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Moody's Investors Service Thursday changed the rating outlook on Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) to stable from negative.The agency also affirmed ratings on the Miami-based fast-food company, including its Ba2 corporate family rating.Moody's said the stab...

Growers could cut, on average, potato store energy bills by maybe £1000-2000 a year, according to Andrew Kneeshaw of energy consultants, FEC Services. Energy use didn’t have to be inevitable, he told growers at a British Potato 2007 seminar, and there ...

McCain Foods' first viral ad has been viewed by more than 100,000 people in 124 countries in its first week.The viral, created by glue London and Aardman animations of Wallace &Gromit fame, invites users to create a personalised message. The viral ...

Local diets will be nearly trans fat-free by July 2009, the Calgary Health Region confirmed yesterday. The region's board unanimously endorsed a plan that, according to its medical officer of health, Dr. Brent Friesen, will put the city in the natio...

Belgische gevangenen zijn in opstand gekomen omdat de frituurpan kapot was. Ze kregen geen patat te eten en dat pikten de gedetineerden niet. Uit protest weigerden 67 gevangenen om na een wandeling terug te gaan naar hun cel. Toen een grote politiemac...

Un estudio importante halla que el compuesto que se encuentra en alimentos fritos y horneados no representa una amenaza. Al parecer existe poca o ninguna relación entre el cáncer de mama y la acrilamida, una sustancia que se encuentra en alimentos fr...

Glastuinderij Grutakker uit Hedel en projectontwikkelaar Berlaere uit Best verzetten zich bij de Raad van State in Den Haag tegen de uitbreidingingsplannen van aardappelverwerker Quik meldt het Brabants Dagblad. Quik kreeg van de gemeente Maasdriel ee...

Key Technology announces the appointment of Richard Hebel as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this new position, Hebel is responsible for identifying and commercializing advanced new technologies that will expand Key’s range of customer product solut...

Vegetable producer Stranda Baltic has launched its new fresh vegetables production unit in Salas parish in Latvia at a cost of EUR 2 mln. The main product of Norwegian-owned Stranda Baltic SIA is small snack carrots, which are packed in mini plastics b...

Indian giant ITC has announced that it aims to treble the turnover of its packaged food operations and to become the overall leader of the Indian packaged food sector by 2011.The cigarette giant’s food units are growing at a rate of 68.17% annually.Exa...

States from Connecticut to California have looked this year to mimic the success of large cities like New York in banning artery-clogging trans fats from restaurants. But in the 14 states that have so far proposed a ban or restriction, not a single b...

De provincie heeft via de officier van justitie Aviko afgelopen week een dwangsom opgelegd om te voorkomen dat er verontreinigd afval over het akkerland aan de Rozenstraat in Baak wordt uitgereden. Sinds begin jaren negentig brengt de Aviko zand (dat r...