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Coke to launch Relentless mag online this month
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Culinary Enthusiasts & Wine Aficionados Gather for Third Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2010
Nashville Business Journal Mar 16 2010 9:45PM GMT

Pepsi cuts school sugary drinks
MSN UK Mar 16 2010 9:42PM GMT

Coca-Cola to pour RM1b into Malaysia to boost consumption
Business Times Singapore Mar 16 2010 9:41PM GMT

Scan Optics Chooses Brainware Distiller to Help Process Millions of Pages Daily
Memphis Business Journal Mar 16 2010 9:40PM GMT

Scan Optics Chooses Brainware Distiller to Help Process Millions of Pages Daily
Wichita Business Journal Mar 16 2010 9:37PM GMT

Scan Optics Chooses Brainware Distiller to Help Process Millions of Pages Daily
Boston Business Journal Mar 16 2010 9:35PM GMT

Scan Optics Chooses Brainware Distiller to Help Process Millions of Pages Daily
Twin Cities Business Journal Mar 16 2010 9:33PM GMT

Bacardi reveals top two winners of annual cruise contest
Moodie Report Mar 16 2010 9:27PM GMT

Pepsi Ruling May Have Implications For FTC's Review Of CVS
Morningstar.com Mar 16 2010 9:19PM GMT

Pepsi To Pull Full-Sugar Soft Drinks From Schools Globally
Morningstar.com Mar 16 2010 9:19PM GMT

UPDATE: Johnston To Succeed Goodman As Pepsi's Financial Chief
Morningstar.com Mar 16 2010 9:18PM GMT

Johnston To Succeed Goodman As Pepsi's Financial Chief
Morningstar.com Mar 16 2010 9:18PM GMT

Whiskey drinkers get blend chance
Yahoo! UK and Ireland Mar 16 2010 9:17PM GMT

PepsiCo Raises Dividend - Analyst Blog
Benzinga.com Mar 16 2010 9:17PM GMT

Pepsi cuts school sugary drinks
AOL UK Mar 16 2010 9:13PM GMT

Pepsi cuts school sugary drinks
AOL UK Mar 16 2010 9:13PM GMT

The Rhône Day 5: Old School Day in Cornas (Wine Spectator)
Wine Spectator Mar 16 2010 9:11PM GMT

PepsiCo Raises Dividend
Quote.com Australia Mar 16 2010 9:09PM GMT

Coke to build bottling plant in Malaysia
stuff.co.nz Mar 16 2010 9:06PM GMT

WINE REVIEW: Pinot noir
Otago Daily Times Mar 16 2010 9:03PM GMT

PepsiCo to pull sugary drinks from schools
Caribbean Business Online Mar 16 2010 9:03PM GMT

Florida freeze shrinks PepsiCo?s Tropicana packs
Foodbev Mar 16 2010 9:03PM GMT

Coca-Cola to set up bottling plant in Bangladesh
Filling Business Mar 16 2010 9:02PM GMT

Forbes headline on 3.5 percent Starbucks stock boost takes swipe at its flavor
Seattle Times Mar 16 2010 9:00PM GMT

Forbes headline on 3.5 percent Starbucks stock boost takes swipe at its flavor
Seattle Times Mar 16 2010 9:00PM GMT

Anheuser-Busch InBev sets water efficiency goals
Northern Colorado Business Report Mar 16 2010 8:57PM GMT

Wine, women and ... California?
National Post Mar 16 2010 8:51PM GMT

PepsiCo?s (PEP) Richard Goodman To Step Down From CFO Position At The End Of This Month
Benzinga.com Mar 16 2010 8:49PM GMT

Coca-Cola to build Malaysian bottling plant
Yahoo! Malaysia Mar 16 2010 8:46PM GMT

SOUTH AFRICA: Winelands in the dark over mining threat
Confusion reigns in South Africa's winelands, over claims that the country's African Exploration and Mining Finance Corp (AEMFC) has withdrawn its application to prospect in the Western Cape.

MALAYSIA: Coca-Cola Co breaks ground on greenfield plant
The Coca-Cola Co has begun construction of a bottling plant in Malaysia.

Comment - Nelson's Column - Global brewers, Reader's Digest-style
Remember Reader's Digest? At some point in our lives we've all encountered it, most likely in lengthy stays in doctor's waiting rooms, its condensed treatments of some of the world's greatest literature, combined with excruciating humour, somewhat reliving the tedium. At the height of its powers in the 1960s, Reader's Digest sold in excess of 20m copies worldwide; it was only last year that it was surpassed as the best-selling magazine in the US.

UK: Price erosion causes Champagne headache
Nearly half of the growth in Champagne prices in the UK over the last decade was wiped out by discounting during the country's economic recession in 2009.

BELGIUM: Anheuser-Busch InBev sets water target
Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to significantly cut the amount of water used by its breweries around the world over the next three years.

FRANCE: Champagne makers to use lighter bottles
Lighter bottles are to be made available to Champagne producers as part of efforts to reduce the wine region's carbon footprint.

GLOBAL: Soft drinks consumption curtailed by price rises - research
A potentially influential piece of research has demonstrated that consumers drink significantly fewer soft drinks when prices are increased.

US: PepsiCo confirms CFO switch
PepsiCo has appointed its executive vice president of global operations as its new CFO.

AUSTRALIA: Coca-Cola Amatil lays out dividend details
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed details of its dividend reinvestment plan for last year.

PHILIPPINES: San Miguel Corp eyes brewery sale to Kirin
San Miguel Corp has confirmed that it is willing to sell its outstanding shares in San Miguel Brewery.

UK: Minister eyes lower drink drive limit
The UK Government looks increasingly likely to try to lower the legal limit for drinking alcohol before driving in the country.

FRANCE: China offers hope as Bordeaux wine sales sour
China provided the major bright spot in a grim year for Bordeaux wine exports in 2009, according to trade body the Conseil Interprofessionel du Vin du Bordreaux (CIVB).

UK: Pernod Ricard prepares Ballantine's centenary parties
Pernod Ricard is planning a range of worldwide celebrations around its Ballantine's Finest Scotch whisky brand, which will mark its 100th birthday in 2010.

RUSSIA: Official calls for alcohol curfew - report
Russia's top public health adviser has called for a ban on alcoholic drinks sales after nine o' clock in the evening, according to a local report.

US: PepsiCo announces dividend, share buyback
The board of US soft drinks giant PepsiCo has authorised plans to increase cash returns to shareholders, raising the company's annual dividend and giving the green light to a share repurchase.

IRELAND: Diageo lines up Bushmills comp
Diageo has lined up the launch of a consumer competition on Facebook for its Bushmills Irish whiskey brand.

FRANCE: Maison Bouey appoints commercial and marketing head
Bordeaux wine producer Maison Bouey has appointed Stéphane Oudar as its first commercial and marketing director.

US: Hansen Natural authorises share repurchase
Hansen Natural Corp, producer of the Monster Energy drink, has authorised a share repurchase programme.

Research - Global opportunities for functional drinks
Euromonitor International's global briefing on functional drinks aims to identify markets and brands for functional drinks that offer the greatest growth opportunities. The briefing looks for ways to accelerate trends where functional drinks are growing the fastest. Insights on how to develop the identified opportunities are also offered. The data and analysis are specific to the key functional drinks sectors of sports drinks, energy drinks and functional bottled water.

Product Launch - US: Starbucks' Tazo Zero Calorie Naturally Sweetened Bottled Teas
Starbucks' Tazo Zero Calorie Naturally Sweetened Bottled Teas

SOUTH AFRICA: Winelands in the dark over mining threat
Confusion reigns in South Africa's winelands, over claims that the country's African Exploration and Mining Finance Corp (AEMFC) has withdrawn its application to prospect in the Western Cape.

MALAYSIA: Coca-Cola Co breaks ground on greenfield plant
The Coca-Cola Co has begun construction of a bottling plant in Malaysia.

Comment - Nelson's Column - Global brewers, Reader's Digest-style
Remember Reader's Digest? At some point in our lives we've all encountered it, most likely in lengthy stays in doctor's waiting rooms, its condensed treatments of some of the world's greatest literature, combined with excruciating humour, somewhat reliving the tedium. At the height of its powers in the 1960s, Reader's Digest sold in excess of 20m copies worldwide; it was only last year that it was surpassed as the best-selling magazine in the US.

UK: Price erosion causes Champagne headache
Nearly half of the growth in Champagne prices in the UK over the last decade was wiped out by discounting during the country's economic recession in 2009.

BELGIUM: Anheuser-Busch InBev sets water target
Anheuser-Busch InBev plans to significantly cut the amount of water used by its breweries around the world over the next three years.

FRANCE: Champagne makers to use lighter bottles
Lighter bottles are to be made available to Champagne producers as part of efforts to reduce the wine region's carbon footprint.

GLOBAL: Soft drinks consumption curtailed by price rises - research
A potentially influential piece of research has demonstrated that consumers drink significantly fewer soft drinks when prices are increased.

US: PepsiCo confirms CFO switch
PepsiCo has appointed its executive vice president of global operations as its new CFO.

AUSTRALIA: Coca-Cola Amatil lays out dividend details
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has confirmed details of its dividend reinvestment plan for last year.

PHILIPPINES: San Miguel Corp eyes brewery sale to Kirin
San Miguel Corp has confirmed that it is willing to sell its outstanding shares in San Miguel Brewery.

UK: Minister eyes lower drink drive limit
The UK Government looks increasingly likely to try to lower the legal limit for drinking alcohol before driving in the country.

FRANCE: China offers hope as Bordeaux wine sales sour
China provided the major bright spot in a grim year for Bordeaux wine exports in 2009, according to trade body the Conseil Interprofessionel du Vin du Bordreaux (CIVB).

UK: Pernod Ricard prepares Ballantine's centenary parties
Pernod Ricard is planning a range of worldwide celebrations around its Ballantine's Finest Scotch whisky brand, which will mark its 100th birthday in 2010.

RUSSIA: Official calls for alcohol curfew - report
Russia's top public health adviser has called for a ban on alcoholic drinks sales after nine o' clock in the evening, according to a local report.

US: PepsiCo announces dividend, share buyback
The board of US soft drinks giant PepsiCo has authorised plans to increase cash returns to shareholders, raising the company's annual dividend and giving the green light to a share repurchase.

IRELAND: Diageo lines up Bushmills comp
Diageo has lined up the launch of a consumer competition on Facebook for its Bushmills Irish whiskey brand.

FRANCE: Maison Bouey appoints commercial and marketing head
Bordeaux wine producer Maison Bouey has appointed Stéphane Oudar as its first commercial and marketing director.

US: Hansen Natural authorises share repurchase
Hansen Natural Corp, producer of the Monster Energy drink, has authorised a share repurchase programme.

Research - Global opportunities for functional drinks
Euromonitor International's global briefing on functional drinks aims to identify markets and brands for functional drinks that offer the greatest growth opportunities. The briefing looks for ways to accelerate trends where functional drinks are growing the fastest. Insights on how to develop the identified opportunities are also offered. The data and analysis are specific to the key functional drinks sectors of sports drinks, energy drinks and functional bottled water.

Product Launch - US: Starbucks' Tazo Zero Calorie Naturally Sweetened Bottled Teas
Starbucks' Tazo Zero Calorie Naturally Sweetened Bottled Teas

Barbara's Goes For Brand Makeover With New Packaging, Launches New Cereal Line
Barbara's Bakery, a natural foods baker, has undergone a brand-makeover. In the process, the bakery has partnered with Macchiatto, a design firm in San Francisco, to develop the rebranding design.

Dole Europe Swedish Division Buys 25% Stake In Green Vision
Dole Europe's Swedish division, Saba Fresh Cuts, has acquired a 25% stake in Green Vision, a producer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables in Europe. According to the agreement, Green Vision will work in collaboration with the company's Swedish division with an aim to provide a wider choice of products.

Arcadia Biosciences Completes First Commercial Production of Sonova 400 High GLA Safflower Oil
Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural technology company based in Davis, California, has completed the first commercial production of Sonova 400 High GLA Safflower Oil.

House of SC Brings St Sin To Ireland
House of SC Enterprises (Germany) has launched St Sin, its confectionery used for the neutralization of bad breath, in the Irish market with the exclusive distributor Evonity.

Tastefully Simple Recalls Select Packs Of Toasted Garlic, Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix
Tastefully Simple has voluntarily recalled certain 1.1-ounce retail packages and 0.3-ounce samples of Toasted Garlic & Parmesan Cheese Ball Mix. The company, along with others in the food industry, is joining in the efforts of a nationwide ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure.

