食品趋势

La cadena norteamericana de comidas rápidas McDonald's anunció hoy el lanzamiento de una nueva línea de cafetería, que promete ofrecer fuerte competencia a la macro-cadena Starbucks. "Queremos avanzar desde un lugar donde se ofrecía cafetería co...

The intake of acrylamide through food possibly increases the risk of endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. The paper in which this association is described will be published shortly in the scientific journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Preven...

Same-store sales at Jack in the Box company restaurants increased 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a 5.9 percent increase during the same time last year. For the year, same-store sales at Jack in the Box company restaurants increased 6.1 p...

Standard &Poor's Ratings Services signalled it may lower its ratings on Arby's Restaurant Group Inc on news that Triarc Companies Inc, of which Arby's is a wholly owned unit, has bid to buy all outstanding stock of Wendy's International Inc.'Althou...

After the success of its upgraded drip coffee -- which even managed to snag a thumbs-up from testers at Consumer Reports earlier this year -- McDonald's is gearing up for a massive expansion into the world of lattes."We want to move from beverage...

A Herefordshire potato grower who lost nearly £500,000 of crop in this summer's floods has vowed never to grow potatoes again for one the country's biggest processors after it refused to make allowances for the damage inflicted to his crop. Peter Vaugh...

Researchers from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) claim to have stabilised a process of using extrusion technology to make healthy and tasty snacks out of legumes.

Frito-Lay is embarking on an ambitious plan to change the way its Casa Grande factory operates, and in the process, create a new type of snack: the environmentally benign chip. Goal is to take the Casa Grande plant off the power grid, or nearly so, a...

As if the fat and salt content weren’t enough, people eating a bag of Walkers crisps since April have also had to consider a label explaining the amount of carbon emitted to create and deliver the product. Steve John, head of corporate communications ...

PepsiCo Inc said on Wednesday it is on track to meet its full-year earnings forecast, less than 10 days after it announced it would reorganize itself into three business units.

More than 90 percent of Americans surveyed are quick to identify high blood pressure as one of their biggest health concerns related to sodium intake. However, according to a recent survey conducted by Orville Redenbacher's(R) Gourmet(R) Popping Corn(1...

A group led by William Foley, chairman of Fidelity National Financial Inc., has decided not to submit a bid for Wendy's International Inc., according to a person familiar with the situation.Bids for the hamburger chain were due at 5 p.m. Eastern time y...

The Metro Group has upped the ante in Europe's move toward using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, completing the roll out of its use to 180 additional stores and warehouses in Germany.RFID technology is helping to transform logistics b...

De Belgische diepvriesgroenteproducent Pinguin heeft maandag zijn kapitaalronde, die op 29 oktober van start ging, "succesvol"afgerond. Volgens financieel directeur Steven D'Haene werd er 45,49 miljoen euro opgehaald. Dat is iets minder dan h...

McDonald's Corp , the world's largest fast-food chain, said on Tuesday it would sell up to 21 percent of its company-owned restaurants to franchisees over the next three years. The announcement comes as McDonald's has been working to reduce its restaur...

McDonald's Corp, la mayor cadena de comida rápida del mundo, anunció el martes que planea vender a franquicias hasta un 21 por ciento de sus restaurantes durante los próximos tres años o más.

Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz submitted an offer to buy Wendy's International Inc., but the proposed price is below what he previously said the third-largest U.S. hamburger chain is worth, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. The filing did n...

Bij de oer-Hollandse cafetaria, met frikadel en 'frites met' als culinaire toppers, staat steeds vaker een Chinees achter de frituurpan. Een vijfde van de ruim 5.000 cafetaria's in Nederland is al in handen van Chinezen. En hun aantal groeit, zegt Lipi...