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Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Worth its salt

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It happened to olive oil. It happened to bread. And now it is happening to salt. The stuff is diversifying, climbing up market and going chic, sleek and expensive. Once there was just kitchen salt and table salt. It came in round containers and on the label was a picture of a small boy running after a chicken trying to sprinkle salt on its tail. That salt was white as snow and ran fine and free as sand. Not any more. [Read more…] about Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Worth its salt

BW Online | March 29, 2004 | Burger's King's Reign of Error

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https://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2004/nf20040329_5044_db016.htm

Burger’s King’s Reign of Error
Its latest owners have invested more than $100 million, but dirty stores, poor service, and menu missteps continue to dog the chain.

Time to drift back to the kitchen?

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Are we really as cash rich, time poor as we think? Mintel’s new British Lifestyles report indicates that we’re clawing back time for the important things – and this includes food preparation.

Undoubtedly our lives have been transformed by the introduction of a plethora of convenience products and services that save us time and energy. With all these in place and at our fingertips can we really still be considered a cash rich, time poor society?

The overall food market has grown relatively slowly (32% growth) over the past ten years. But when we look at the separate sections of the food market, different foods have had very different fortunes.

The real star of the food market has been the convenience foods sector. This has grown by an impressive 70% over the past ten years – massively more than the staple foods, such as dairy, bread, meat and fruit and vegetables.

Not only has the convenience food sector grown the fastest over these years it is also the largest sector, as almost £17bn (US$31.2bn) was spent on convenience food in 2003. This is a billion more than in 2002 and amounts to almost a third (32%) of the total spend on food. [Read more…] about Time to drift back to the kitchen?

Hipper, happier hours

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Some of L.A.’s finest restaurants are putting the happy back in happy hour with sophisticated menus of appetizers, sandwiches – even desserts – for drop-in, no-reservations, just-after-work dining. Hours and setups vary, but most offer a special menu of low-priced small-plate selections – the same-quality food that’s on the menu at higher prices a few hours later – and some drink specials.

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Gum to beat bad breath the next functional food fad Gum to beat bad breath the next functional food fad

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– 01/04/2004 – Is Big Red the next functional food fad? Scientists in the US claim the natural flavours found in the chewing gum brand manufactured by gum giant Wrigley’s could beat the bacteria that causes bad breath.

Their findings suggest a new inroad for the food industry into the growing functional food fad as well as a challenge to the dominant probiotic dairy products market in Europe, currently worth around €1billion. [Read more…] about Gum to beat bad breath the next functional food fad
Gum to beat bad breath the next functional food fad

Revitalizing Drinks Are Also Pepping Up Sales

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VODKA mixers. Hangover remedies. Serious jolts of caffeine. However they are used, so-called energy drinks have quickly become the elixirs of choice for teenagers nagers and young adults too hip for espressos, colas and fancy teas.

The drinks – which consist mostly of sugar, water and caffeine, but also a variety of vitamins, herbs and supposedly energy-enhancing extracts – have overtaken bottled water as the fastest-growing segment of the beverage industry. Beverage companies are rushing into this $1 billion market to grab share from Red Bull, the pioneer in the field, whose drinks went on sale in the United States seven years ago. And they need no other lure than young consumers’ willingness to buy 8-ounce cans of energy drinks for at least two times the cost of a 12-ounce cola. [Read more…] about Revitalizing Drinks Are Also Pepping Up Sales