All-American food staples such as hamburgers, shakes and french fries have been tempting consumer palates for generations. In fact, the average American eats roughly 29 pounds of french fries per year, according to the U.S. Department of ...
McCain Foods is a privately owned company that was established in 1957 by four brothers in Canada. It is the world’s largest producer of chips and other oven-ready frozen food products. The company entered the UK market in the 1960s. ...
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“The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” an article by Michael Moss in the New York Times, lights up a lot of dark corners of the junk food industry and offers some genuinely fascinating angles on how Dr. Pepper, ...
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Reser’s, a US-based provider of deli salads, fresh salads, side dishes and prepared foods, has launched two new salsa flavors - Baja Cafe Peach Mango Salsa and Baja Cafe Fire Roasted Salsa. Baja Cafe Peach Mango Salsa contains ...
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By Eric Aasen, Product Line Manager, Bosch Packaging Technology More than ever before, our supermarket shelves are a battleground for an enormous array of packaged fresh food products, each competing for the attention of time-strapped, ...
The WRC rotary case settling conveyor for overfill cases reportedly increases throughput in a smaller footprint than other solutions. The machine transports and settles boxes at the same time by placing non-circular, rotating shafts under ...
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a US-based fast food chain, has unveiled new Chunky Chicken Pot Pie, just in time for the winter season. The Chunky Chicken Pot Pie is a blend of diced potatoes, green peas and carrots in a savory home-style ...
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Researchers at Nottingham Trent University, UK, have identified a novel and natural method which uses 'nano-rust' particles to fortify potatoes with iron, a move which could help prevent iron deficiency anemia. Anemia affects nearly a ...
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Residents of cliff-top homes that are under threat of demolition thanks to land slippage are claiming that the cliff’s instability is caused by a waste pipe running from a nearby McCain frozen food factory to the sea. McCain said ...
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The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to investigate what happened with a massive, failed U.S. Air Force ERP (enterprise resource planning) project, amid a rising tide of calls for action on Capitol Hill to reduce wasteful IT spending. ...
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PepsiCo will begin using a number of British-sourced ingredients for its line of Walkers crisps. The move aims to emphasise Walkers' "taste and quality" and will include a brand refresh and marketing campaign, PepsiCo said. Across its ...
The 2013 Farm Press-Cotton Foundation High Cotton Awards recipients are: Southeast – Linwood Vick, Wilson, N.C.; Mid-South – Johnny Little, Holcomb, Miss.; Southwest – John Wilde, San Angelo, Texas; and Far West – ...
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E.Park and Sons,a leading supplier of potatoes in the US,is investing in special produce software from K3 Business Solutions,in order to maintain its competitive edge in the potato supply chain. The new FreshDynamics enterprise resource ...
The day after Thanksgiving is Roto-Rooter's busiest day of the year. In fact, the folks at Roto-Rooter refer to it as Black Friday—an all-hands-on-deck day as plumbers repair drain pipes and garbage disposals done in by the remains of ...
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With a roast beast filling the oven and side dishes on every available burner, a holiday host can quickly run out of space to cook a meal and all the trimmings. But with some creative use of small countertop appliances, you can coordinate ...
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