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- Effects of Food-Safety Perceptions on Food Demand and Global Trade
- Food safety has emerged as an important global issue with international trade and public health implications. How countries perceive and handle food safety risks is complicated and partly based on their access to and use of science, detection technology, and mitigation methods. This report points out that highly publicized food...
- White papers 2001-06-04
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- Study: L.A.'s fast-food ban likely won't curb obesity
- SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Oct. 6, 2009) The year-old moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles is not likely to improve the diet of area residents or reduce obesity, according to a study by the Rand Corp. released Tuesday. Instead, researchers said focusing on the higher consumption of snack calories...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
- Michael Pollan had what I expect will be a legendary article in the nutrition / health canon last Sunday in the New York Times magazine. It is extraordinarily well-written, entertaining, and practical. It examines the new science of "nutritionism" and how the practice of examining food nutrient-by-nutritent, "takes the nutrient...
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
- The State of the Fast Food Industry: Q&A With Zagat
- Restaurant-review empire Zagat Survey recently released the results of its second survey of the fast food industry. Just over 6,100 respondents weighed in on 103 chains across the country, nearly double the number of outfits analyzed two years ago, when Zagat put out its first fast-food barometer. Combined, all surveyors...
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Target's Food Business Will Grow in Steinhafel Era
- While it won’t happen overnight, Target is likely to change subtly with Gregg Steinhafel as chairman, with food and consumables becoming more prevalent. Steinhafel adds the chairmanship to his CEO title on Feb. 1, succeeding Bob Ulrich who is retiring from the company. Ulrich transformed what had...
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Target Challenges Ackman, Wal-Mart on Food
- Target’s management is feeling feisty and declaring itself willing to take on all comers whether Bill Ackman or Wal-Mart. The retailer got another boost going into the final phase of its proxy fight with Pershing Square honcho Ackman as its earnings beat analyst estimates and its credit...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Q&A: Hartman Research Says Retailers Adding Convenience Food Better Check Consumer Definition
- Retailers across the spectrum are trying to make getting a meal on the table easier for consumers but complicating that attempt is the reality that convenience means different things to different people, according to a study by The Hartman Group. The study determined that 66 percent of...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Food Inc. Takes on Food Industry, and Vice Versa
- I'm kind of surprised that anyone would be shocked by the documentary Food, Inc. Yes, a tiny number of companies controls a vast majority of the food chain. Yes, most animals are raised in filthy, cramped conditions and have been so successfully bred for size that they have evolved into...
- Blog posts 2009-06-19
- Q&A: A&P Chairman Haub Backs Better Food's Advantages in Recession, Pt. 1
- Not long before the recession’s start, A&P launched a strategy of significantly enhancing the quality of the food in its supermarkets, particularly in departments where it believed it could establish a competitive advantage, and, despite the recession, it isn’t backing off its better edibles stance. A&P is...
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Major Grocer Locations Leave 'Food Desert' Holes
- Wow. I just looked through a press release with the heading "Chicago Making Progress Shrinking Vast 'Food Desert.'" The city has reduced the size of its food deserts by 1.4 square miles, affecting 24,000 people. That seems like a pretty tiny improvement, considering that there are still 600,000 people in...
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- New Review of Junk Food Ads Targeting Kids Will Likely End in Nothing Being Done
- President Obama's omnibus appropriations bill calls for the FTC, FDA, Agriculture and the CDC to come up with new standards for advertising food -- particularly junk food -- to kids. The headline used by Ad Age, "FTC Could Set Standards for Food Marketing Aimed at Teens," sounds...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- Bronx Target Debut Packs More Food into Less Space
- Target is improvising when it comes to food, and a new store in the Bronx is evidence to that effect. One among 23 new Target locations, it is in the group of smallest stores debuting, yet the Bronx Target store contains more food than the expanded pantry...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Successful food plans take customers with them
- You are here: News / Successful food plans take customers with them Food policy has to be driven by customers if it is to be successful. Food plans are worthless if they don't win customer support. Reacting to the Government's Food 2030 vision paper published today Monday, the British Retail...
- News items 2009-08-10
- IFC fights FDA food proposal: packaging as food: international organization forms to combat and prepare for proposed FDA regulations.(International Food Coalition, Food & Drug Administration )
- The recently proposcd Food & Drug Administration FDA regulation regarding food mad packaging has box and carton converters, food manufacturers, importers, shippers, and others worried about ramifications if the rules go into effect. The The recently proposcd Food...
- Research articles 2003-09-13
- FDA guidance document on food security preventive measures.(http://www.foodinstitute.com/retailguide.htm )(Brief Article)
- FDA released a final guidance document entitled "Retail Food Stores and Food Service Establishments: Food Security Preventive Measures Guidance." This guidance document recommends security measures that retail food stores and food service e FDA released a final guidance document entitled "Retail Food Stores and Food...
- Research articles 2003-12-22
- FOOD CONTACT NOTIFICATION.(FDA amends regulations)(Brief Article)
- FOOD CONTACT NOTIFICATION: The Food and Drug Administration amended the food additive regulations regarding the premarket notification process for food contact substances FCS, which is the primary method for authorizing new uses of food additives t FOOD CONTACT NOTIFICATION: The Food and Drug Administration amended ...
- Research articles 2002-05-27
- Food Stamp Program. (Noted In The Federal Register).(USDA's Food and Nutrition Service revises its Food Stamp Program Application for Stores)(Brief Article)
- FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: USDA's Food and Nutrition Service FNS has revised its Food Stamp Program Application for Stores, Form FNS-252, the application for retailers who wish to participate in the Food Stamp Program. The form was revised to simplify and FOOD STAMP PROGRAM: USDA's Food and...
- Research articles 2003-01-06
- Update From USDA: THE OUTLOOK FOR FOOD PRICES IN 2002.(Statistical Data Included)
- On the heels of a 3.1% increase in the all food Consumer Price Index CPI in 2001, the CPI for all food is forecast to increase 2.5% to 3% in 2002. The two main components of all food, food at home and food away from home, are...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- Fidelity aids food bank
- Fidelity Investments has collected more food donations for the Utah Food Bank this year than all other companies combined. The company delivered money and food donations worth 217,216 pounds of food to the Utah Food Bank recently. The donation by Fidelity includes a financial contribution of $50,464 as...
- Research articles 2004-07-11
- Delhaize, Ahold Tripped by Slipping Food Inflation
- Food inflation is ending, and J.P. Morgan has downgraded Ahold and Delhaize after determining that supermarkets may find it tougher to cope with the competitive environment as a result. Food inflation gained 6.6% in 2008. For food retailers, that brough two benefits. First, it gave them cover...
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
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