Tag: grocery stores
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Big Food Marketing ‘Facts Up Front’ Labels
from politico.com: The food industry appears poised to one-up the Obama administration with the launch of a national media blitz to promote its own nutrition labels on the front of food packages. The Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute, which represent the biggest food companies and retailers, will roll out a coordinated marketing…
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Food Lobby Threatens to Sue Any State that Tries to Label GMO’s
from truthstreammedia.com: The Organic Consumers Association is reporting that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association — the mega corp. lobby group that represents 300 companies and way more than just grocery stores — is using a talking points memo to basically misinform and intimidate our legislators with threats of lawsuits should they even attempt to back a…
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Non-GMO Cheerios More Marketing Boon Than Health Boost?
from nbcnews.com: A non-Frankenfood Cheerios may not make much of a difference to consumers’ health, but it could deliver some benefits to General Mills’ bottom line. Opponents of genetically modified foods cheered the cereal maker’s announcement Thursday that its original flavor Cheerios now is made without GMOs and will be on store shelves soon.
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Big Food Wants to Call GMO Foods ‘Natural’
from grist.org: Is genetically engineered food natural? The Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group representing some of the world’s biggest food and food-related companies, including ConAgra Foods, Bayer CropScience, and the Coca-Cola Company, thinks so. And it’s pressing the Food and Drug Administration to see things its way… An Environmental Working Group rep told The…
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Oregon Grocers File Liquor Privatization Measure
from kgw.com: A group led by Oregon grocery stores filed initial paperwork Monday that could lead to a ballot measure asking voters whether to privatize liquor sales. The organization called Oregonians for Competition said in a statement that it’s filed five proposed initiatives and will select one to move forward with. The initiatives differ in…
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Campbells Earnings Hit By Fresh-Food Shift
from usatoday.com: Americans’ shift toward fresh foods is kicking Campbell Soup right in the can. The company on Tuesday said its quarterly profit fell 30% as U.S. sales of soups and V8 beverage declined. A recall of its recently acquired Plum Organics products also hurt results and the company cut its outlook for the year.…
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Dispute with Kraft costs Starbucks $2.7 billion
from usatoday.com: An arbitrator on Tuesday concluded that Starbucks must pay $2.23 billion in damages plus $527 million in prejudgment interest and attorney’s fees, following the coffee giant’s early termination of a bagged coffee grocery deal between Starbucks and Kraft Foods. The award will go to Mondelez International, which spun off Kraft Foods in 2012.
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Discount Supermarkets Offer Huge Savings By Selling Expired Food
from foxnews.com: Grocery bills can be more 10 percent of American’s household expenses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But when buying items on sale or using coupons isn’t enough, some shop at discount or salvage grocery stores. What’s that, you ask? These are supermarkets that specialize in items that other chains no longer…
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Tesco Throws Away 30,000 Tonnes of Food in Six Months
from euronews.com: UK supermarket giant Tesco has admitted it threw away close to 30,000 tonnes of food – in just six months. It also said a combination of supermarkets and households wasted 68 per cent of bagged salad, 40 per cent of apples and nearly half of bakery items. The supermarket chain published its own…
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World Food Prices Fell a Second Month in November on Oils, Grain
World food costs slipped for a second month in November as prices for oilseeds and cooking oils as well as sugar fell to the lowest in two years, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said.
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Food Fraud, Fake Foods and Phony Blueberries
Blueberries look wholesome and delicious on those packages of muffin mix and cereal, but how many blueberries are your really getting? For many of these products: none. The big name brands give us beautiful, deceptive packaging. And it’s completely legal as long as the nutritional information section lists the actual ingredients.
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Study Says Kids Cereals Actually Are Healthier, But The Ads Aren’t
While U.S. food companies are making healthier breakfast cereals for children, they’re also aiming more ads for their unhealthiest products at kids, according to a report issued on Friday.
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Loblaws to remove artificial colours and flavours
from theglobeandmail.com: Loblaws, Canada’s largest grocer, is banishing artificial colours and flavours from its signature President’s Choice line of products… Although it’s a challenging task, particularly when it comes to candy and other vibrantly-coloured confectionery items, the decision was sparked in response to growing demand for natural products, according to Ian Gordon, senior vice-president of…
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#BingeAndPurge: Trials, Shares, Raids and more
FDA rejects call to ban BPA from food packaging // BASF gives up on pushing GMOs in Europe, moves operations to US where ‘Frankenfoods’ are not labeled // Pfizer execs to stand trial for cover-up of drug trial results // Vaccine failure admitted: Whooping cough outbreaks higher among children already vaccinated // Audio Satire: Rapidly…
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More Foods Going to Pouch Packaging
Plus, there’s no more pesky recycling! from chicagotribune.com: Packaged food makers are thinking outside the bottle and can. More to the point, they’re increasingly partial to pouches. Kitchen staples from Campbell Soup Co. and H.J. Heinz Co. will be joining other consumer products in pouches this year. The trend is being driven by savings on…