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For the past two years, a customer focused transformation has been taking place in Walmart's U.S. business. Walmart’s U.S. locations will update store logos as part of an ongoing evolution of its overall brand - customers have already seen this in re...

Key Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTEC) today announced that it was added to the Russell 2000® Index when the Russell Investment Group reconstituted its family of U.S. indexes, according to the final list of additions posted by the Russell Group on June 27...

Potato salad and potato chips at July Fourth celebrations could likely be made from North Carolina potatoes. In Pasquotank and Camden counties, where potatoes are big business, about 60 percent of the local potatoes are sold for potato chips. The rest...

Burger King Corp. (NYSE:BKC) announced today the launch of a new nutritionally balanced BURGER KING® Kids Meal, featuring BK™ Fresh Apple Fries and a family favorite, KRAFT® Macaroni &Cheese. The new meal highlights Burger King Corp.’s commitment t...

New York City's trans fat ban takes full effect Tuesday. Here's what changed: Dunkin Donuts: Switched to blend of palm, soybean and cottonseed oil.Kentucky Fried Chicken: Ditched trans fats oil immediately, recently removed it from pot pie and biscuits...

One of the noisiest food fights in the US flared up again last week, as the Food and Drug Administration took another look at olestra--the controversial fake fat that promises Americans a nirvana of guilt-free gluttony. Approved in 1996, olestra is ava...

Aeroglide Corporation has been acquired by the Bühler Group. Founded in Raleigh in 1940, Aeroglide is the leading global supplier of industrial driers and coolers used in the processing of, among other things, breakfast cereals, snack foods, pet food, ...

ConAgra Foods, Inc. today reported results for the fiscal 2008 fourth quarter ended May 25, 2008. Overall sales grew 15% and diluted EPS from continuing operations grew 38%. Current-quarter diluted EPS (continuing and discontinued operations) was $0.41...

ConAgra Foods Inc. reported Thursday its quarterly net income rose 4.8% from a year ago, helped by its specialty potato and ingredients business and its just-divested commodities-trading unit. ConAgra, which has been restructuring its business to focus...

A recent survey conducted by PULSE Health &Wellness Initiatives confirms food manufacturers are not meeting the needs of healthcare professionals in communicating the health benefits of their brands. The PULSE survey asked 896 professionals in its ...

The number of Americans with diabetes has grown to about 24 million people, or roughly 8 percent of the U.S. population, the government said Tuesday. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on data from 2007, said the number...

With marine omega-3 EPA and DHA often stealing the spotlight, ALA from plants - such as flaxseed and canola - has been somewhat ignored, but a new review reinforces ALA's unique and valuable benefits. The health benefits associated with alpha-linolenic...

Colombia autorizó a fundar cuatro zonas especiales en las que firmas privadas invertirán cerca de 600 millones de dólares en los próximos años, entre ellas la estadounidense PepsiCo Inc. y la brasileña Votorantim, informó el lunes el Gobierno (...) En ...

Junín se convirtió ayer, fecha en que el país conmemora el Día del Campesino, en la primera región del país en la que se instaló la máquina que permite la transformación industrial de papa en harina. El equipo industrial, cuyo diseño y fabricación fue...

A medida que la industria de restaurantes de comida rápida en los EE.UU. se vuelve cada vez más competitiva, las grandes marcas focalizan su atención en el extranjero, donde las empresas siguen siendo relativamente sólidas. En estos nuevos mercados exi...

It's been more than a year since the Richland City Council agreed to sell a tract of land at Columbia Point to ConAgra subsidiary Lamb Weston for a corporate office building and the deal still hasn't closed. So the Richland City council Tuesday talke...

he preparation of a potato can have a big impact on its mineral content, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists report in a new study of this popular vegetable.

Acrylaway, the acrylamide-reducing enzyme from Novozymes, has received approval in a slate of countries worldwide and is now being applied across broad range of bakery and snack products. The Danish enzyme specialist launched Acrylaway to the industry ...