NutraCea Completes Sale Of Cereal Ingredients Business
NutraCea, a producer of stabilized rice bran and other food and nutritional products, has completed the sale of its cereal ingredients business and certain related equipment to Kerry, a food ingredients company, on March 9, 2010 for $3.9m.

Cedarlane Natural Unveils New Frozen Entrees
Cedarlane Natural Foods, a manufacturer of frozen and fresh food products, will launch three new frozen entrees at Natural Products Expo West, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Smashburger To Open Second Restaurant In Boise, Idaho
Smashburger, a Denver based fast-casual restaurant, will open its second Boise location on March 31, 2010. The company opened its first location in Boise in August 2009.

Smithfield Foods Turns To Profit In Q3
Smithfield Foods has reported net income of $37.3m or $0.22 per diluted share for the third quarter ended January 31, 2010 compared to net loss of $105.7m or $0.74 loss per diluted share for the prior year quarter. Sales for the quarter were $2.88bn compared to $3.35bn for the same quarter previous year.

Tootie Pie To Sell Hand-made Pies At New Gourmet Cafe In San Antonio
Tootie Pie Company has said that it will sell its handmade pies in its new Gourmet Cafe at The Shops at Artisans Alley, a retail location in north central San Antonio.

Inventure Group Launches Three New Flavors In Burger King Snack Chip Portfolio
The Inventure Group, a snack food manufacturer, has added three new flavors to its Burger King line of snack chips. The three flavors include Hot Fries, Cheese Fries and Hot & Spicy Onion Rings.

Viterra To Acquire Dakota Growers Pasta Company
Viterra and Dakota Growers Pasta Company have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of Viterra will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dakota Growers, a producer and marketer of dry pasta products in North America.

Prime Star Subsidiary Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Unisea
Wild Grill Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prime Star Group, has entered into an agreement with UniSea to cater to its increased production needs.

Meat House Begins Franchise Development Program Throughout US
The Meat House has commenced a full-scale, franchise development program to expedite the company's market penetration. The company has opened new stores in three different markets across the US and continues to procure franchise development agreements.

Pizza Inn Opens New Restaurant In Oklahoma City
Pizza Inn has opened its new restaurant in Oklahoma City. The new restaurant is the company's third in this region and fourteenth in the state.

Sensible Portions Launches Three New Snack Products
Sensible Portions, a developer and marketer of gourmet snacks, has launched three new snack products namely Miner's Gold, Potato Straws and Apple Straws.

Hershey Introduces 2010 Easter Collection
Hershey Company has introduced three new varieties of chocolate bunnies, in addition to the peanut-butter-filled Reese’s Reester Bunny for the easter season. The new bunny selections include: 5-oz Solid Milk Chocolate Princess Bunny, Cookies ‘n’ Creme Bunnies, Bliss Milk Chocolate Bunnies with a Meltaway Center.

Tetra Pak FY09 Net Sales Increase To EUR8.95bn
Tetra Pak has reported net sales of EUR8.95bn in 2009, up 1.2% compared to the prior year. Packaging solutions reached EUR8bn in net sales in 2009, an increase of 1.8% over prior year while sales of processing solutions declined 3.8% in comparable terms to EUR917m during this period.

FDA Issues No Objection Letter To Morinaga For GRAS Status Of BB536
Morinaga Milk Industry, a dairy company in Japan, has received a no objection letter from FDA in response to its GRAS notification for Bifidobacterium longum BB536, the company's proprietary probiotic strain. The official FDA affirmation that the ingredient is GRAS allows it to be included in functional foods.

Nestle Professional Recalls Ready-To-Eat Bacon Base Product
Nestle Professional North America, a Cleveland, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 6,000 pounds of a ready-to-eat (RTE) bacon base product that may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Luna Unveils New Protein Bar For Women
Luna, the maker of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, has introduced a protein bar for women, which comes in three flavors such as Chocolate Peanut Butter, Cookie Dough and Chocolate Cherry Almond.

NexCen Brands To Expand Franchised Concepts To Middle East
NexCen Brands, a strategic brand management company, has signed an agreement with existing master developer, DRH Group, for the development of four Marble Slab Creamery stores in Egypt, over a period of five years.

Smashburger Appoints New CEO
Smashburger has selected David Prokupek, its chairman, to also serve as chief executive officer. The company has also expanded its board by adding three new members who will provide strategic direction and guidance as the burger chain accelerates its growth and reaches more than 100 stores in 2010.

McDonald's Global Comparable Sales Increase In February
McDonald's has reported that its global comparable sales increased 4.8% in February. In the US, it increased 0.6%, in Europe it increased by 5.4% and in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa it was up by 10.5%.

Ebro Puleva To Sell Dairy Business To Lactalis Group For EUR630m
Ebro Puleva has reached an agreement in principle with Lactalis to sell its dairy business for EUR630m. The financial statements will be audited over the next four weeks and the final contracts of sale will be drawn up based on the terms initially agreed.

Jamba Juice Rolls Out Four New Salad Offerings
Jamba Juice has launched four new salads such as Southwestern Grilled Chicken and Ginger Soy Grilled Chicken entree salads, and Snappy Sesame Noodle and Mediterranean Medley Pasta side salads.

Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill To Open Fifth Restaurant In San Francisco
Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill will open its fifth location on the San Francisco Peninsula on March 25 in Downtown San Mateo. The San Diego-based chain said that it is introducing a new, more upscale design at its San Mateo restaurant.

Smashburger To Enter Northern California
Smashburger, a fast-casual burger restaurant, will open its first Northern California location in Citrus Heights on March 31, 2010. This is the first of five Sacramento-area Smashburgers scheduled to open over the next two years.

National Franchise Completes Sale Of 14 Subway Restaurants In New York
National Franchise Sales, a franchise business brokerage company based in Southern California with nine offices across the US, has completed the sale of 14 Subway restaurants in the Buffalo and Rochester areas of New York.

Big Al's Steaks Grants First Restaurant Franchise License In Florida
Big Al’s Steaks, the Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich franchise, has granted its first restaurant franchise license. The company said that the award of this license is the first move in its planned expansion throughout the US.

Jamba Extends Retail Offerings With New Frozen Bars
Jamba Juice and Oregon Ice Cream have introduced a new line of Frozen Fruit Sorbet and Frozen Fruit Sorbet & Yogurt Bars, hitting select retail freezers across the US.

Del Monte Foods Q3 Net Sales Up 7.5%
Del Monte Foods has reported net sales of $1bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 7.5% compared to $942.3m for the same quarter previous year.

Whataburger Introduces New Grilled Chicken Melt Sandwich
Whataburger Restaurants, a Texas based burger maker, has launched its new Grilled Chicken Melt sandwich. The limited time menu item is available through April 12.

Ambo Foods Unveils New Omega Cookies
Ambo Foods, a physician-directed company with headquarters in Venice, Florida, has rolled out new Omega Cookies which, the company claims, are gluten-free.

Nutiva To Debut New Line Of Raw Coconut Oil, Chips
Nutiva, a California based organic-food brand, will introduce a new line of raw Coconut Oil and Coconut Chips, at the March 11-14 Anaheim Natural Products Expo West, Booth 2223. The company claims that these are certified-organic.

Adams Food Unveils New Range Of Functional Ingredients
Adams Food Ingredients, the functional ingredients division of The Irish Dairy Board, has introduced a range of additives, which the company says, will help food manufacturers enhance the health and nutritional values of their products.

Krispy Kreme Launches New Banana Treats
Krispy Kreme has launched two new limited time doughnut offerings, Banana pudding and Banana Caramel Cake, which are available now and will remain in its participating US retail stores through April 18.

Pappas Cantina Opens At DFW International Airport
Pappasito's Cantina, a Mexican restaurant chain, has opened its new location in Terminal A at DFW International Airport. The restaurant is owned and operated by Pappas Restaurants, in conjunction with KG Concessions DFW of Dallas.

Fresh Harvest Acquires AC LaRocco Pizza
Fresh Harvest Products, a developer and marketer of natural and organic products, has completed its asset acquisition of AC LaRocco Pizza, a privately held purveyor of organic and natural frozen foods, located in Washington.

Noodles & Company Opens Fifth Restaurant In Kansas
Noodles & Company, the restaurant that serves made-to-order noodles, soups and salads, has opened a new restaurant at The Country Club Plaza, in Kansas.

TreeHouse Buys Sturm Foods
TreeHouse Foods has completed the $660m acquisition of Sturm Foods, a private label manufacturer of hot cereal and powdered soft drink mixes. The acquisition price excludes adjustments for working capital and other items.

Domino's Pizza Q4 Revenues Increase 8.1%
Domino's Pizza has reported revenues of $462.88m for the fourth quarter ended January 3, 2010, an increase of 8.1% compared to $428.17m for the same quarter previous year.

Mars Introduces goodnessKnows snacksquares To Colorado Market
Mars Chocolate has introduced its goodnessKnows snacksquares, a line of healthy chocolate snacks, to Boulder, Colorado market. The snacks come in three flavors such as Very Cranberry, Almonds & Berries, and Roasted Nuts & Grains.

BJ's Restaurants Introduces New 'Snacks and Small Bites', Lunch Items
BJ's Restaurants has introduced new 'Snacks and Small Bites' category, along with five new lunch items, as a part of a companywide update to its menu offerings.

VitaminSpice Inks Multi-year Agreement With Inland Packaging/FunnelPack USA
VitaminSpice, a maker of vitamin- mineral- and antioxidant-infused spices and food products, has inked a multi-year agreement with Inland Packaging/FunnelPack USA, giving them the exclusive North American license, sales, and marketing rights for FunnelPack's single-serving triangular packaging.

Nestle Completes $3.7bn Purchase Of Kraft Pizza Business
Nestle has completed its $3.7bn acquisition of Kraft Foods' frozen pizza business. Nestle said it will begin integrating 3,620 Kraft Foods' pizza business employees into the company.

Maggiano's Little Italy Opens New Restaurant In Austin
Maggiano's Little Italy has opened a new restaurant at The Domain, Austin. This is the first Maggiano's Little Italy to open in Austin and fifth location in Texas, bringing the total number of restaurants to 45 locations worldwide.

Bemis Acquires Alcan Packaging Food Americas Operations
Bemis, a supplier of packaging and pressure sensitive materials for food and beverage industries, has completed its $1.2bn acquisition of Food Americas operations of Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto.

Francesco Rinaldi Pasta Sauces Feature Martek life’sDHA
Martek Biosciences has said that it's life'sDHA product is featured in the new ToBe Healthy pasta sauces from Francesco Rinaldi.

Red Robin To Open New Restaurant In Port Orange, Florida
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a casual dining restaurant chain, will open a new restaurant in Port Orange, Florida, on March 15, 2010.

Rieber & Son To Divest Polish Cake Factory
Rieber & Son has signed an agreement for the sale of its Polish factory that produces cake bottoms. The company said that this sale is part of its strategic platform 'Our Future', to make it focused on core activities.

Kroger Recalls Two Onion Soup & Dip Mixes
Kroger has recalled its Onion Soup & Dip Mix and Beefy Onion Soup & Dip Mix sold in some of its retail stores because the ingredient in the product may have been contaminated with Salmonella.

THL Partners To Acquire CKE Restaurants
CKE Restaurants (CKE), the owner of Carl's Jr and Hardee's quick-service restaurant chains, and Boston-based private equity firm Thomas H Lee Partners (THL) have entered into a definitive merger agreement, through which THL will acquire CKE for approximately $928m.

Sadler's Smokehouse Unveils New Line Of Slow Roasted Meals
Sadler's Smokehouse, a Texas based producer of pit-smoked meats, has launched Slow Roasted Meals, a grocery line of new entrees that are seasoned, slow-cooked and can be prepared to eat under five minutes.

SPX Acquires Gerstenberg Schroder
SPX has completed the acquisition of Gerstenberg Schroder, a designer, manufacturer, installer and servicer of processing systems and components for the global food industry.

Diamond Foods To Acquire Potato Chips Firm
Diamond Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Kettle Foods, a maker of potato chips, from Lion Capital for $615m in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, Diamond will acquire Kettle operations in both the US and the UK.

Galveston Tremont Cafe Launches New Bistro Style Menu
Galveston’s Tremont Cafe has launched a new bistro style menu. As part of the new menu, the cafe has added new 'After 5' entree selections in addition to its breakfast and afternoon dining entrees.

Diamond Foods Q2 Net Sales Increase 22%
Diamond Foods has reported net sales of $184.17m for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 22% compared to $150.59m for the same quarter previous year.

