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PREMIUM PASTA & FLOUR
Commodity Update & News       July 9, 2008
CONSUMER TRENDS
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Pizza Loses Favor as Italians Turn to Pasta >>>
 
10% of Today's Shoppers Are Multi-Channel Shoppers identified as people who regularly participate in more than one method of shopping, including online, in-store, catalog, and phone order.>>> 
 
As food costs soar, it's back to basics for meal planners.  View full story and grocery shopping tips.>>>
 
Baby Boomers in their 40s and 50s are making the majority of buying decisions for themselves, small children and their elderly parents >>>
Al Dente...
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
 
Hunter S. Thompson
(1939 - 2005)
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INGREDIENT NEWS
 
YOU MUST CRACK A FEW EGGS TO MAKE AN OMELET, and that's exactly why omelets are getting pricier. The cost of a dozen eggs has skyrocketed more than 40% in the past year, to around $1.27.>>> 
 
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%
- far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report>>>
 
Slaughter begins in Calif dairy herd exposed to TB
More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered; nearly 16,000 cattle in the country's largest milk-producing region have been quarantined. >>>
 
Grain price hikes expected to hit Arabian Gulf
Gulf economies are expected to continue to experience high levels of wheat and grain price inflation with the current international shortage of rice and semolina provisions....>>>

Salmonella probe turns to peppers, cilantro...>>>

FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS

FOOD TECHNOLOGIST at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center faces creative challenges. Meals can't just taste good; they've got to last ... for three years stored at 80 degrees F., be capable of withstanding chemical or biological attacks, and survive a 10-story free fall.>>>

Top 400 chain-restaurant brands based on 2007 sales.>>>
 
German discount food retailer Aldi plans to expand in Cleveland area. >>>

The information in this report is compiled from various sources. 
If you have a comment or question, please contact Linda Schalles at 484-802-7583 or via email at LindaSchalles@conteluna.com