Dinner now comes in paper bags, in plastic wrap and containers, and in anything else that will get it to your supper table without spills. Who has time to cook? After work or a busyday running around, many consumers don’t want to hunt down hard-to-find ingredients, then stand at the stove making dinner.
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Farmers markets take food back to basics
Source: Patrick McGuigan
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Farmers markets are booming in many countries, but is it worth paying the extra to buy directly from the producer of your food? As farmers markets begin to rattle supermarkets, how are they fighting back? Where do consumers really get the best deal? Patrick McGuigan went to market to find out. [Read more…] about Farmers markets take food back to basics
Restaurants keep tabs on diners
Panzano restaurant manager Jennifer Olson knows all about Jack Henderson the minute he walks through the door.
A computer database tells her his birthday, his wife’s birthday and their anniversary. She knows he likes to eat at the chef’s counter at lunch and that he’s dined at the Italian restaurant more than 100 times. [Read more…] about Restaurants keep tabs on diners
Specialty teas are growing
Camillia’s Teas. “Of the $2 billion in U.S. sales of traditional (meaning hot) tea last year, specialty teas accounted for $500 million, up from less than $250 million a decade ago,” as reported by Amy Cortese in BusinessWeek (3/1/04).
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Get keen on green!
Products displayed in green point-of-sale (POS) positions have a much better chance of catching the eye and ending up in consumers shopping trolleys, according to new research due to be presented next week.
Why is it that Milan's nightlife is in the hands of tailors?
Quite simply, they have a knack at what is, or will soon be, hot. By the very nature of their jobs, fashion designers are experts at sniffing out trends and blowing them out into something sellable. Usually it’s a dress. But the city of Milan presents a social conundrum that forward-thinking designers are stepping up to solve.
Despite its label as an international fashion capital, the city is notoriously provincial and is both adored and deplored for clinging onto its traditions and conventions. On the one hand, it makes for fabulous, just-like-mama-used-to-make-’em meals at trattorias that have been oblivious to trendy food fashions. [Read more…] about Why is it that Milan's nightlife is in the hands of tailors?
BeerTender | The kitchen appliance for beer-lovers
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Heineken consumers who fantasize about having their own professional beer tap will soon be served: Heineken and Groupe SEB (the domestic equipment giant whose brands include Krups, Rowenta, Moulinex and Tefal) have co-created the BeerTender, a draught beer system to be used at home.
The specially designed tap and accompanying keg was piloted in the Swiss market, and is now about to be rolled out in The Netherlands, with many other countries to follow soon.
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USATODAY.com – Plans brew to replace drip coffee makers
Procter & Gamble is about to give Starbucks a serious run for its cup-at-a-time, gourmet coffee gold mine. Along the way, P&G (PG) hopes to change the way millions of consumers make and drink coffee.
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