Heinz Q3 Sales Up 13%
Heinz has reported sales of $2.68bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 13% compared to $2.38bn for the same quarter previous year. Net income for the quarter was $228.53m or $0.72 per diluted share compared to $242.26m or $0.76 per diluted share for the previous year quarter.

Jamba Implements Refranchising Strategy In Utah, California
Jamba, the owner and franchiser of Jamba Juice stores, will sell 12 more restaurants to franchise operators, with the sale of 10 stores in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Blended Star, headed by Daljit and Pam Hundal, and two stores in Southern California, to RPM Foods, headed by Pouya Moalej and Michael Razipour. The sale of the Utah outlets to the Hundals, includes a development commitment to further expand the Jamba Juice brand.

Just Born Launches New Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Chicks, Orange Bunnies
Just Born has rolled out Peeps Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Chicks. The new Peeps Chicks come in milk chocolate and dark chocolate flavors, and are wrapped in 1.0oz single-serve packages.

Tully’s Coffee, DK Retail Sign Agreement To Develop South Korean Marketplace
Tully’s Coffee International (TCI), a Singapore based, has entered into a Master License Agreement with South Korean company DK Retail, to develop Tully’s retail stores in South Korea.

McCormick & Schmick’s Q4 Net Loss Narrows Despite Revenue Decline
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants has reported revenues of $89.18m for the fourth quarter ended December 26, 2009, a decrease of 9.7% compared to $98.79m for the same quarter previous year.

Pizza Inn Opens New Restaurant In Abilene, Texas
Pizza Inn has opened a new restaurant in Abilene, Texas. Russell Verner, Charles Verner and Gene Conger are Pizza Inn's new franchisees and owners of the new restaurant in Abilene.

Bemis To Divest Certain Alcan Assets To Secure Aqcuisition
Bemis has reached agreement with the Department of Justice that addresses its concerns regarding Bemis’ pending acquisition of the Food Americas operations of Alcan Packaging, a business unit of international mining group Rio Tinto. The agreement requires Bemis to divest certain Alcan Packaging Food Americas packaging assets in the US after closing.

Chobani Unveils New Greek Yogurt Line For Kids
Chobani Greek Yogurt (Chobani), owned by AgroFarma, has rolled out a new line of yogurt for kids, Chobani Champions. The company claims that one cup of Champions embodies 10% of the daily calcium requirement with five live and active cultures, along with three probiotics and 34% protein content of the daily value.

Quiznos Goes Green With New Packaging
Quiznos, a Colorado based fast food franchise, has launch its 'Eat Toasty, Be Green' campaign with the introduction of new types of packaging, which it claims is environment friendly.

King Arthur Flour Introduces Gluten-Free Baking Mixes
King Arthur Flour has added Gluten-Free Baking Mixes to its line of baking mixes and ingredients. The new GlutenFree product line includes Multi-Purpose Flour for scratch baking, and seven convenience mixes such as GlutenFree Bread, Pizza Crust, Cookie, Brownie, Chocolate Cake, Muffin, and Pancake mixes.

BJ's Restaurants Opens In Fort Worth, Texas
BJ's Restaurants has opened its first new location for 2010 in Fort Worth, Texas. The new location marks as eighth restaurant in the Dallas-Fort and 17 restaurant in the state of Texas.

Lindt, PSNH Partner To Produce Green Energy In New Hampshire
Lindt and Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH), have entered into a partnership to produce renewable power in New Hampshire. The chocolate company will provide PSNH with cocoa bean shells which will be burned to produce electricity.

Baja Fresh Opens First Location In Atlanta
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, a quick-casual restaurant chain, has opened its first location in Atlanta, Georgia. The new location offers table, carry-out, and delivery.

Jake Finer Foods Opens New Distribution Center In Houston
Jake’s Finer Foods (Jake) has officially opened its new 180,000sft distribution facility and corporate headquarters in northwest Houston. The facility, under construction for most of 2009, is phase one development of a 360,000sqft refrigerated distribution unit.

Magnolia Bakery Heads For 2010 Expansion With New National, International Outlets
Magnolia Bakery, a family-owned and operated bakery business, will open three new locations in the US and overseas as part of its 2010 expansion plans. The selection of locations include the recent overseas opening in Dubai, one in Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, which opens today, and one more in Los Angeles, California, in spring.

Burger King Introduces New Broiler
Burger King has introduced a new broiler to cook its products in its restaurants nationwide. The broiler, supplied by two manufacturers, comes with a proprietary technology that enables restaurants to further enhance the taste of the brand’s products and provides the required flexibility to explore a new range of fire-grilled foods, the company said.

Heathrow Natural Adds Military, Drug Chains To Distribution Network
Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage (HFNB), a national distributor of food and beverages, has expanded its distribution channels with the addition of military and drug chains.

Shree Renuka To Acquire Majority Stake In Brazilian Sugar Company
Shree Renuka Sugars (SRSL) has signed a deal with Grupo Equipav for an investment of BRL600m leading to a majority, controlling equity stake in Equipav Acucar e Alcool (Equipav), a sugar/ethanol company in Brazil.

Campbell Soup Q2 Net Sales Increase To $2.15bn
Campbell Soup company has reported net sales of $2.15bn for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, compared to $2.12bn for the same quarter prior year. EBIT for the quarter was $391m compared with $355m in the prior-year quarter.

Imperial Sugar, PureCircle Form New JV
Imperial Sugar, a marketer of refined sugar in North America and PureCircle, a producer of stevia products, have formed Natural Sweet Ventures, a North American joint venture.

Gary Rack Restaurant Retains The Gab Group For Strategic Branding
Gary Rack Restaurant Management Group, headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida has retained PR agency The Gab Group to launch and market all three of the company's modern restaurant concepts.

Caney Fork Opens New Restaurant In Mississippi
Caney Fork Restaurant will officially open its new restaurant in Tupelo, Mississippi location on March 8, 2010. The opening will mark the second of six units to be opened this year by Caney Fork Restaurant.

CKE Restaurants To Open Twenty Five Carl’s Jr Restaurants In Vietnam
CKE Restaurants has inked a development agreement with a Vietnamese distribution company Mesa Group to open 25 Carl’s Jr restaurants in Vietnam. Mesa Group has been awarded the development rights to open Carl’s Jr restaurants throughout the country with the first being slated to open in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2010.

Himalaya International Launches New Fruit Blended Yogurts
Himalaya International, a frozen food company which also exports its products to North America, has introduced Himalaya Fresh, a new line of fruit blended yogurts in Indian metro cities. The yogurts are blended with strawberry, strawberry banana, pineapple and mixed fruit.

Wonka Rolls Out New Line Of Chocolates, Fruit Treats
Wonka, owned by Swiss chocolate maker Nestle, has introduced a selection of chocolates called Exceptionals. The new chocolate line-up includes three varieties, each available in tablet bars and bags of individually wrapped minis.

Smashburger To Open Third Location In Arizona
Smashburger, a fast-casual burger restaurant, will open its third Phoenix-area location on March 10, 2010, in the Camelback Colonnade shopping center in Phoenix, Arizona. The other Phoenix-area Smashburgers are in Tempe and McDowell Road in Avondale.

Cinnabon Unveils New Line Of Cupcakes
Cinnabon, an Atlanta based bakery that produces cinnamon rolls, has launched a new line of cupcakes, which come in four flavors.

Ben & Jerry’s To Go Fair Trade Across Global Flavors Portfolio
Ben & Jerry’s, a Vermont-based ice cream company, has committed to go completely Fair Trade across its complete line of flavors around the globe. All of its flavors globally, from Cherry Garcia to Chocolate Fudge Brownie, will be converted to Fair Trade Certified ingredients by the end of 2013.

Asda Withdraws Certain Chocolate Cookies With Hazelnuts
Asda, an online grocery retailer and a subsidiary of Wal-Mart, has withdrawn some of its Extra Special Double Chocolate Cookies, because there is a problem with the packaging.

Jamba To Sell Products Through Core-Mark Serviced Stores
Jamba, a restaurant retailer of food and beverage products, and Core-Mark Holding, a marketer of supply solutions to the convenience retail industry, have signed a memorandum of intent to offer and deliver Jamba branded food and beverage consumer products to Core-Mark serviced convenience retail locations.

Bagger Dave’s To Open New Location In Novi, Michigan
The Bagger Dave’s Legendary Burgers & Fries, a full service restaurant concept owned by Diversified Restaurant Holdings, will open its new location in Novi, Michigan, on February 21.

IFF Names Douglas Tough As New Chairman, CEO
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), a global creator of flavors and fragrances for consumer products, has appointed Douglas Tough, its current non-executive chairman, in the role of chairman and chief executive officer with effect from March 1, 2010.

Coco's Bakery Restaurant Adds New Line Of Appetizers To Menu
Coco's Bakery Restaurant has introduced a new line of appetizers to its menu. The restaurant said that each appetizer has been paired with a California wine, including selections made from organic grapes or sangria.

Kraft Foods Q4 Operating Profit Surges, Revenues Up
Kraft Foods has reported revenues of $11bn for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 3.2% compared $10.68bn in the same quarter previous year. Operating income for the quarter quadrupled to $1.31bn compared to $330m in the prior year quarter.

Dunkin' Donuts To Open Three New Restaurants In Missouri
Dunkin' Donuts, a coffee and baked goods chain, has signed a multi-unit store development agreement with Sai Jitta for three new restaurants in Blue Springs and Independence, Missouri. The first location is anticipated to open in 2011 and the remainder by 2013.

General Mills Reaffirms EPS Outlook For Fiscal 2010, Outlines Future Growth Strategies
General Mills has reaffirmed its fiscal 2010 earnings per share target of $4.52 to $4.57, before any mark-to-market effects. It expects earnings per share to grow at a high single-digit compound annual rate to reach $6.75 per share by 2015.

ConAgra Reaffirms Fiscal 2010 EPS Guidance
ConAgra Foods has reaffirmed that its expects fiscal 2010 EPS from continuing operations, excluding items impacting comparability to approach $1.73. In the long term perspective, the company anticipates annual sales growth in the range of 3% to 4% and annual earnings per share (EPS) growth in the range of 8% to 10%.

NutraCea To Sell Non-Core Cereal Ingredients Business To Kerry
NutraCea, an operator in the domain of stabilized rice bran (SRB) nutrient research and technology, has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell the company's existing cereal ingredients business and certain related equipment to Kerry, a global food ingredients company, in a deal worth approximately $3.9m plus the actual cost of NutraCea's inventory related to its cereal ingredients business.

Mars, Barry Callebaut Partner To Increase Availability, Consistency Of Cocoa Flavanols
Confectionary manufacturers Mars and Barry Callebaut have signed a cross-licensing and cooperation agreement that is expected to increase the availability and homogeneity of cocoa flavanol chocolate products worldwide.

Anlit, Danisco Introduce New Probiotic Yogurt Bears
Israeli company Anlit Advanced Nutrition, in association with Danisco, has launched Probiotic Yogurt Bears, which comes in vanilla flavor and contain Danisco's Howaru probiotic formulation. The company said that the formulation is supports digestive health and enhances the child’s natural immune defenses.

Ruchi Soya To Acquire Palm Tech
Ruchi Soya Industries, an India-based edible oil company, has said that it is going to acquire Palm Tech India (PTIL), a palm oil company based in the Indian state of Andhra-Pradesh, for an undisclosed amount.

PF Chang's Expands Footprint In Philippines
PF Chang's China Bistro has entered into a development and license agreement with Global Restaurant Concepts, a casual dining operator in the Philippines, to develop eight restaurants over the next five years. The first location is scheduled to open in Manila in the first quarter of 2011.

Sara Lee Introduces New Bread Made With DHA Omega-3
Sara Lee North American Fresh Bakery has introduced its new Soft & Smooth Plus bread made with DHA Omega-3. According to the company, scientific evidence shows that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) Omega-3 helps to support healthy brain development.

Rodobo International Q1 Revenue Up 14%
Rodobo International has reported revenue of $10.1m for the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 14% compared to $8.9m for the same quarter previous year. Net income for the quarter was $2.3m, an increase of 21% compared $1.9m for the previous year quarter.

Marel Disposes Non-Core Operating Unit In Stovring, Denmark
Marel, a global provider of advanced equipment, systems and services to the fish, meat and poultry industries, has reached an agreement with the American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC), a privately held industrial group, on the sale of the operations of Carnitech in Stovring, Denmark, a non-core operating unit. The AIAC subsidiary acquiring the assets and liabilities will be renamed Carnitech.

BJ Restaurants Q4 Revenues Increase 13.5%
BJ Restaurants has reported total revenues of $112.6m for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 13.5% compared to $99.3m for the same quarter previous year.

