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The Glastonbury music festival will tell campers to use tent pegs made out of potatoes at this summer's event.Metal pegs that are left behind can harm the cows that live on Worthy Farm, Somerset, where the festival is held. Organiser Michael Eavis will...

Shares of Burger King Corp. rose for a second day Friday, after the nation's No. 2 burger chain reported growth in quarterly profit in the face of a difficult consumer environment that slowed sales at its biggest rival, McDonald's. On Thursday, Burger ...

Burger King Holdings Inc (BKC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) saw no slowdown in U.S. consumer spending in the recent quarter and is experiencing an uptick in same-store sales in January, Chief Executive John Chidsey said on Thursday. "U.S. comps wer...

Florida-based Burger King Holdings Inc. (BKC), which operates more than 11,300 restaurants in about 69 countries, reported earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, that jumped 29% from prior year. Total revenues for the quarter increased 10% fue...

Trends are set to combine in 2008, with Americanized ethnic flavors and healthy but indulgent products steering the market, while locally, ethically sourced food will continue to grow in popularity, says a new report. Packaged Facts Food Flavors and In...

The EFSA Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) is working on a systematic evaluation of the safety of flavouring substances currently in use in the European Union (EU). A programme for their evaluatio...

France's leading retailers yesterday pledged to reduce their impact on the environment under an ambitious plan backed by the government. The Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution (FECD), which represents 93 per cent of the count...

The Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) has published new research this week to mark Salt Awareness Week 2008, which highlights the health risks posed to British children because parents are confused over salt content."Many parents know tha...

Mice fed a diet of McDonald's burgers and fries not only put on weight but start to develop human-like genetic traits, scientists have found. The same effect is not seen when mice are given a typical chimpanzee diet of raw fruit and vegetables. Most o...

El presidente Alan García destacó hoy la necesidad de que los peruanos redescubran el valor de la papa procesada convertida en chuño, por su alto valor nutritivo, su mayor duración y su bajo costo.   Dijo que gracias a los procesos de congelamiento, e...

McDonald's Corp, the world's largest fast-food chain, plans to open 150 outlets in China in 2009, the company's top China executive said on Tuesday, as competition heats up in the rapidly expanding market. The company expects to maintain 15 percent ann...

The Inventure Group, Inc. today provided an update on the status of its BURGER KING(r) brand salted snack test market and share repurchase plan. The Company reported that vending channel test marketing results for BURGER KING(r) brand salted snacks e...

McDonald's Corp, la mayor cadena de comida rápida del mundo, está incrementando su presencia en China gracias al aumento tanto de los ingresos como del apetito por la comida occidental, tendencias que también han identificado sus rivales.   McDonald's ...

To see whether potato chips and cheese crunchies, those quintessential Super Bowl snacks, can lose their fat but keep their taste, we compared regular versions with some lower-calorie, lower-fat, or multigrain cousins. We also dipped the tortilla chip...

With just a few clicks of the mouse, Jane Cagle can order a small feast for her bosses at Travelocity. The 60-year-old administrative assistant overcame her skepticism about the accuracy of Web purchases and now uses the Internet to have food delivered...

Wendy’s is set to debut its new advertising campaign — "Waaaay Better Than Fast Food"— on national television. The campaign, recently unveiled at Wendy's National Convention in Orlando, features photography of the chain's food.Wendy's current...

High levels of salt added to a bag of chips could be pushing consumers over the recommended limits and endangering their health, research shows. Adults are advised to eat no more than 6g of salt a day, with lower limits for children.But a study of ch...

Fast food chain Burger King Corp. is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter results Thursday morning.   In its fiscal first quarter, Burger King's same-store sales increased 6.6 percent in the U.S. and Canada, and 5.9 percent worldwide. But in w...