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Menus with calorie information are one step closer to becoming a reality today, following successful and productive work this summer with twenty-one catering companies. As part of its work to help people make healthier choices when eating out, the Foo...

McDonald’s Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner announced today that Ralph Alvarez has decided to retire as President and Chief Operating Officer of the company for health-related reasons.“After more than 30 years in the restaurant industry, the past 15...

PepsiCo, la empresa madre del fabricante de aperitivos Frito-Lay ( Doritos, Tostitos y Cheetos) quiere cambiar la cara de la compañia y darle una presentación de empresa responsable con el medio ambiente ya ha mostrado algunos avances con el desarrollo...

Fastfood bedrijven hebben hun omzet in het derde kwartaal zien stijgen met 1,7 procent. Hiermee doen ze het beter dan de overige sectoren. Deze zagen hum omzet allemaal dalen. De prijzen in de cafetaria’s stegen 2,3 procent, maar het omzetvolume daalde...

Branislav (Bane) Knezevic, President Western Division of McDonald’s Europe was interviewed by Mike Dawson, editor of Lebensmittel Zeitung. Mike Dawson was looking for a fast food and global brand man’s view of food retailing in order to gain some cross...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is today publishing findings of a qualitative research project commissioned to explore public attitudes to genetic modification (GM). This report is timely and will be considered by the independent steering group that ha...

McDonald's will swap the traditional red backdrop for a deep hunter green to offset its Golden Arches across German in an effort to promote a more eco-friendly image, the company said Monday. The change is to occur in about 100 German McDonald's rest...

McCain Foods (Canada) was recognized for its environmental leadership and energy conservation achievements at an awards dinner in Toronto on Nov. 24. The company received the award for its energy recovery system at its potato processing plant in Carber...

Como una forma de ponerse a tono con la preocupación mundial por el medio ambiente, la mayor cadena mundial de restaurantes, McDonald’s, cambiará el rojo por verde en su logo en los locales de Europa. “Con esta nueva imagen queremos dejar clara nuestr...

The Frozen Potato Institute [AFFI] whose members supply fast food chains with the raw material for french fries, succeeded in persuading FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to extend its comment period on scientific data and information ...

P.E.I.’s potato farmers are hoping more aggressive marketing will help their industry bounce back after a tough season.Many Island growers met Friday in Summerside for the P.E.I Potato Board's annual general meeting.Board chair Boyd Murphy said this ye...

What do French pastry vegetarian pizza, Buffalo-style chicken meatballs, and orange citrus soufflés have in common? All of these products were on display at the recent Private Label Manufacturers Assoc. Trade Show in Rosemont, Ill. As private label foo...

CKE Restaurants, Inc.(NYSE: CKR) today announced the opening of its first Hardee’s® restaurant in Lahore, Pakistan. This marks the first of at least 25 Hardee’s restaurants to be opened in Pakistan within the next five years. The franchised Hardee’s re...

Bedrijven in de voedings- en genotmiddelenindustrie zijn positiever over 2010 dan de rest van de industrie. Waar de industrie als geheel een daling van de investeringen met 1 procent verwacht, rekent de foodindustrie op 12 procent meer investeringen.D...

Phil Lempert Supermarket Guru reports a Food Institute analysis of newly released government data shows grocery prices in October posted their largest decline in 50 years.The Consumer Price Index for food-at-home last month was 2.8% less than the same ...

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Inc. and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. would not comment on a report Monday speculating that a deal may be in the works.An item in Briefing.com, as reported by Barrons, said that the parent of the Wendy’s and Arby’s fast-food brands ...

At first glance, the planned 9% increase in the potato levy over the next three years seems hard to justify.For a start, it is coming in a year in which UK potato prices have been under considerable pressure. The last thing any grower needs is another ...

Earl Smith accepted the P.E.I. Potato Board’s recognition award for his 44 years of service to the potato industry on the Island at the board’s annual banquet at Credit Union Place last night. The Summerside farmer began his career with Canada Packers ...