Salkyn Gets EBRD Support For Expansion Of Distribution Network, Brand Development
Salkyn, a privately-owned ice-cream producer located in Mary region, in the south-east of Turkmenistan, has been granted $1.2m by EBRD, to help the company expand its distribution network and build up its brand. The company produces around 70 types of ice-cream for a range of various segments and aims to further expand its product variety.

Provexis, DSM Sign Agreement For Fruitflow Technology
Provexis, a company engaged in developing and licensing functional food and dietary supplement technologies, has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) for its Fruitflow technology with DSM Nutritional Products (DSM).

Buffalo Wild Wings Q4 Revenues Up 19.6%
Buffalo Wild Wings has reported revenues of $145m for the fourth quarter ended December 27, 2009, an increase of 19.6% compared to $121.2m for the same quarter previous year.

Cheesecake Factory Q4 Revenues Increase To $400.6m
The Cheesecake Factory has reported net revenues of $400.6m for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2009 compared to $400.4m for the same quarter previous year.

MI Casa Foods Introduces New Line Of Salsas
MI Casa Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of sales, and sister company of Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant, has launched a new retail products line featuring its Sonora-style salsas, now available in Southern California grocery stores.

TreeHouse Foods Q4 Revenue Increases
TreeHouse Foods has reported net sales of $404.78m for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, an increase of 1.7% compared to $398.82m for the same quarter previous year.

Greencore Disposes Malt Businesses To Axereal
Greencore Group (Greencore), an international manufacturer of convenience foods and ingredients, has agreed to sell its malt business to Axereal Union De Cooperatives Agricoles (Axereal) for amount of up to €116.25m.

Naples Tomato Awards First Franchise License In Connecticut
Naples Tomato Franchising has granted its first restaurant franchise license to Ewine of Southington, Connecticut, for the Stamford/Greenwich, Connecticut area.

American Lorain Expands Product Offering To 3,500 Retail Locations
American Lorain, an international snack foods and frozen foods company based in the Shandong Province, China, has expanded its product offering to more than 3,500 supermarket locations throughout China.

Kona Grill Q4 Sales Increase 7.7%
Kona Grill has reported restaurant sales of $20m for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, an increase of 7.7% compared to $18.6m for the same quarter previous year.

Ristorante Nicola To Open In Preston Commons, Dallas
Ristorante Nicola, a new sister concept to the Nicola's Ristorante Italiano in Plano, Texas, will open in early March 2010 at 8111 Preston Commons (near Preston and Northwest Highway), Dallas. The new restaurant, headed by executive chef Luigi Iannuario, offers a selection of handcrafted Italian cuisine.

Avocado Firm Expands Into Salsa Business
Calavo Growers (Calavo), a marketer of avocados and provider of other fresh perishable products, has established a majority owned subsidiary, Calavo Salsa Lisa, and has acquired Lisa’s Salsa Company.

McDonald's Global Comparable Sales Improve In January
McDonald's has reported that its global comparable sales increased 2.6% in January. In the US, it decreased 0.7%, in Europe it increased by 4.3% and in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa it was up by 4.3%.

Pall Introduces New Filtration Process To Improve Safety Of Infant Formula
Pall has introduced a new filtration process to improve the safety and quality of infant formula. According to the company, its process is engineered to prevent microbial contamination through intensive filtration, while preserving nutritional quality by minimizing the need for repeated heat treatment during manufacturing.

La Salsa Opens In Houston
La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill, a fast-casual fresh Mexican chain, has opened its first Houston restaurant, located inside Terminal C South, at the George Bush International Airport. The new restaurant features made to order Mexican food, margaritas, imported beers, and an portfolio of salsas, in an express format.

Bubble Chocolate Expands North American Retail Distribution
Bubble Chocolate has said that it has gained distribution in North American retail. In addition to independent retailers across the US, Bubble Chocolate can also be purchased at national retailers including BevMo, HomeGoods, Central Market and Whole Foods Markets in the New England and Northern California regions.

Hormel Foods Unveils Unified Brand Campaign
Hormel Foods, a Texas-based manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded food and meat products, will market its portfolio of branded products in a single campaign. The company said that this act supports all Hormel branded products through a single advertising platform by name 'Life Better Served'.

Epsilon To Support Direct Marketing Initiatives Of Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods, a US-based confectionery maker, will be supported by Epsilon, a marketing services firm, in developing consumer relationship marketing program.

NXT Nutritionals Expands Distribution Of Susta In New York
NXT Nutritionals Holdings, a developer and marketer of proprietary, patent-pending sweeteners, food and beverage products, has said that its Susta Natural Sweetener 50 Packet Boxes are now being sold in New York’s D’Agostino Supermarkets.

NexCen Brands Opens First MaggieMoo’s Outlet In Asia
NexCen Brands has opened the first MaggieMoo’s franchised store in Asia. The store opened at 313 Somerset Mall in Singapore under an existing master franchise agreement with Thirtythree of Singapore, which also is a master franchisee of Marble Slab Creamery in Singapore.

Zhongpin Reports Production At New Tianjin Plant
Zhongpin, a meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, has reported 'smooth production' at its new Tianjin plant for chilled and frozen pork and expects higher market prices.

Melting Pot Restaurants Rolls Out New Pacific Islands Theme Menu
The Melting Pot Restaurants, a fondue restaurant chain headquartered in Tampa, Florida, has introduced a new limited-time menu featuring Pacific Islands theme dishes.

Marel To Sell Stork Food & Dairy Business
Marel, a global provider of advanced equipment, systems and services to the fish, meat and poultry industries, has reached an agreement with the Dutch investor Nimbus on the sale of the food & dairy systems division of Stork Food Systems. The deal excludes the unit's operations in Spain.

Miami Subs Pizza & Grill Opens New Location In Surfside, Florida
Miami Subs Pizza & Grill, a fast casual restaurant chain, has opened a new restaurant in downtown Surfside beach area, Florida. The chain also intends to open over 100 new franchise restaurants over the next five years.

III Forks Steakhouse Unveils New Valentine's Dinner Menu
III Forks Steakhouse, a full-service and franchised restaurant owned by Dallas-based Consolidated Restaurant Operations, at Jacksonville, Florida, has introduced a new Valentine’s Dinner menu.

IXIA Unveils New Five Lane Lid Placement & Closure System
IXIA Packaging Systems (IXIA), a designer and manufacturer of denesting equipment for the food industry, has launched new five-lane Lid Placement & Closure System.

Heinz Introduces New Ketchup Pack; Cuts Down Sodium Content Across Core Product Line
H J Heinz (Heinz) has introduced new Dip & Squeeze, a dual-function ketchup package for the foodservice industry. The company claims that the new package design holds three times as much ketchup as the traditional packet and gives consumers two ways to consume the ketchup: either peel back the lid for dipping, or tear off the tip to squeeze onto food.

Dunkin' Donuts To Open Seven New Restaurants In Tennessee
Dunkin' Donuts, a coffee and baked goods chain, has signed a multi-unit store development agreement with Roadrunner Markets for seven new restaurants in Tri-Cities, Tennessee and the surrounding areas of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

Burger King Q2 Revenues Increase
Burger King has revenues of $645.4m for the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 2% compared to $634.1m for the same quarter previous year. Revenues were aided by a worldwide net restaurant growth rate of 2.7%, which positively impacted quarterly revenues by $22.8m.

Margaritaville Foods Introduces New Line Of Chicken Wings
Margaritaville Foods, a marketer of restaurant-quality food products to retail consumers, has launched new addition to the portfolio of island-inspired food and beverage products, Margaritaville chicken wings. The chicken line of products includes four flavors of fully cooked and frozen chicken wings.

NXT Nutritionals Expands Availability Of Susta To Three States In US
NXT Nutritionals, a Massachusetts based developer and marketer of proprietary alternative sweeteners, food and beverage products, has received an initial purchase order of Susta Natural Sweetener 50 Packet Boxes from Albertson's, of Boise, Idaho, for its grocery stores in Texas, Arizona and Florida.

Cold Stone Creamery Unveils Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Ice Cream
Cold Stone Creamery, owned and operated by Kahala Group, has transformed Chocolate Dipped Strawberry into an ice cream flavor. Starting from February 3 through March 31, all of Cold Stone Creamery locations across the country will feature Chocolate Dipped Strawberry ice cream.

Tony's Fine Foods Boosts Distribution Network In California
Tony's Fine Foods has acquired California-based Columbus Distributing, the perishable foods distribution division of Columbus Foods.

Jamba Sells Eight California Locations As Part Of Refranchising Strategy
Jamba, a holding company and owner of Jamba Juice, has sold eight restaurants in California to Swirl Partners, whose principals are David Wagonfeld and Scott Maltz. This sale is a part of the company’s strategic refranchising program and builds on the sale of 27 restaurants in 2009 to existing Jamba Juice franchise owners in Arizona, Oregon, and California.

Golden State Foods Chooses Par Technology Subsidiary’s Monitoring, Tracking System
Golden State Foods (GSF), a processor and distributor of liquid products, meat products, bakery products, has selected Par Logistics Management Systems (Par LMS), a subsidiary of PAR Technology, to provide its cold chain management system to GSF’s food distribution network.

Smashburger To Open Second Location In Dayton
Smashburger, a fast-casual restaurant concept, will open its second Dayton location on February 24 at 1200 Brown Street near the University of Dayton. The restaurant along with a local franchisee group Rodenkirch Management is currently scheduled to open 12 restaurants in the Dayton and Cincinnati region over the next few years. Another 30 to 60 openings are scheduled for this year nationwide.

PakSense Launches Wireless Temperature Monitoring Label In European Markets
PakSense has launched its Ultra Wireless Label, a temperature monitoring label in the European markets. The label enables users to wirelessly download time and temperature information and analyze data before unloading a perishable product from a container. The company is currently taking pre-orders for labels, with anticipated delivery in March.

McCormick Canada Launches New Soup Mixes
McCormick Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of McCormick & Company, has launched three new Club House Slow Cooker Soup seasoning mixes, adding to its line of six other Slow Cooker mixes.

Mars Unveils 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp Bar
Mars Chocolate North America, a confectionery company headquartered in Virginia, has launched 3 Musketeers Truffle Crisp Bar. The new chocolate is a combination of twin bars of whipped truffle wrapped in milk chocolate.

Hershey Posts Increase In Q4 Sales
Hershey has reported net sales of $1.4bn for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 2.2% compared to $1.3bn for the same quarter previous year. Net income for the quarter was $126.7m or $0.55 per share-diluted, an increase of 54% compared with $82.1m or 36 cents for the comparable period prior year.

Morton's Restaurant Names Christopher Artinian As President, CEO, Director
Morton's Restaurant Group, an operator of company-owned steakhouses, has appointed Christopher Artinian as president and CEO and director, with immediate effect. Mr Artinian replaces Thomas Baldwin, who has resigned from his position as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the company's board of directors.

Amcor Acquires Majority Alcon Packaging Businesses From Rio Tinto
Amcor has completed the acquisition of Alcan Packaging food Europe, food Asia, global pharmaceutical, and global tobacco businesses from Rio Tinto for a total consideration of $1.95bn.

Cadbury To Shut Down Ringwood Distribution Center In Australia
Cadbury, a British confectionery company, has said that it will shut down the operations at Ringwood distribution center in Melbourne in July and outsource them to a third party Toll in2store.

Biopack To Increase Production With 'Bio-Coating' Machines
Biopack Environmental Solutions, a manufacturer and supplier of biodegradable packaging products, has entered into a purchase order agreement to buy up to 10 custom designed, automated 'Bio-Coating' machines.

Diversified Restaurant To Buy Nine Buffalo Wild Wings Locations
Diversified Restaurant Holdings (DRH), the owner/operator and soon to be franchisor of the full service fast-casual restaurant and bar Bagger Dave’s Legendary Burgers & Fries and a franchisee for Buffalo Wild Wings, has acquired nine Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar (BWW) locations in Michigan and Florida for $3.1m.

Johnny Rockets Re-opens In Monroe
Johnny Rockets, a restaurant chain in the US, will re-open in Monroe, Michigan on February 8, 2010 at Hampton Plaza location. The 3,400sqft Monroe restaurant will feature an expanded menu, including Original Junior hamburger, dessert options, and different soup choices.

Papa Bello Enterprises To Buy Royal India Express
Maryland-based Papa Bello Enterprises has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire the Royal India Express, a San Diego based, fast casual, Indian restaurant concept.

Cloetta Unveils New Fairtrade Chocolate Bars
Swedish confectionery company Cloetta has introduced Cloetta good, a new chocolate bar. Cloetta good comes in four varieties and the company claims that it is made from certified Fairtrade chocolate.

