your kitchen: Crusty bread, olives and roasted peppers, garlic shrimp and gougeres, above, get the party started. (Photos by Cyrus McCrimmon, The ...
View ArticleMalians face Food crisis
Malians are likely to face severe food shortages in the coming days and weeks if markets remain blocked by border and road closures, and humanitarian access remains limited, warn food security ...
View ArticleMali Food Insecurity the Next Crisis for Northern Mali
A group of children wait on the fringes of the distribution center at M'bera, where their parents have come to collect their rations. Bamako/Dakar - Many more northern Malians are likely to ...
View ArticleMalawi Food Security Hit By Natural Disasters
Malawi's reputation for improving food production could be in peril. After years developing its capacity to feed itself, Malawi has recently suffered a series of devastating natural setbacks ...
View ArticleJobs at McDonalds as airline cuts posts
The fast food chain, McDonalds, is to create 100 new jobs in Northern Ireland through investment in its restaurants. The company has 26 Northern Ireland outlets, employing more than 2,000. ...
View ArticleOpenTable Hawaii has 10 of country’s most romantic restaurants
Courtesy Hilton Waikoloa Village The Kamuela Provision Co. restaurant at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island was one of 10 Hawaii restaurants named to OpenTable's list of the 100 most ...
View ArticleBurger King to stop buying burgers from Larry Goodman firm
It has been reported today that fast food chain Burger King is to stop sourcing burgers from the Larry Goodman owned company ABP, in light of the recent horsemeat scandal.ABP is the parent company of ...
View ArticleBurger King settles with Christian teen fired after seeking to wear skirt
Burger King has agreed to pay $25,000 to a Pentecostal teenage girl who was fired because she wished to a wear a long skirt instead of pants. In August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...
View ArticleMetro to Raise $482M in Couche-Tard Sale
Metro Inc. here has agreed to sell nearly half of its holdings in convenience chain operator Alimentation Couche-Tard, raising speculation the retailer is positioning itself to acquire Safeway ...
View ArticleGiant Partners With Di Bruno Bros. Cheese Shop
On Jan. 24, Giant Food Stores will open a Di Bruno Bros. cheese shop in its Camp Hill, Pa., Super Food store. The Di Bruno Bros. store will be positioned adjacent to the deli department and not far ...
View ArticleGiant-Landover Shopper Gets Free Groceries
Giant Food awarded a customer free groceries for one year in a contest designed to increase the retailer’s Facebook following. Sarah Calamore, who shops at Giant’s Stone Road store in ...
View ArticleJan. 21 2013 Alternative Formats Lead Top 75 Growth
Acquisitions and new-store development among nontraditional operators propelled much of the growth illustrated in this year’s list of the Top 75 food retailers and wholesalers in North America. ...
View ArticleWakefern Expands Dietitian Program
As retailers look to broaden their offerings and better connect with consumer needs, many have hired in-store dietitians to counsel customers on health and wellness issues. Striking well ahead of the ...
View ArticlePaczki Off to Early Start at Riesbeck’s
Riesbeck’s Food Markets has jumped the gun on paczki season, giving the rich Polish pastries a dramatic send-off with 22 colorful billboards put up this week across its market area. "They ...
View ArticleMerchandising Trends Supporting the Value Proposition
SymphonyIRI's Times & Trends highlights new developments and critical events across all major CPG categories and channels, providing powerful benchmarking data to help guide your strategic ...
View ArticleAP Challenges Shoppers On Health
A&P has launched the "Live Better Challenge," an informal wellness initiative that includes motivational tips, meals plans and professional nutrition advice. In an online blog, ...
View ArticleRetailers Using Pinterest as Promotional Tool
Retailers have a new target market: pinners. These are the growing number of people who use Pinterest, an online pinboard that allows users to organize and share images with others. The social ...
View ArticleGallery NRF Showcases New Technology
Jeff Roster, a retail technology analyst with Gartner, talked about the technology forces driving retail -- social media, mobile, Big Data and the cloud -- at RetailROI's Super Saturday event in ...
View ArticleTech Effort Transforms AP CIO
A&P as chief information officer in September 2011, he got a distress call from the retailer’s human resources department. The weekly two-minute video for store-level employees from Chief ...
View ArticleFresh Easy Fined $800000 for Overcharging on Meat Seafood
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market for overcharging on meat and seafood items. Prosecutors alleged that Fresh & Easy had charged customers more at checkout for certain products than the prices ...
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