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Takaichi's Cabinet approves consumption tax cut on food
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Cabinet approved a controversial plan Wednesday to drop the food consumption tax from 8% to 1% for a two-year period beginning next April. But while the majority of the Liberal Democratic Party has endorsed the cut…
How Calabria's Slow Food Model Is Helping Revitalize Rural Economies
Scilla Town in Calabria with a view with Castello Ruffo. (Photo by: Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Several rural Italian regions such as Basilicata, Sicily and mountain areas along the…
Food waste trucks will test out mobile signals
Food refuse trucks are being used to test mobile phone coverage across Cornwall to survey where coverage is at its best and where it is still patchy. Cornwall Council said it had commissioned surveyors to map phone coverage using the fleet of food…
Food Expo to open next Thu with dessert and gelato zone debut
The Food Expo, which opens next Thursday, will debut a dedicated dessert and gelato zone, running alongside Food Expo PRO to bring culinary delights from around the world. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Scheduled for five consecutive days at the…
Pick A Food For Every Letter Of The Alphabet And We'll Reveal Your Future
Your snack choices know way more about your destiny than you do.
J&J Snack Foods 3Q Profit, Revenue Fall
J&J Snack Foods' net profit fell in its third quarter, as declines in its bakery and frozen beverage segments dragged on revenue. For the three months ended June 27, the food manufacturer and distributor on Wednesday posted a decline in net income…
Food Expo vendors hoping for tasty profits with items such as caviar sake gelato
Some vendors at Hong Kong's coming Food Expo have said they expect brisker sales and higher foot traffic compared with last year, citing better weather, discounts and creative products such as caviar sake gelato. The five-day expo is among five…
Director charged over cancelled Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival
The director of a food and drink festival which was cancelled just weeks before it was due to go ahead is facing court proceedings, trading standards officials confirmed. The Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival was set to take place between…
Seasoned seeds as bio-weapons? Chinese netizens mock US targeting of food brands
News of Washington targeting Chinese companies is a familiar storyline for social media users in China. However, the latest batch of US import restrictions still brought a fresh surprise by moving beyond advanced tech to everyday pantry staples…
Company's safety record raises questions after massive fire at L.A. food warehouse
The massive food warehouse fire that blanketed parts of Los Angeles in smoke in June was not an isolated event, but one in a long run of fires at properties tied to one of the world's largest cold storage companies, a CBS News investigation has…
I feel so lost': 10-year veteran dim sum chef says pre-made food is replacing his craft
A dim sum chef with 10 years of experience says his restaurant is switching to pre-made products, reducing his role to merely reheating food, and he fears his skills are becoming obsolete. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The chef, who posted on…
Know Your Food: Our Daily Bread
It's time to return to our no-punches-pulled look at food manufacture, and this time we're looking at the humble loaf of bread. As before, we're approaching the subject with a look at breadmaking both in the traditional sense that marketing people…
K-food becomes Korea's newest travel souvenir for visitors
At an Olive Young store in Central Seoul's Myeong-dong in central Seoul, tourists fill shopping baskets with protein shakes, kombucha mix and bags of chips while checking recommendations on social media. Just a few subway stops away at Lotte Mart…
Carers fed dog food to frail elderly woman amid 'catalogue of errors'
Carers fed dog food as well as stale and inedible food to an elderly woman, an investigation has found. The months of care they provided to the woman in her own home has been branded “substandard”, after it also emerged they had…
From pork soup to viral snacks: Korea's next must-try foods
For years, Korean food tourism has largely revolved around familiar favorites: Korean barbecue, fried chicken and spicy tteokbokki. But a different trend has emerged across online communities and platforms, including TikTok, Reddit, Instagram and…
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