Horizon Milling To Shut Down Topeka Flour Mill
Horizon Milling, a US-based flour miller, has said that it will shut down its Topeka facility on or around December 1, 2010. The company has informed its employees about the forthcoming closure.

Daniele Adds Three Products To Salame Recall
Daniele has added three additional items to its recall of salame products, which are believed to be contaminated by black pepper. The pepper was imported from Vietnam and came from one of the company's spice distributors.

Kellogg To Slash Salt Content In Products By One-third
The Kellogg Company has said that it will cut down on the content of salt in its cereals, including Rice Krispies, Coca Pops, Corn Flakes, Frosties, Ricicles and Crunchy Nut, due to continual pressure from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and other health associations.

China Nutrifruit Group To Expand Fruit, Vegetable Powder Production
China Nutrifruit Group, a producer of specialty fruit based products in China, plans to construct a new fruit and vegetable powder manufacturing facility in Daqing, Heilongjiang Province.

American Lorain Introduces Cold-Dish Product Line To Chinese Market
China-based processed food company American Lorain has launched an upgraded 'cold-dish' product line. The company claims that its new range of cold-dish products extend the shelf-life of products to 20 days, using nitrogen technology.

MaggieMoo's Expands Ice-cream Line
MaggieMoo's Ice Cream has expanded its line of ice cream products to include a new Pink Champagne sorbet and Dream Cakes for Two. The Dream cake features strawberry ice cream, drizzled with chocolate ganache, and topped with a chocolate covered strawberry.

Fresh Harvest Adds Blue Gem To Distribution Network
Fresh Harvest Products has added Blue Gem Enterprise to it distribution network to distribute its Wings of Nature bars throughout Florida.

Green & Black's To Move Chocolate Range To Fair Trade Certified In US
Green & Black's, an organic chocolate maker, has committed to move its entire chocolate range, worldwide, to Fair Trade including the US.

ConAgra Healthy Choice Introduces New Frozen Meals
Healthy Choice, a brand of ConAgra Foods, has introduced 11 new frozen meals for its Cafe Steamers, Entrees and Select Entrees product lines. These new frozen entrees are available at grocery stores throughout the US.

Tate & Lyle Says 9M Pre-tax Profit In Line With Expectations
Tate & Lyle has said profit before tax for the nine months to December 31, 2009, before the impact of exchange translation, was in line with its expectations.

Carl’s Jr Launches New Cheese Bacon Burger
Carl’s Jr. has introduced Grilled Cheese Bacon Burgers, which features grilled cheese sandwich with the addition of charbroiled burger and bacon.

True Food Kitchen To Open At Fashion Island, California
True Food Kitchen said that it will open its first California restaurant at Fashion Island this summer. The restaurant will offer a selection of coffee drinks, juice blends, hot and cold tea, wine cocktails, organic and low calorie beer and sake.

Heathrow Natural Extends Super Food Brand
Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage has said that it will add 'Maqui Berry' to its Gum & Fruit Bar Super Food Brand.

Hardee’s Introduces New Sausage Biscuit
Hardee’s Food Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, has introduced a new sausage biscuit 'Double Sausage, Egg ‘N’ Cheese' to its breakfast menu.

Plum Organics Unveils Single Ingredient Organic Baby Food Line
Plum Organics, a provider of organic baby food in California, has launched 'Just' line, which includes six single-fruit purees. The new 'Just' fruit options include Just Apples, Just Peaches, Just Pears, Just Bananas, Just Prunes and Just Mangos.

Target Stops Selling Farmed Salmon In US
Target has removed all farmed salmon from its fresh, frozen, and smoked seafood offerings in all of its stores throughout the US, in order to provide its guests with a range of sustainable seafood options.

Kellogg's Expands Special K Product Line
Kellogg's has expanded its Special K product line with the launch of two new products: Low-Fat Granola and Fruit Crisps, which it claims, will help women in meeting their weight-loss management goals.

Safeway, FishWise Collaborate To Develop Sustainable Seafood Policy
Grocery retailer Safeway has partnered with FishWise, a non-profit organization focused on improving the sustainability and financial performance of seafood retailers, to develop and implement a sustainable seafood policy.

ConAgra Foods Expands Orville Redenbacher's Line
ConAgra Foods has expanded it line of Orville Redenbacher's Flavour Shakers brand in Canada, with the addition of a new flavor of popcorn, Salt & Vinegar.

General Mills Reformulates Yoplait YoPlus
General Mills, a US-based food company, has reformulated Yoplait YoPlus. The company claims that the yogurt now comes with 20% of the Daily Value of antioxidant vitamins A and E, a blend of special probiotic cultures and fiber for digestive health, calcium and vitamin D for bone health.

AC Grace Expands Unique Product Line With Launch Of New Krill Oil
AC Grace Company has introduced Unique Omega Krill Oil, which according to the company is a combination of Omega-3 fatty acids, phospholipids and antioxidants to support heart and joint health.

Divine Chocolate Recalls Some Dark Chocolates
Divine Chocolate, a UK-based chocolate manufacturer, has recalled some of its Dark Chocolate because the product contains milk, which is not an intended ingredient.

Bain Capital To Acquire Domino's Pizza Master Franchisee In Japan
Bain Capital, a global private investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Higa Industries, the master franchisee of Domino's Pizza in Japan. The company will acquire Higa Industries from its three current shareholders namely Duskin, Daiwa SMBC Capital, and Ernest Higa, the company's founder and CEO.

Tyson Foods Shifts Meat Production Capacity To Southern US Plants
Tyson has planned to shift some production from its Council Bluffs, Iowa, case-ready plant to its facilities in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and Sherman, Texas, to enable the company to make more effective use of its existing case-ready production capacity. The two plants are closer to the company's growing customer base.

Campbell Unveils New Select Harvest Soups In Foodservice
Campbell Soup's North America Foodservice division has introduced Select Harvest natural soups in Foodservice. According to the company, the launch of the new line of soups in foodservice will help it address the demand for nutritious options in universities, offices and other non-commercial operations.

McDonald's Q4 Revenue Increases
McDonald's has reported revenues of $6bn for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009, an increase of 7% compared to $5.5bn for the same quarter previous year.

Taco Del Mar Files For Bankruptcy
Taco Del Mar Franchising has filed for bankruptcy under the protection of Chapter 11 in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Seattle, as it owes creditors between $1m to $10m. The company expects to continue all business operations during the restructuring without interruption.

Allens Introduces New Line Of Canned Vegetables
Allens, a vegetable company, has introduced a new line of southern style canned vegetables and side dishes. The new products will be sold in 14oz, 27oz and 28oz cans at participating retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Food Lion, Publix, Bi-Lo and other major retail outlets.

Premium Brands Acquires South Seas Meats
Premium Brands, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products, has acquired South Seas Meats (SSM), a Vancouver, British Columbia-based distributor of specialty meat products, for approximately $2.1m.

Symrise Begins Operations At New Plant For Liquid Flavors In Singapore
Symrise, a Germany-based producer of flavors and fragrances, has commenced operations at its new plant for liquid flavours in Singapore.

Linde Launches New Cryowave IQF Freezer For Poultry Processors
Linde North America will launch the new Cryowave IQF tunnel freezer to the poultry industry at the International Poultry Exposition in Atlanta’s World Congress Center, where Linde will feature its freezer and other cryogenic freezing and chilling technologies.

Wada Farms Expands Partnership With Chep For Pallet Pooling Services
Idaho-based Wada Farms, a grower and shipper of potato, onion and sweet potato, has expanded its relationship with Chep for pallet pooling services. The company transports Dole and Wada Farms brand potatoes and onions on Chep pallets from the company’s facilities to supermarkets, mass market retailers and club stores across the US.

J & J Snack Foods Q1 Sales Improve
J & J Snack Foods has reported sales of $149.1m for the first quarter ended December 26, 2009, an increase of 6% compared to $141.1m for the same quarter previous year.

Dunkin' Donuts To Open Eight New Restaurants In Madison, Wisconsin
Dunkin' Donuts has entered into a multi-unit store development agreement with Travel Mart for eight new restaurants in Madison, Wisconsin, and the surrounding area. The first two locations are anticipated to open in 2011 and the remaining by 2014.

Kahala Opens Tri-brand Location At Naval Station Norfolk
Kahala, parent company of Cold Stone Creamery and Great Steak, has opened new restaurants at Naval Station (NS) Norfolk. The 4,540sqft location at NS Norfolk is co-branded, featuring Tim Hortons, Cold Stone Creamery and Great Steak.

Beeler's Launches New Heluka Pork
Beeler's Pork, a hog farm company based in Iowa, has launched a new pork that is developed by its new Heluka system of pig rearing. The company claims that Heluka is an antibiotic and growth promotant free pork, and it uses Duroc line to process the meat.

Baja Fresh Opens First International Restaurant
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, a quick-casual chain, has opened its first international location at the entrance of Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. The menu features an array of tacos, burritos, salads and fajitas made from fire-grilled meats and produce. The restaurant also features a salsa bar.

Brinker International Turns To Profit In Q2
Brinker International has reported net income of $18.32m or $0.18 per share for the second quarter of 2010 compared to a loss of $21.76m or $0.21 per share in the same quarter last year.

China Starch To Increase Production Capacity Of Corn Starch, Sweeteners
China Starch, a starch manufacturer based in China, has revealed its expansion plan to increase its annual production capacity of corn starch and starch-based sweeteners in a span of approximately two years.

Krispy Kreme To Roll Out New Chocolate Treats
Krispy Kreme's will roll out new chocolate treat offerings - Triple Chocolate doughnut with chocolate Kreme filling and topped with chocolate icing and brownie crumbles; Chocolate-Iced ring with Valentine's Day sprinkles; and Chocolate-Iced Heart doughnut.

Sbarro Expands Into Japaneese Market
Quick service Italian restaurant concept Sbarro, has revealed its expansion plan into the Japanese market, which will include the opening of 1,250 units. The company has partnered with JCI in a joint venture/franchise agreement that will see the expansion plan executed over a twenty-year period.

Kashi Introduces New Ready-to-eat Cereals
Kashi Company, a natural food maker, has expanded its Golean family of foods with the introduction of Golean Crisp!. The company claims that new Golean Crisp! Toasted Berry Crumble ready-to-eat cereal provides a combination of dried cranberries and wild blueberries with twice the fiber and protein of the average of other cereals.

Red Mango Introduces New Flavor In Frozen Yoghurt Line
Red Mango, a retailer of frozen yogurt, has introduced a new flavor, Cocoa, available at all of its participating locations for a limited time, now through March 16.

Cadbury Accepts Kraft’s $19.7bn Takeover Offer
Cadbury's board has agreed to a GBP11.9bn ($19.7bn) takeover offer from Kraft Foods after receiving a revised bid of 840 pence per share. The bid includes 500 pence in cash and rest instock. In addition, Cadbury shareholders will be entitled to receive 10 pence per Cadbury share by way of a special dividend when the final offer becomes unconditional.

Fonterra To Invest $11.5m In Dairy Manufacturing Sites In Tasmania
Fonterra, a multinational dairy company, has said that it will implement an $11.5m capital investment program to increase cheese and whey powder processing capacity at its dairy manufacturing sites in northern Tasmania.

Danisco, Arla Team Up For Infant Formula Research
Danisco and Arla Foods have partnered for a research project, in which university scientists will aim at developing ways to produce an ingredient naturally present in human breast milk, namely oligosaccharides. These complex sugars are present in breast milk at relatively high concentrations and help protect the infant from infections and diarrhoea.

Sainsbury’s Revamps Packaging Of Chopped Tomatoes
UK-based Sainsbury's has said that its Basics tinned chopped tomatoes will be sold in cartons rather than cans, reducing packaging by half a million kilos per year.

Nestle Nutrition Introduces New Oral Nutritional Supplement
Nestle Nutrition has unveiled a new oral nutritional supplement Resource SeniorActiv to target the nutritional needs of the elderly. The company claims that its new product is classified as Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP) and will be introduced in 2010 in Switzerland and rolled out in succession in other European countries.

Solbar Launches New Soy Isolate
Solbar Industries, an Israeli company engaged in production of soy products, has launched a new low viscosity soy protein isolate. The company claims that Solpro 842, a 90% soy protein, is processed to meet the demands for soy crisps, extruded snacks and cereals.

American Lorain Secures Product Placements In Two Supermarket Chains In Shanghai
American Lorain, an international processed snack food company based in Shandong Province, China, has started selling products through Watson Group (Watson) and Shanghai Jiadeli Supermarket Group (Jiadeli).

