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La cadena de comida rápida Burger King Holdings Inc. anotó un aumento en su ganancia operacional del segundo trimestre fiscal, impulsado por mayores ventas en el mundo y el fuerte desempeño de su sándwich Homestyle Melt en el mercado local.   Burger Ki...

The British Potato Council has hit back at claims it treated some growers unfairly by refusing to provide a rebate on their levy after their crops were destroyed by the summer floods.In a statement released yesterday (Thursday, January 31) the BPC said...

Walkers Snack Foods Ltd has recalled some date codes of Walkers crisps because the products could contain pieces of yellow rubber. The Agency has issued a Food Alert for Information. A number of different flavours and pack formats of Walkers Crisps a...

Pringles is targeting the £630m single-serve snacks market with the launch of two new bagged products – Pringles Pocket Pack and Rice Infusions Bite Size. Pringles Pocket Pack is a scaled down-version of the familiar Pringles core range. It will be av...

The Glastonbury music festival will tell campers to use tent pegs made out of potatoes at this summer's event.Metal pegs that are left behind can harm the cows that live on Worthy Farm, Somerset, where the festival is held. Organiser Michael Eavis will...

Shares of Burger King Corp. rose for a second day Friday, after the nation's No. 2 burger chain reported growth in quarterly profit in the face of a difficult consumer environment that slowed sales at its biggest rival, McDonald's. On Thursday, Burger ...

Burger King Holdings Inc (BKC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) saw no slowdown in U.S. consumer spending in the recent quarter and is experiencing an uptick in same-store sales in January, Chief Executive John Chidsey said on Thursday. "U.S. comps wer...

Florida-based Burger King Holdings Inc. (BKC), which operates more than 11,300 restaurants in about 69 countries, reported earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, that jumped 29% from prior year. Total revenues for the quarter increased 10% fue...

Trends are set to combine in 2008, with Americanized ethnic flavors and healthy but indulgent products steering the market, while locally, ethically sourced food will continue to grow in popularity, says a new report. Packaged Facts Food Flavors and In...

The EFSA Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) is working on a systematic evaluation of the safety of flavouring substances currently in use in the European Union (EU). A programme for their evaluatio...

Nature’s Goodness viel bij de jury zeer in de smaak door de durf en originaliteit van de introductie. De reden van de innovatie, de snackbarbranche in ons land op een hoger niveau brengen en inspelen op de gezondheidswensen van de moderne consument, wo...

Het Nederlandse vakblad Food Express heeft besloten het Nature’s Goodness concept van Farm Frites te nomineren voor de Trend Watch Award in de categorie ‘Promoties’.