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Food industry exposé Fast Food Nation predicted today's chronic illness epidemic, 25 years ago
I was a junior doctor on the front lines when journalist Eric Schlosser published Fast Food Nation 25 years ago. Back then, my days (and far too many nights) were spent picking up the pieces of a healthcare system that already felt like it was…
Know Your Food: Cheesemaking
There's a thing that people who grew up on farms all share: a connection with food production that isn't some mystical rose-tinted woo from a TV chef, but instead a practical general knowledge from being there on the ground. A glance at a crop in a…
Atlantans try 'meatless Mondays,' buy less produce as food prices soar
Nationally, the price of tomatoes grew 40% during the 12 months that ended in April. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC) Food prices are rising as the war in Iran drives up the cost of diesel fuel, making it more expensive to transport items to the…
Food waste recycling delays in the North East and Cumbria
Helen Richardson North East and Cumbria political reporter A number of councils have delayed the start of food waste collections. The government had set a deadline of 31 March for local authorities to introduce a weekly kerbside recycling service.
Whey Protein Is Running Out as Food Companies Put It in Everything
Big Food is packing protein into chips, waffles and even Starbucks' lattes, and consumers can't get enough of it. But that insatiable demand now has the industry grappling with shortages and skyrocketing prices of whey protein, forcing some…
University of Pennsylvania researchers turn food scraps into building materials
Researchers at Penn in Philadelphia are using food scraps to build the future of sustainable architecture and engineering. The pioneering project at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is working to create…
Meituan posts another quarterly loss, though food delivery wars are beginning to abate
Chinese food delivery leader Meituan (3690) on Monday posted a third consecutive quarterly loss and met revenue growth estimates as a year of bruising, subsidy-fuelled competition in China's one-hour delivery space showed signs of easing. SCROLL TO…
McDonald's Ups the Ante in Fast-Food Chicken Wars
Just having a crispy chicken sandwich may not be enough anymore in the fast-food business. McDonald's said Monday that it is testing hand-breaded chicken, part of a new multi-year strategic plan to upgrade its menu, service, restaurant designs and…
Meituan reports third consecutive quarterly loss amid rivalry in food delivery
Chinese food and on-demand delivery giant Meituan reported its third consecutive quarterly loss as competition in the country's food delivery market appears to be easing but broader rivalry across the local service sector continues to weigh on…
Tough times for hospitality businesses with rising cost of food and power
The hospitality sector is grappling with 'unprecedented' cost increases, business owners and industry experts say. A publican, who shut her cafe two years ago says businesses are struggling with costs that they 'don't have any control over'. SA's…
Choppin' It Up: Piada Italian Street Food's Sales Outperform
Our comparable sales over the last six years are a reflection of the brand, menu and execution of the concept by our team, Piada Italian Street Food's Founder, Chairman and CEO Chris Doody tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the…
K-pop, K-film and K-food: Why not K-games?
Role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by French video game studio Sandfall Interactive and Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Hollow Knight, by Australian indie game studio Team Cherry were both released in…
Food aid stalls in Cuba amid fuel shortages tied to U.S. oil restrictions, report says
A new report says U.S. oil restrictions affecting Cuba have paralyzed the distribution of tons of food across the island. The Spanish news agency EFE reports that roughly 20,000 tons of food from the United Nations World Food Programme are stuck or…
Whole Foods' CEO Wants to Put a Banana in Your Amazon Box
Jason Buechel emerges from a 35F walk-in refrigerator, the tip of his nose visibly red, and grabs a pair of apples from a box nearby. Buechel, the chief executive officer of Whole Foods Market and head of Amazon.com Inc.'s broader grocery business…
Meituan Logs Another Loss Amid Food-Delivery Price War
, China's top food-delivery company, stayed in the red in the first quarter as it continued to be buffeted by a brutal price war in the world's second-largest consumer market. The result marked the third consecutive quarter of net losses for the…
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