Parag Milk Foods Launches New Cheese Brand
Pune based dairy company Parag Milk Foods, has launched a new cheese brand 'Go' across India.

Bridge Brands Chocolate Launches Nine New Products
Bridge Brands Chocolate, also known as The San Francisco Chocolate Factory, will be launching nine new chocolate products at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco.

SAFC Upgrades European Packaging, Distribution Facility
SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group, has completed upgrade to its ISO 9001 certified food-grade storage, warehousing and logistics facility in Steinheim, Germany.

Cargill Reports Drop In Q2 Net Earnings
Cargill has reported net earnings of $489m for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, a decrease of 59% compared to $1.19bn for the same quarter previous year.

Smashburger To Open Seventh Location In Houston
Smashburger, a Denver-based fast-casual restaurant, will open its seventh Houston location on February 3, 2010 at 10850 Louetta Road in Vintage Lakes.

Northern Foods Q3 Like-for-like Sales Remain Flat
Northern Foods has reported that its like-for-like sales remained flat for the 13 weeks ended 26 December 2009 (third quarter), primarily reflecting the exit from frozen pastry contracts to enhance margins, in line with previous guidance. Year to date like for like sales was up 1.9%, led by good growth in chilled and bakery.

Delice, Cantina Laredo To Open At Midtown Crossing
Delice European Bakery and Cafe and Cantina Laredo, a gourmet Mexican restaurant brand, will open later this year at Midtown Crossing, said East Campus Realty president Ken Cook.

Symington, Ainsley Harrriott Launch Classic Creations
UK-based food company Symington’s and its partner and chef Ainsley Harrriott have created a new range of flavours in cup soup format, called Classic Creations. The first two products from the Ainsley Harriott Classic Creations range, Cream of Tomato and Minestrone, are available in Tesco Express stores from the end of January.

Nestle USA Reforms Cookie Dough After E. coli Tests
Nestle USA’s Baking Division will begin using heat-treated flour in the manufacture of its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough.

Townsend Specialty Foods Opens New Innovation Center
Townsend Specialty Foods, the Atlanta foodservice business unit of Delaware-based Townsend, has opened its Innovation Center north of Atlanta. The company said that the new facility provides it the flexibility to create distinctive products and adapt quickly to consumer trends while working hand-in-hand with key foodservice customers to achieve its specific poultry product objectives.

FDA Issues Alert On Certain HappyTot, HappyBaby Products
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public not consume any varieties of Happytot Stage 4 and certain varieties of HappyBaby Stage 1 and Stage 2 baby foods in pouches distributed by Nurture.

California Pizza Kitchen Expands Middle East Franchise Deal
Casual dining chain California Pizza Kitchen has expanded its original agreement with its existing franchise partner Gourmet Gulf Company (Gourmet Gulf). Under the new agreement, Gourmet Gulf will develop 19 restaurants throughout the Middle East over the next 10 years.

Bunge To Acquire Additional Interests In Moema Group
Bunge, an agribusiness and food company, has reached agreements to acquire additional interests in the Moema Group cluster of sugarcane mills located in Brazil.

Canada Bread To Invest In New Bakery Facility In Southwestern Ontario
Canada Bread, a manufacturer and marketer of flour based products, has said that it will invest approximately $100m in its Fresh Bakery operations to construct a new 370,000sqft bakery facility in Southwestern Ontario.

CKE Restaurants To Expand In Texas With 31 Carl’s Jr Units
CKE Restaurants, a California-based company that operates and runs restaurants, has signed two franchise agreements that will bring an additional 31 Carl’s Jr restaurants to Texas over the next nine years.

Barry Callebaut Expects Chocolate Market To Remain Flat In 2010
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut believes that after a volume contraction of the global chocolate market by more than 2% in the past fiscal year, the decline has bottomed out and it expects the chocolate market to remain flat in volume terms in 2010.

Chick-fil-A To Open First Stand-Alone Restaurant In Yorba Linda
The Chick-fil-A, a restaurant chain, will open its first stand-alone restaurant in Yorba Linda on January 14. The new location is one of 78 new locations the chain plans to open this year, creating nearly 4,500 new jobs.

Olam To Acquire Nigerian Wheat Miller
Olam International has agreed to acquire 99.5% of the outstanding shares and voting rights in Crown Flour Mills (CFM) with its wheat milling and noodle manufacturing facilities along with accompanying additional assets for a total purchase consideration of $107.6m.

Cadbury Turns Down Kraft Bid, Cites Strong FY09 Results
Cadbury has said that its board of directors have rejected Kraft’s ‘wholly inadequate offer’ and it continues to recommend that shareholders take no action in relation to the offer.

Caribou Coffee Introduces Oatmeal
Caribou Coffee has introduced oatmeal as a part of its breakfast offerings in 2010. The company said that each bowl packs 9 to 17 grams of protein, depending on the variety and flavor combination.

Campbell Soup To Continue Sodium Reduction Across Portfolio
Campbell Soup has said that it will continue sodium reduction efforts across its portfolio and supports the intent of the proposal by the New York City Department of Health.

AvidBiotics, Ecolab Team Up To Develop New Technology For Food Safety In Meat
AvidBiotics and Ecolab have entered into an agreement under which they will work to develop a new technology to reduce the presence of the dangerous pathogen E. coli O157:H7 in red meat products.

G Willi-Food Introduces New Food Products To Israeli Market
G Willi-Food International, a manufacturer and distributor of kosher foods, has enhanced its product line-up with the introduction of new food products for the Israeli market.

Zhongpin Expects $940m FY10 Revenues
Zhongpin, a meat and food processing company in China, has reported that for the fiscal year 2010, sales revenues are currently expected to be within a range of $900m to $940m.

Baskin-Robbins Expands Line-up Of BRight Choices Treats
Baskin-Robbins, a US-based ice cream chain, has expanded its line-up of BRight Choices treats with the introduction of new flavors that include Premium Churned Reduced Fat No Sugar Added Mocha Blackberry Chip ice cream, Premium Churned Light Dulce de Leche ice cream, and Vanilla Pomegranate Parfait frozen yogurt.

Penford Q1 Sales Up 13%
Penford, a manufacturer and marketer of ingredient systems for industrial and food applications, has reported consolidated sales of $67.1m for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, an increase of 13% compared to $59.6m for the same quarter previous year.

Dabur Launches Hajmola Kachcha Aam
Dabur India, a healthcare company in India, has extented its line up of Hajmola digestive range with the launch of Kachcha Aam.

EFSA Completes First Safety Assessments Of Smoke Flavourings
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first review of the safety of 11 smoke flavourings used in the EU. Based on EFSA's report which determines 'margins of safety' for each product, the European Commission will establish a list of smoke flavouring products authorised for use in foods.

McDonald's Of Greater Philadelphia Region Launches New Mac Snack Wrap
McDonald's outlet located in the Greater Philadelphia Region has introduced new Mac Snack Wrap, the latest addition to its Snack Wrap line.

Bonduelle To Acquire France Champignon
The Bonduelle Group and Butler Capital Partners have started their negotiations for the acquisition of France Champignon Group, which is headquarters in Saumur.

Rocky Mountain Q3 Revenue Decreases
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory has reported revenues of $6.9m for the third quarter of fiscal 2010, a decrease of 7.6% compared to $7.4m for the same quarter previous year.

Cyvex Nutrition Chooses IMG To Manage Marketing, Public Relations Efforts
Cyvex Nutrition, a supplier of proprietary branded raw ingredients, has selected Integrated Marketing Group (IMG), a natural products branding agency, to create and execute an integrated communications campaign for the company.

Ruby Tuesday Q2 Revenue Declines
Ruby Tuesday has reported total revenue of $273.4m for the second quarter of fiscal 2010, a decrease of 5.6% compared to $289.8m for the same quarter previous year.

Dunkin Donuts Unveils New Menu Options
Dunkin' Donuts, a coffee and baked goods shop, has introduced new menu options at all of its participating restaurants throughout the US. The new menu offers guests the option of ordering any breakfast sandwich or Wake-up Wrap with egg whites.

Spangler Candy Rolls Out Shrek Ogrehead Marshmallow Treats
Spangler Candy's, a manufacturer of confections, has teamed up with Dreamworks Animation to introduce Shrek Ogrehead Marshmallow Treats.

Baskin-Robbins Opens Miami, Florida For Franchise Sales
Baskin-Robbins has opened Miami, Florida for franchise sales, in order to continue expansion of its national footprint. Around 30 additional stores are projected throughout Miami and the surrounding areas of Dade and Broward counties, and will be scheduled to open over the next several years.

Harry London Candies Recalls Chocolate Pecan Caramel Stars
Harry London, based in Ohio, has voluntarily recalled 3310 individual units of the 4.62 ounce Harry London Chocolate Pecan Caramel Stars because they have not been labeled to include Wheat, FD&C colors Yellow #5, Red # 40 and Blue #1 as an ingredient. The lot code number for the product is 9238-1.

Nestle Opens New Global R&D Centre In Santiago de Chile
For the development of new line of biscuits and cereal-bases snacks

Pepperidge Farm Launches New Deli Flats
Claims the 100-Calorie Thin Rolls are a good source of fiber

McCormick Menu To Feature Flavors From New Zealand
New menu includes varieties of seafood, wines, and cocktails

Domino's CEO To Step Down
Patrick Doyle elected as successor to the position

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group Selects Radiant Systems As POS Provider
Aloha Insight’s customizable reporting and alerting features to help reduce food and labor costs

Nestle To Buy Kraft Foods Frozen Pizza Business
Strengthens its position in the frozen pizza category, where it had a minor presence until now

Smashburger To Open In Northern Colorado, Southern Wyoming In 2010
Partners with SB Ventures to open the first outlet of the chain in the region

China Nutrifruit Begins Production Of New Glazed Fruit Line
Says the new line will reduce labor costs by approximately 50% compared to the traditional production line

Yuhe International To Acquire 13 Breeder Farms From Weifang Dajiang
Also purchases rights for a 5.3-hectare parcel of land to build a new breeder farm

Smithfield Foods Completes Sale Of RMH Foods, Maverick Food
To shed non-core businesses

Milk Link To Upgrade Butter Processing Capabilities At Lockerbie Creamery
To invest around GBP350,000 in order to install an additional bulk butter production line

Zhongpin Starts New Prepared Pork Plant In Changge
New facility to have an annual production capacity of 36,000 metric tons

Asian Plantations Acquires Jubilant Paradise, Incosetia
Provides the company with the scale to investigate the design, planning and approval for a next-generation vertical sterilizer milling system

Wessanen Sells Italian Frozen Food Business
To focus on improving its position in the Benelux market

Malt-O-Meal Acquires Farina Mills Brand Assets
The company’s current distributor to assume full responsibility for the distribution of the Farina Mills hot cereals in Puerto Rico

Kraft Foods To Introduce New Restaurant-Inspired Offerings For 2010
Also plans to add new portion controlled options to its portfolio

Nutrition 21 Sells Direct Response, Retail Businesses To Nature's Products
To focus its financial resources on its ingredients business

Fresh Harvest, MRS Baking Sign Distribution Agreement
New agreement to provide Fresh Harvest expansion opportunity in the food service sector for natural and organic products

Famous Dave’s Inks Area Development Agreement With Savory Investments
To franchise four Pit Bar-B-Que restaurants in California and Nevada

Sartori Foods To Launch Balsamic BellaVitano
The new cheese to be unveiled at the 2010 Fancy Food show in San Francisco

Chick-fil-A Introduces New Breakfast Offerings
Says that the addition of new menu items reflect the increasingly diverse tastes of the chain's expanding customer base

Neesa Agritech Forays Into Frozen Food Business
Products slated for market introduction by early 2010

MVC Closes Sale Of Vitality Foodservice To Nestle Professional
Says is reviewing its portfolio to uncover ways to increase liquidity, while also recognizing growth opportunities for existing companies

Bemis Provides Update On Pending Acquisition Of Alcan Packaging Food Americas
Anticipates to receive regulatory approval by early 2010

Janzen Farms Recalls Hazelnut Kernels
Product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella

Papa Bello Acquires Pastore's of Rosedale
Says the acquisition is a significant part of its reorganization and growth plan

D’Angelo Reintroduces Double Peppercorn Steak Sandwich
Features grilled steak and mushrooms topped with American cheese, black pepper, peppercorn dressing and lettuce

Pilgrim's Pride Completes Reorganization
Enters into $1.75bn credit facility with various banks

Pizza Hut Unveils $10 Pizzas In 2010
To be available for a limited time period

Petra Foods Raises €120m For European Cocoa Ingredients Business
To finance the expected increase of working capital needs as group's European business grows

