六月 12, 2008

New Food Industry CEO's mean New Directions

Fourteen of the 15 largest food companies have changed CEOs in the past three years. Here’s a look at how seven of them will change the food industry. Apparently it’s been a tough couple of years for the heads of U.S. food and beverage companies. Sin...
六月 12, 2008

ConAgra Foods products are getting new nutrition labels

Nutrition graphics featuring the Agriculture Department's widely recognized "MyPyramid"design are scheduled to appear on nearly 700 ConAgra Foods product labels beginning this summer.In February, Omaha-based ConAgra became the first company ...
六月 12, 2008

Food-related industries launch anti-biofuel campaign

The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the American Meat Institute, the National Restaurant Association and other groups say rising corn-based ethanol production is pushing food costs higher. Adding industry muscle to fight a federal requirement to a...
六月 11, 2008

Undeclared Sulphites in certain white parisienne potatoes packed by Lanzbro Corp

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Lanzbro Corp are warning people with sensitivities to sulphites not to consume certain White Parisienne Potatoes packed by Lanzbro Corp, Mississauga, Ontario described below. The affected product does con...
六月 11, 2008

FDA Expands Tomato Warning Nationwide

Restaurants, markets stop offering some products after 167 people in 17 states sickened by salmonella, CDC reports. U.S. health officials expanded their warning about salmonella-contaminated tomatoes nationwide Tuesday, as experts cautioned consumers ...
六月 11, 2008

PepsiCo CEO Nooyi slams Washington's energy policy

PepsiCo Inc Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi criticized Washington on Wednesday for not doing enough to counter the soaring cost of oil. "I don't think in recent years we've seen such a sudden ramp-up in energy costs,"Nooyi said at a discu...
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六月 11, 2008

Exercise still combats obesity

Review by the National Health Service (NHS) of the publication "Physical activity energy expenditure has not declined since the 1980s and matches energy expenditures of wild mammals"in the International Journal of Obesity: The researchers c...
六月 11, 2008

Popchips Wins Health Magazine's ''America's Healthiest Food Awards''

Popchips Inc., the pioneering all-natural popped chip company, is a proud recipient of Health magazine’s “America’s Healthiest Food Awards” for its original popped potato chips. With more than 30,000 different products at the typical grocery store, the...
六月 11, 2008

Fast food pioneer Neal Baker dies

Neal T. Baker, a pivotal player in several successful fast-food chains, died in his Redland, Calif., home at age 84, his family said. The cause of death wasn't announced.   Baker helped build a San Bernadino hamburger stand for Richard and Maurice Mc...
六月 10, 2008

McDonald's retira las rodajas de tomate en EEUU por un brote de salmonelosis

La Agencia de Alimentos y Medicinas de Estados Unidos (FDA, siglas en inglés) alertó el sábado a los estadounidenses de que no coman tomates crudos de varios tipos debido al brote, y a los restaurantes a no incluirlos en sus menús. El Centro de Contro...
六月 10, 2008

Out of the frying pan and into the power grid

If used frying oil can run a Mercedes, why can't it power the restaurant it came from? That's the idea behind Owl Power Company's Vegawatt power system, a machine that converts a restaurant's waste oil into electricity and hot water. The company now...
Weak traffic, more side choices cut into US French-fry sales
六月 09, 2008

Weak traffic, more side choices cut into US French-fry sales

Americans have been in love with French fries since fast food restaurants first made them popular in the 1950s. But while many nutrition-minded observers have called into question the healthfulness of French fries over the years, little has dulled con...
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六月 09, 2008

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六月 07, 2008

McDonald's Canada removes tomatoes from menu over Salmonella fears

McDonald's fast-food outlets in Canada have temporarily removed tomatoes from their menu options, after news south of the border that salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 U.S. states. McDonald's said in a lette...
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First store openings of Walmart's Marketside concept for fast shopping expected shortly

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is developing its Marketside stores to lure shoppers with its quickest option to buy fresh groceries, the chief executive of the company's U.S. division said on Friday. Wal-Mart shoppers might shop at the company's supercenters once...
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El presidente de la cadena de franquicias KFC abandona la compañia

El presidente estadounidense de la enseña de comida rápida, especializada en pollo frito, Gregg Dedrick deja la compañía en medio de una revisión de su concepto de negocio. Después de 20 años al frente de la marca, Dedrick será sustituido por Roger Eat...
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A consortium hoping to make plastics from Maine potatoes has received more than $650,000 to further develop the proposal.

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