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marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Associated British Foods advances Friday, outperforms market
Associated British Foods advances Friday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Associated British Foods PLC ABF advanced 1.48% to £20.61 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.64% to 10,816.56. Associated British Foods PLC…

fastcompany.com - Adele Peters - Tech is helping grocery stores waste less food. That's a problem for food banks
Tech is helping grocery stores waste less food. That's a problem for food banks
Fast Company

First, the good news: Grocery stores are getting better at cutting food waste. AI tools can help better predict demand for each product, for example, and help a store reduce waste by more than a third. Other tech can help stores sell food before it…

boston.com - Lauren Daley - Bill Murray pops up at Legal Sea Foods at Logan
Bill Murray pops up at Legal Sea Foods at Logan
Boston.com

At this point, can we just adopt Bill Murray as a local? Because the elusive butterfly that is Bill Murray just landed again. Yup, just weeks after an unbilled Bill shocked a crowd at a Bill Murray Movie Marathon in New Bedford, he popped up in…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - 'Fibermaxxing' Craze Forces Big Food into Reformulation Cycle
'Fibermaxxing' Craze Forces Big Food into Reformulation Cycle
Zero Hedge

BNP Paribas analysts say Gen Z's growing awareness of healthy, high-protein, high-fiber diets is accelerating a reformulation cycle across the Big Food industrial complex, as manufacturers race to make products more appealing to the youth and those…

standard.co.uk - Emily Beament - Warning over extreme weather and food prices as 'unprecedented' El Nino builds
Warning over extreme weather and food prices as 'unprecedented' El Nino builds
Evening Standard

The world is “in for one hell of a ride” as an unprecedented El Nino event is set to bring more storms and rain to the UK, and affect weather patterns and harvests worldwide, experts have warned. El Nino is declared when sea…

thehill.com - Brett Koonse, opinion contributor - The FDA cannot inspect its way to a safe global food supply
The FDA cannot inspect its way to a safe global food supply
The Hill

Two major outbreaks involving imported produce have again tested Americans' confidence in the safety of their food. A multistate cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from central Mexico sickened 9,481 people. A salmonella outbreak linked…

newsweek.com - Anna Skinner - Chicken recall: List of products in highest food safety health risk warning
Chicken recall: List of products in highest food safety health risk warning
Newsweek

More than 1,600 pounds of ready-to-eat pickled chicken and goat products have been recalled nationwide after federal officials determined they were produced without inspection, prompting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and…

mirror.co.uk - Lauren Gordon - Food tastes better with this £60 dual air fryer that's ideal for small spaces
Food tastes better with this £60 dual air fryer that's ideal for small spaces
Daily Mirror

It's safe the say the air fryer has quickly become a kitchen must-have - it's easy to use, helps cook healthier food and can get to work while you prepare other parts of your meal. There are countless to choose from, but if you've got limited…

timesleader.com - Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say
Alfalfa sprout linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, health officials say
Times Leader

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented more…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Customs seize smuggled live pests and frozen pet food at Man Kam To
Customs seize smuggled live pests and frozen pet food at Man Kam To
The Standard

Hong Kong Customs intercepted a suspected smuggling operation involving an inbound truck at the Man Kam To Control Point on Thursday, seizing approximately 118 kilograms of undeclared live plant pests and frozen pet food. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…

scmp.com - Ambrose Li - Cockroaches, frozen rats among 118kg of pests, pet food seized in Hong Kong
Cockroaches, frozen rats among 118kg of pests, pet food seized in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post

Smuggled cockroaches, frozen domestic rats and mealworms were among a haul of pests seized at a border checkpoint in Hong Kong, with a local driver arrested, authorities said on Friday. The Customs and Excise Department said officers intercepted…

theguardian.com - Anna Bawden - Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
Quarter of branded baby foods in UK still have too much sugar, analysis finds
The Guardian

Almost a quarter of popular branded baby foods sold in UK supermarkets still contain excessive amounts of sugar, a year after the government introduced voluntary industry guidelines. In August 2025 the government gave baby food manufacturers 18…

theguardian.com - Kalyeena Makortoff - Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand
Retail sales in Great Britain fall despite heatwave increasing food and drink demand
The Guardian

Retail sales across Great Britain weakened last month despite the men's football World Cup and record temperatures boosting the demand for food and drink. The Office for National Statistics said the volume of goods sold in stores and online fell…

sheknows.com - Kenzie Mastroe - Is Our Food Supply in Crisis? Experts Explain This Summer's Recall Surge
Is Our Food Supply in Crisis? Experts Explain This Summer's Recall Surge
SheKnows

We're approaching the end of August, and the FDA's outbreak page has essentially turned into a running tally of food recalls. It started with the Cyclospora outbreak in May, then there was the baby formula recall in June, followed by eggs and…

sfist.com - Jay Barmann - This Week In Food: Pasta for Life
This Week In Food: Pasta for Life
SFist

Pasta Supply Co. is offering pasta for life if you donate a bunch to its crowdfunding campaign, Tartine debuts in Marin County, and the Chronicle surveys newly opened Thai spots, all in This Week in Food. As part of the crowdfunding effort to open…

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