Cal-Maine Foods Q2 Net Sales Declines
Operating income decreases to $25.4m

WP Carey Acquires Eroski Supermarket Portfolio
To provide industry and geographical diversification to its investment portfolio

National Steak and Poultry Recalls Beef Products
Due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7

Associated Grocers of Maine Recalls Ham Products
Due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Skor Food Fiscal 09 Revenue Decreases
Posts net loss from continuing operations of C$305,232

Barry Callebaut Acquires Spanish Chocolate Maker
Strengthens Nederland Group’s strategy to focus on semi-elaborated technological cocoa products

Bunge To Acquire Brazilian Sugarcane Company
Adds significant scale to current milling operations and enables to vary production among multiple sugar and ethanol products

Olymel Recalls Certain Processed Meat Products
Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Holiday, McLane Renew Agreement For Grocery Supply Chain Services
To provide services to 458 holiday convenience stores throughout 12 states in the northern tier region of the US

Pinnacle Foods Acquires Birds Eye Foods
Says that the transaction strengthens its position in both the frozen and shelf-stable business segments

Wessanen Sells Tree of Life North America To Kehe Food
To reduce its debt and support growth of its European businesses

RFG To Acquire Big Dad’s Franchise System
To provide additional scale and intellectual property expansion to the company’s retail food franchise system portfolio

Tasty Baking Shifts Additional Production Lines To New Bakery
Full transition is now projected to be completed by spring 2010

Yuhe Completes Construction Of New Breeder Farm
Intends to add approximately 55,000 sets of parent breeders to the new farm

Brinker International Opens Maggiano's In Saudi Arabia
Marks the first location outside the US, bringing total global locations to 45

DRH To Open New Buffalo Wild Wings Location In Marquette
Its subsidiary receives a financing commitment for the new restaurant

ConAgra Foods Q2 Profit Up 42%
Consumer foods segment operating profit increases 31%

Bonduelle Confirms Sale Of Belgian Fruit Facility To Scana Noliko
Transfer of activity and staffing to take place in late January 2010

Dunkin' Donuts To Open First Restaurant In Bridgeport, West Virginia
The new restaurant to create 25 full and part-time jobs

InterFlex Acquires C&H Packaging From Appleton Paper
Adds third manufacturing facility to its North American operations

IFC To Invest In Snowman Frozen Foods Project
To modernize and expand cold storage facilities across India

The Pure Pantry Introduces New Gluten-Free Baking Mix Line
Claims the new line is made from organic whole grain flours high in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids

Dundee Citrus Growers Association Expands Relationship With Chep
Chep supports Dundee’s environmental sustainability program along with its move to biodegradable packaging

Circle Bistro Rolls Out Ten New Entrees
Infuses French themes into American menu

JetNet Unveils RoastWrap
Says its new equipment simplifies the task of sliding a net over any roast

Nash Finch Acquires Distribution Center In Columbus, Georgia
To serve military commissaries and exchanges

General Mills Q2 Sales Up, Raises FY10 Earnings Guidance
Segment operating profit increases 13%

NXT Nutritionals Launches New Baking Version Of Susta Sweetener
Starts taking online orders with plans for retail availability next spring

Blimpie Debuts In Kuwait
Plans to open 18 stores by 2014

Luby's Q1 Total Sales Decreases To $51.7m
Culinary Contract Services revenue increases 9.7% to $3.3m

Sara Lee To Reduce Salt In Products By 20%
Takes a step-wise approach to salt reduction, considering factors such as food safety, consumer acceptance and cost to consumers

Domino's Reinvents Pizza
Makes changes in crust, sauce, and cheese

Middleby Acquires Canadian Baking Ovens Manufacturer
To strengthen brand portfolio and increase market penetration worldwide

Danisco Q2 Revenue Decreases To DKK3.2 billion
EBIT increases 25% year on year

7-Eleven Acquires White Hen Stores
To strengthen its presence in greater Boston area

Fonterra To Buy Saudi New Zealand Milk Products
To support its expansion in Middle East, Africa, and CIS

Pizza Hut Goes For Overhaul of Outlets In India
Also expands its Indian menu by adding 30 more offerings

Sensient Technologies Opens New Facilities In China, Costa Rica
To service and develop products for local markets

GLG Completes Construction Of New RebpureTM RA97 Refining Plant
New facility to triple RebpureTM RA97 processing capacity

Enlightened Gourmet To Launch New Ricotta Cheese
Claims the new product is fat free and has high protein content

Chick-fil-A Opens New Restaurant In Columbus
Expected to create around 65 new jobs in the region

Campbell Soup Reduces Sodium In SpaghettiOs Pastas
Part of its ongoing initiatives to lower sodium across its portfolio

Attune Foods Acquires Uncle Sam, Erewhon Cereal Brands
To further expand its portfolio of health food products

Papa John's Sets Guidance For FY10
Reaffirms 2009 earnings guidance to be in the range of $1.42 to $1.46 per share

Burger King Introduces New Funnel Cake Sticks
Launch of the new offering supported through TV commercial and online banner ads

Cargill Acquires Goodman Fielder Fats, Oils Operations
For future growth in Australia and New Zealand

Heinz Recalls Mixed Cereal For Babies
Product may contain elevated levels of Ochratoxin A, a possible human carcinogen

Unilever Suspends Purchase Of Palm Oil From PT Smart
To reconsider position if the company provides proof that it is not involved in unacceptable environmental practices

Aker BioMarine Signs Supply Agreement With Schiff Nutrition
Superba Krill Oil to be an ingredient in Schiff MegaRed

GEA Receives Order For Milk Powder Factory In Australia
Plant expected to be complete in August 2010

Heathrow Natural To Deliver Acai Plus & Resveratrol Plus Natural Fruit Bar In 2010
Claims that each bar contains six natural fruits and anti-oxidants

FrieslandCampina To Reorganise Production
Six sites to be closed in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium

Martek Signs Sole-Source Supply Agreement With Fonterra
For using its ingredients in Fonterra's infant formulas and maternal products

Fresh Harvest Expands Product Distribution, Marketing In Cleveland, Ohio
To distribute its Wings of Nature snack bars to 69 stores in the region

Catallia Mexican Foods Selects Syspro ERP
To track larger inventories of ingredients, add production efficiencies and enhance customer service

Ruby Tuesday Relaunches Sunday Brunch In US
New menu includes a four course meal

Z’Tejas Introduces New Seasonal Menu
Features lunch, dinner items and a new cocktail

Cereal Partners To Reduce Sugar Content In Cereals
Claims to cut down 5,000 tonnes of sugar from its global food supply

Dole Fresh Fruit Signs Agreement With iGPS
To use plastic recyclable pallets embedded with RFID tags for shipment of its products

Compass Minerals Expands Specialty Food Salts Line In US
New line includes gourmet sea salts, low-sodium salt and a salt substitute to its Kosher salt products

The Egg & I Restaurant In Dallas Rolls Out New Menu
Adds five new items to its breakfast and lunch menu

Townsends Opens New Specialty Foods Facility In Georgia
A strategic location to better grow and cater to its foodservice market

Pizza Inn Opens New Restaurant In Spartanburg, South Carolina
To offer pizzas, pastas, salads and desserts in a dine-in buffet format

Red Mango To Upgrade Services At Franchises
Adds kiosk, self-serve and co-branded options, in addition to full-service stores

Yell-O-Glow Selects JustFoodERP To Support Distributor Requirements
To meet its functionality requirements

Scottish Government Grants GBP1.1m For Food Sector
Part of GBP20m allocated so far, expected to create 77 jobs and safeguard 507

Hatsun Opens New Dairy Plant In Palacode, India
To process 9,00,000 litres of milk per day

Tropical Foods Launches New Line Of Dipping Chocolates
Rolls out dark, milk and white chocolate flavors

VitaminSpice Inks Deal With Wal-Mart Stores
To introduce its products in the US market

Sunwin Launches New OnlySweet Blend
Claims that the new blend contains GRAS, a Rebaudioside A Stevia extract

Lees Settles Dispute With Patisserie UK
To receive GBP225,000 in cash and stock

Krispy Kreme Q3 Net Loss Narrows
Posts operating income of $0.6m compared to operating loss of $1.3m in the year ago quarter

Nestle Kit Kat To Be Fairtrade Certified In UK, Ireland
Four-finger version Kit Kat to carry the Fairtrade mark from January 2010

Yum! Brands Reaffirms FY09 EPS Growth Of 12%
Expects at least 10% EPS growth in FY10

Performance Food Acquires Somerset Food Service
To expand presence in Kentucky and surrounding states

Agropur Acquires New Cheese Factory In Iowa
New facility to be a part of Trega Foods

Diamond Foods Q1 Net Income Up, Raises FY10 EPS Guidance
Diluted earnings per share increases 38%

Delhaize Group Launches New Strategic Plan
Intends to achieve an additional €300m annual operating cost savings by 2012

Nutrition 21 Inks Distribution Agreement With Ingredia Nutritionals
To market Chromax and Diachrome ingredients in Europe

PBM Wins False Advertisement Case Against Mead Johnson
Receives a favorable jury verdict and a $13.5m damages award

DeltaMilk To Takeover Bleskensgraaf Cheese Production Plant Of FrieslandCampina
Acquisition to include production lines, land, buildings, machinery, and recipes

International Flavors & Fragrances Opens New Facility In Russia
To serve the needs of consumers in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Central Asia

Goya Foods Opens New Distribution Facilities In Illinois, New Jersey
To increase its presence in the Midwest, Mild and South Atlantic regions

Fresh Harvest Products To Purchase Natural Foods Company
Acquisition to increase distribution base and revenues

Smashburger To Open New Restaurant In Montclair, New Jersey
Enters into franchise deal with Smash Enterprises to open 30 more locations in the region

Dunkin' Donuts Introduces Limited-time New Seasonal Treats
Come in three new flavors available in participating restaurants

Hershey Expands Bliss Chocolate Line
Introduces a new chocolate that comes with a Meltaway center

ResVez Unveils Resveratrol Nutrition Bar
Claims to contain Resveratrol equal to 50 glasses of red wine

Red Mango Grants First Franchise In Denver
Store to open in the spring of 2010

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Appoints New Vice President
The new VP will be responsible for global operations and training

SunOpta Enters Into Strategic Alliance Agreement With Specialized Protein Products
To manufacture and sell liquid, powdered soy ingredients and soy milk beverages

Papa Bello Enterprises Appoints New Vice President Of Sales And Marketing
To assist in brand development, advertising, franchising and retail

Nestle India To Acquire Healthcare Nutrition Business Of Speciality Foods India
Schedules investor meet on December 7 to discuss terms of deal

Meijer Introduces New Line Of Food Products
A collection of recipes made by the local company

Ihop Launches New Holiday Hotcakes
Includes Gingerbread, Eggnog, Pecan Pie and Pumpkin pancakes

Krispy Kreme Awards Development Rights For Metro Albuquerque, New Mexico
First shop in New Mexico market expected to open by the end of the year

WNS Enters Into Multi-Year Contract With Chiquita Brands
To provide finance and accounting services

X5 Retail Reports Decline In Q3 Sales
Posts net profit of $73m

Trace One Acquires Eqos
To provide services for managing private label products in the UK market

Nestle Expands Production In Brazil
Opens new plant that can produce 100 million litres of drinking milk every year

Cretors Introduces New Econo Line of Popcorn Machines
Suitable for homes and small venues

Cognis 9M Sales Decreases To €1.95 billion
Adjusted EBITDA Increases To €270m

NutriSystem Recalls Peanut Butter Granola Bars
Product may be contaminated with Salmonella

Michael Dean’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar Unveils New Menu
New offerings include several house-prepared prime rib dishes

Taco Bell Rolls Out New Black Jack Taco
Available only until January 10, 2010

Frutarom Rolls Out New Citrus Flavors
Flavors suitable for dairy, ice-cream, confectionery among others

Maple Leaf Farms Launches New Duck Breast Meat Product
Claims that the boneless and skinless meat is lower in fat and calories

Tetra Pak, Braskem Sign Agreement To Pilot Green Plastic In Carton Packaging
New facility will use ethanol derived from sugar cane to produce ethylene

Vita Food Voluntarily Recalls Elf Herring Sour Cream Products
Product labels do not disclose presence of wheat

Take 5 Cafe Introduces New Line Of Coffees, Cookies
Also rolls out new menu of Italian foods

Symrise Establishes New Business Unit
To expand its portfolio of health-oriented foods

Pizza Fusion Opens Franchise In Saudi Arabia
Represents its first international expansion

