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Gourmet and Specialty Foods Moving off the Shelves at a Record Pace

Despite the recession, specialty food items are holding their own as sophisticated foodies refuse to give up some of their guilty pleasures.  While many consumers are scaling back the number of times they dine out each month, these same consumers seem to be spending the money they save on their favorite luxury items in the [...]

Assorted Facts from the Food Marketing Institute

The Food Marketing Institute is a membership organization consisting of more than 1,500 wholesale and retail food operations throughout the United States.  Part of their mission is to determine consumer preferences on a variety of topics, such as the types of food purchased, cooking preferences and organic produce.  Their findings assist members in offering the right mix [...]

How Old is your Mold?

Have you looked deep into the eyes of your refrigerator lately?  We’re talking about one of those intense stares that delves deep into all corners and crevices.  A stare that reveals … mold!
Unless you are a clean freak or living on ramen noodles, chances are your refrigerator contains a container or two of some mystery [...]

Food Product Placements Expand to Home Shopping Shows

Using branded product placements in movies and episodic TV is nothing new. It’s been done for years, as advertisers found it was another way to gain exposure for products that was more subtle than a 30-second commercial.  Today, more and more television programs and series are resorting to the use of branded product placements as viewers turn [...]

Chocolate Wars – Kraft vs. Cadbury

You can mess with many things, but just don’t mess with anyone’s chocolate!  Fans are lining up on both sides of the pond to pick sides in the “Chocolate Wars” as they wait to see whether America’s Kraft Foods will win its bid to take over Britain’s top confectioner, Cadbury.   Kraft is the world’s second-largest producer [...]

Food Scraps Used to Generate Electricity

San Francisco Bay restaurateurs and supermarket managers are doing their part to reduce landfill waste and greenhouse gases, while contributing to a major renewable energy project.  Leftover food scraps from more than 2,300 establishments are helping fuel a new program that will generate power from the methane gas produced as the waste materials decompose.
Participating groceries [...]

10 Foods that can cause Highway Mishaps

At least he’s not using chopsticks

We all know how dangerous drinking and driving can be – but how about eating and driving?  According to the New York Daily News, a study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that drivers who pay more attention to their coffee than the road cause a staggering 80 percent of all [...]

Sally Field’s Boniva or Olive Oil?

If all women listened to Sally Field’s shameless plug for Boniva – a costly drug made by Big Pharma with countless side effects — they’d miss out on the natural and free way to enhance bone-preserving properties throughout adult life: a diet rich in Olive Oil. Oleociencia News draws attention to a study from the [...]

Ohio Jail Inmates Grow their own Food

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The Sheriff’s Department in Sandusky County, Ohio found a way to kill two birds with one stone.
In a cost-cutting effort, they’ve replaced some of the higher-priced food items served to inmates in their jail with cheaper alternatives.  And they planted a garden, after the departmental budget was reduced by $75,000 this spring.
About a [...]

Gourmet Grasshoppers Help Rebrand Forward Thinking Company

When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, my great-uncle owned a specialty store that sold imported chocolates, fine candies and other high-end, gourmet food items from around the world.  My mother loved the fancy sauces, my dad loved the exotic appetizers, but I was only interested in the chocolates.  I knew I could count on [...]

How Many Sugar Cubes Do You Eat Each Day?

If you’re one of those calorie counters who also wants to know how much sugar you consume as you slurp and snack your way through the day, you might want to check out Sugar Stacks, which has a visual representation of the equivalent number of sugar cubes that are contained within some popular snack items.
For [...]

Free Food for Seat Belt Wearers

In an effort to boost the state’s seat belt usage rate, the Kentucky State Police are partnering with McDonald’s to give away coupons for free food.  On May 18, patrons who use the drive-thru window at McDonald’s restaurants in central and eastern Kentucky will be rewarded with coupons for free food items, but only if [...]