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CONSUMER TRENDS
From purchasing more in bulk at warehouse clubs, using more coupons, and choosing lower-priced store brands, consumers said they are forced into hard decisions >>>
Bagging Lunch: The Inflation Effect - Make room for another victim of the weak economy: lunch .
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Al Dente...
"Can it be a mistake that STRESSED is DESSERTS spelled backwards ??"
- anonymous
"And, of course, the funniest food of all: 'Kumquats'."
- George Carlin
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Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Sales:
Mid-West Sales:
Dean Lustig
West Coast Sales:
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INGREDIENT NEWS
Nutraceuticals -- food and beverages that claim to enhance appearance, revive mental acuity and increase resistance to disease poised for serious take-off in U.S. >>>
Enzyme systems help bakers overcome troubled times. >>>
Oh NUTS! Mothers-to-be who eat nuts every day may increase their child's risk of developing asthma by 50%, claim Dutch researchers .>>>
Nutrient cocktail may boost memory and learningA combination of omega-3 fatty acids with the uridine and choline improved memory and learning in gerbils, and may have benefits for Alzheimer patients, suggests new research. >>>
Spring wheat outturn up 6%, durum up 25%
Production of spring wheat other than durum in 2008 was forecast at 506,568,000 bus, up 27,571,000 bus, or 6%, from 479,047,000 bus in 2007 >>>
Extracts from plants fight E. coli
Herbs and spices like oregano, thyme, cinnamon and clove do more than add pleasing flavors and aromas to familiar foods. The oils from these plants, or compounds extracted from those oils, pack a powerful, antimicrobial punch-strong enough to help quell such foodborne pathogens as Escherichia coli O157:H7. >>> |
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FOOD INDUSTRY NEWS
"Urban Fresh, by Jewel," is scheduled to open this fall and is designed as a specialty grocery store catering to the needs of busy, on-the-go professionals and time-sensitive commuters. Key offerings will be a variety of ready-to-go meal solutions, ranging from gourmet sandwiches to dinner entrees. The store will carry produce and organic offerings, as well as a selection of fresh meats and seafood .>>>
YUMMY Profits! The owner of 35,000 restaurants under the KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut brands is poised to report solid second-quarter results >>>
NutriSystem Acquires Nu-Kitchen Weight Loss Leader Expands Product and Service Portfolio with Addition of Premium Fresh Meal Delivery Service >>> |
Food Fight: The Contested History of Pasta - the View from Lybia
Former Tunisian President Habib Bourgeiba famously defined the Maghreb as the region in which couscous was the staple food, which would mean that the rice based diet of eastern Libya classes it with Egypt which Bourgeiba aimed to exclude with his food-centric political geography.
But if Libya is cut in half by the Bourgeiba-Couscous line, east and west are united by pasta. This is no doubt due to the years of Italian occupation, although Libyans have come up with their own adaptations like Makrona Mbakbka, which would look odd on an Italian restaurant's menu.
Such is its popularity that some Libyans will assure you that pasta hasn't just gone native, but that it is native. There's quite an elaborate story to prove this, with George Kurdahi (host of the Arab world's "Who Want's To Be a Millionaire", therefore font of all knowledge personified) correcting a contestant by informing him that it's Libya, not Italy, that is the original home of pasta. >>> | |
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