Noticias sobre las Tendencias Alimentarias

Yum! Brands, Inc.  the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, today released its first Corporate Responsibility Report titled: 'Serving the World.' The printed version of this document, in limited quantity, is on 10...

McDonald's Corp posted higher November sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, helped by an extra weekend, while the strengthening dollar pressured international sales, especially in Europe.McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants have been boo...

State Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, has filed a bill that would ban the sale of food with trans fats, the "bad"fats in items such as shortening and margarine that have been linked to high cholesterol, heart disease and stroke. "Alr...

Este año Burger King sentará un precedente en el curso de sus operaciones al darle la vuelta, por primera vez, a McDonald´s México en lo relacionado con el número de restaurantes. Armando Jacomino, presidente para América Latina y el Caribe de Burger ...

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard. Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its...

Álvaro Sánchez aplica lo que predica. Nunca se priva de alimentos que muchos consideran “chatarra”. Y no lo hace por amor a la bandera sino por convicción, porque, en realidad, se declara atraído por las papas fritas, los Doritos y los Cheetos. Claro q...

Burger King Europe GmbH, a subsidiary of Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC), announced today the opening of the first BURGER KING(R) restaurant in the Czech Republic November 25, 2008. This new market entry is an important step to accomplish the company's C...

Basic American Foods announced Monday they are consolidating their production facilities in Eastern Idaho by laying off 65 positions in Shelley along with cost reductions at the Rexburg and Blackfoot production facilities and the central distribution c...

Even as artery-clogging trans fats continue their fast fade from the nation's food supply, there are early signs that 2009's nutrition "bad guy"will be salt. Salt is being siphoned from soups, banished from breads, channeled out of chips, e...

Although McDonald's Corp.'s sales may see some pressure from a slower economy in China, Wall Street analysts say the company should still report long-term sales and profit growth in its Asia Pacific region.At an investor meeting Friday detailing its As...

A new, healthier variety of potato is set to take the Australian market by storm. Unlike most spuds, Almera is suitable for people who are diabetic or striving to maintain a healthy weight. Graham Liney, who lives about two hours from Canberra, in La...

Drie boeren in de Hoeksche Waard, onder de rook van Dordrecht, besloten in 2002 hun aardappelteelt samen te voegen. "Je kunt rooimachines wel gezamenlijk gebruiken, maar je wilt natuurlijk toch jouw eigen aardappelen als eerste binnen hebben, voor...

Heinz Reports 5.8% Organic Sales Growth, and a 22.5% Increase in EPS to $0.87 in Second Quarter. The second Quarter highlights: Total sales growth of 3.5%, driven by organic growth of 5.8%* Organic sales of Heinz’s Top 15 brands grew 8.5%* Net inc...

Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...

Axium Foods, based in South Beloit, Ill., is a division of McCleary Inc., which for nearly 50 years has been making snack foods sold under store labels or by other companies.Axium is making a push into the market with its own snack foods label: Pajeda'...

About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated. In September, Tria...

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. "They are probably one ...

Researchers at the University of Bath and the food &drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled materials and reduce the amount of plastic...