Benihana Q2 Revenues Decline, Posts Net Loss Of $0.8m
Withdraws fiscal 2010 outlook

Prime Star Group To Sell Seafood In Caribbean Market
Partners with Isla Nena Distributors

Heinz Q2 Sales Increase, Raises FY EPS Outlook
Operating income increases to $408m

Chep Secures Contracts With Dairy Crest Worth GBP5m
To develop a specific service for Dairy Crest’s milk cage fleet to reduce losses

Campbell Q1 Net Earnings Increase 17%, Raises Fiscal 2010 Guidance
Operating earnings increase to $44m

Brynwood Partners VI Acquires Balance Bar Company From Kraft Foods
Mr Hartong III to serve as chairman of the acquired company

Quiznos Settles Class Action Lawsuits By Franchisees
Settlement contains financial benefits for current and former franchisees

Togo's Eateries Introduces New Mini Sandwich
Also reveals a new bread partnership with San Diego Baking and Artisan Bakers

Hardee's Introduces New Portobello Mushroom Melt Thickburger
Contains a third pound of charboiled angus beef with Portobello mushrooms

MGP Ingredients Enters JV With Illinois Corn Processing
To resume distillery operations at Pekin, Illinois facility

Sara Lee To Shut Down Bakery Plant In South Carolina
Due to the loss of a major customer

Restaurant To Focus On Quality, Not Just Cost In 2010, Says Mintel Menu
Predicts more retail-restaurant connections

Arla Foods Acquires 25% Fonterra’s Stake In JV
Arla to be supplied with Fonterra bulk butter, for the Anchor brand

SunOpta Opens Sesame Hulling Plant In Ethiopia
The plant to process ten thousand metric tons of sesame per year

Imperial Sugar Closes JV To Build New Cane Sugar Refinery
Existing Gramercy refinery to operate during the construction and start-up phase of the new refinery

China Marine Food Expects Higher Profit For Fiscal 2010
Expects to launch new products and add new sales territories to its existing network

Dole Foods Q3 EBITDA Increases 18%
Revenues decrease 14% due to sale of the JP Fresh and Dole France businesses

Danone Reconfirms FY Guidance, Cuts Mid-term Sales Growth Target
Forecasts like-for-like annual sales growth of at least 5% compared to a previous forecast of 8 to 10%

Papa Bello Enterprises Acquires The Kebab Cafe
To become a diversified food service company

Carl’s Jr Launches Six Dollar Cheeseburger For $2.79
Claims to be twice as big as the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese

Symrise Acquires Futura Labs
To expand presence in Egyptian market

MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery Expands Ice Cream, Dessert Line
New ice cream cupcakes include Caramel Pumpkin Pie Cupcake, Butter Pecan Pie Cupcake and the Ho-Ho-Ho cupcake

Jack in the Box Q4 Earnings Up, Sets FY10 Guidance
Operating margin improves to 15.8% of sales

Glutino Food Introduces New Packaging For Pantry Line
To be implemented during the last quarter of 2009

Chipotle Finalizes Location In London
Also looks for locations in Paris and Munich

Arby’s Beefs Up Relationship With McLane For Texas Market
McLane to provide supply chain services

Oberweis Dairy Launches New Chocolates Product Line
Comprises of a collection of chocolate truffles in eight varieties

Snacks on Racks Recalls Products From Gourmet Snacks Packs Line
Product may contain undeclared allergens

Uniq To Sell Dutch Business Units For €20m
To eliminate group net debt and shape the long term future of the company

Casino Plans To Make Changes To Organization In France
Also aims to speed up deployment of its precision retailing strategy

Culver's Rolls Out New To-Go Dessert Options
Offers four-pack Frozen Custard Pints and Oreo Sandwiches for limited time

Dairy Groups Urge Senators To Mark Up Food Safety Legislation
Asks to include raw milk facilities in food safety regulations

Ruby Tuesday Expands Franchisees In Middle East And UK
Also launches international franchising for Wok Hay

Olam To Acquire Additional Almond Assets In Australia
To enhance its presence across the upstream part of the almonds value chain

Robert Wiseman Dairies H1 Turnover Increases
Operating profit rises to GBP21.6m

Classic Smokehouse Recalls Certain Smoked Salmon Products
Product may contain listeria monocytogenes

NPC International Q3 Total Sales Increases To $213.95m
Net product sales increase of 30.7%

Conagra Foods Issues Allergy Alert On Blue Bonnet Light Spread
Recalls limited number of 15 oz tubs of the product that were mispackaged

McDonald's Plans To Open 1000 New Restaurants
Also intends to renovate 2,300 existing locations

Dunkin' Donuts, Pace Development Sign Multi-unit Store Development Agreement
To open 15 new restaurants in Louisville, Kentucky

Yuhe Q3 Net Revenue Increases 37.4%
Operating income increases to $4.3m

Sheetz Opens Third Store In Greensboro, North Carolina
To offer food items like the MTGo! and Shweetz bakery line of items

EnWave To Sell Food Dehydration Technology In South And Central America
Signs letter of intent with North American consortium for the sales of machines over the next four years

Barry Callebaut FY Revenue Increases 8.5%
Net profit increases 10% to CHF226.9m

CPK Introduces New Menu Options
Adds three new sandwich options, dessert and vegetarian soup

Flowers Foods Reports Increases In Q3 Net Sales
Net income increases 16.5%

Godiva Chocolatier Introduces New Line Of Specialty Coffee
Comes in three versions of breakfast blend and in four truffle flavors

G Willi-Food Q3 Net Income Increases To NIS11.5m
Sales for nine month period increases to NIS23.5m compared to NIS8.9m in year ago period

Mars Chocolate Unveils New Solar Garden, Renovated Headquarters
To help retain existing staff, attract new talent and improve productivity

Synutra Q2 Net Loss Narrows To $14.06m
Revenues decline YoY but improves sequentially

Northern Foods To Invest GBP26.5m In Fox’s Biscuits
To introduce new automated technology at each of its Batley, Kirkham and Uttoxeter sites

NXT Nutritionals Adds UNFI To Susta Distribution Network
UNFI to carry 50 packet boxes of Susta

McDonald's Global Comparable Sales Improve In October
Dollar Menu, Angus burgers and McCafe espresso-based coffees support US results

Sino Green Land To Construct New Green Foods Hub In China
Expected to commence operations in the second half of 2010

Cosi Q3 Revenues Decline 14%
Operating loss narrows to $2.4m

Doodles Cookies Expands Line Of Organic Cookie Mixes
Also changes its existing Organic Chocolate Chip cookie mix

Mexican Restaurants Reports Decline In Q3 Revenues
Operating loss decreases to $510,056

Milk Link Opens Speciality Cheese Packing Unit
Enables it to cut, pack and label cheeses for retail customers

Landry's Restaurants Q3 Revenues Decline
Revenues for the first nine months of 2009 decline to $814.9m

Kehe Food, OHL To Open New Distribution Center In Pennsylvania
The $6.2m facility to serve food retailers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

Jack In The Box Extends Line Of Rice Bowl Offerings
Introduces new Southwest Chicken Bowl

Healthy Fast Food Signs Franchise Area Development Agreement
To open 18 U-Swirl frozen yoghurt stores in Phoenix

Dunkin' Donuts Launches New Limited-time Menu
To be available at 500 participating locations in Chicago

Freddy's Opens Two New Outlets In Kansas
Also plans to open its 30th franchised unit in Hays, Kansas

Rousselot Introduces Two New Products Lines
Banks on multifaceted properties and applications of gelatine

Yayi International Breaks Ground On Deep-processing Facility In China
Company's strategic intent is to establish China's largest goat milk production base

Extreme Pizza Ramps Up Southern California Expansion
To open a new outlet in San Diego

Corner Bakery Cafe Partners S&B Development To Develop Franchise Network
Plans to open 11 new franchise outlets in San Diego

Utz Quality Foods, Snyder's of Hanover Terminate Possible Merger
The duo resolve to continue their strategic alliance

Cargill JV's Arachidonic ARA Facility Nears Completion
Works out to enhance production capacity of infant formula

Smashburger Opens New Location In San Antonio, Texas
Marks as the company's third outlet in the city

Unimills Acquires Lecithin Production Facility From IOI Loders Croklaan
Expands its portfolio of vegetable oil based ingredients

Barry Callebaut Set To Take Over Spanish Chocolate Maker
Aims to strengthen product and brand portfolio in Spain

Cold Stone Creamery Launches New Ice Cream Flavour
Expands cake batter line with the addition of new holiday flavour

Qualsec Subsidiary Seals Distribution Agreement With CaboChips
Hopes to increase sales by expanding its distribution network

Pelican Bay Issues Allergy Alert For Caramel Chocolate Truffle Hot Chocolate Mix
Product may contain undeclared tree nuts

Bay Valley Foods Recalls Meijer Cream Of Mushroom Reduced Sodium Soup
Few cans are mislabeled and may contain undeclared egg

Mimis Café To Open New Outlet In California
Adds a full service bar to its offerings

Alouette Introduces Pepper Medley
Available in 6.5 ounce ramekins and retails for $4.99

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Plans To Open Two New Restaurants
Also plans to open a new lounge, Infusion

Michael Foods Names New CEO, President
The current CEO to assume his prior position of executive chairman

McDonald’s To Open Third Restaurant In Kolkata, India
The tenth MFY restaurant in its portfolio

Dunkin' Donuts Introduces New Chicken, Tuna Sandwiches
Available in select northeast markets

O’Charley’s Launches New Lunch Combos
Rolls out customized lunch combos with three value price points

Fairbank Farms Voluntarily Recalls Ground Beef In Eastern Markets
May possibly be linked to E.coli

Danisco Institutes Expansion Of Cultures Plant In US
As part of $90m plan to expands its cultures capacity worldwide

Smashburger To Open Sixth Location In Houston
Two additional Houston stores are scheduled to open in spring 2010

PureCircle, Firmenich, Danisco Formulate Stevia-based Ingredients For Global Ice Cream Market
Made with a combination Reb A and ModulaSense technologies

New Britain Signs Palm Oil Supply Agreement With United Biscuits
UB aims to source 100% certified and sustainable palm oil by 2011

Mrs. Rios Corn Products Recalls Flour Tortillas
Product may contain undeclared whey

Wixon Introduces New Mixes
Comes in two varieties - cupcake mix, cream cheese frosting mix

Cracker Barrel To Offer Meals For Holiday Season
Provides breakfast, dinner options

Burger King Q1 Revenue Decreases To $636.9m
Negatively impacted by currency translation

Food Lion, Kysor//Warren Unveil New Refrigeration Technologies
New system uses one condensing unit to refrigerate and freeze foods

O’Charley's Q3 Revenue Declines To $194.1m
Posts income from operations of $0.3m compared to loss from operations of $48.6m in the prior year quarter

Nordzucker Buys 50% Greencore Share In Sugarpartners
To expand its presence in Ireland

TGI Friday's Introduces New Burgers, Sandwiches
To be available for a limited time at nearly 600 participating restaurants in the US

Kroger Introduces New Line Of Salads
Includes new technology on the packaging that enables customers to learn where the produce was grown

Kona Grill Q3 Restaurant Sales Improve, Sets Q4 Outlook
Same-store sales decreases 9.9%

United Natural Foods Unveils Plans For New Texas Distribution Facility
To extend its focus on lowering operating costs in its distribution network

Puredent Launches New Gum With Antibacterial Effect
Contains Stevia extract and Magnolia bark

Sunbelt Introduces New Almond Granola Bars
Combines grain oats with roasted almonds

Helen’s Kitchen, Organic Bistro Merge To Form New Food Company
New company to manage both Helen’s and Organic Bistro brands

Hormel Foods, Herdez Del Fuerte Complete JV Agreement
Produces a portfolio with initial revenue of about $200m

Industrias Bachoco Q3 Net Sales Increase 19.3%
Posts operating profit of MXN35.3m compared to an operating loss of MXN243.6m in the year ago quarter

Uno Unveils New Limited-time Menu Options
New menu options feature cranberries and goji berries

Pretzelmaker Unveils New Pretzel Flavor
New flavor developed in NexCen Franchise Management's research and development facility in Atlanta

Food Business Review Launches Major Food Survey
To understand what our readers view as the most important issues for 2010, Food Business Review is launching a major industry survey covering all its readers worldwide.

Tate&Lyle To Sell Stakes To Savola Group
Savola teamed up with Turkish and Saudi partners to bid for six sugar mills being sold by Turkish government

Tessenderlo Group To Set Up Gelatin Factory In Brazil
New production unit to be operational in 2011

Del Monte Unveils Corn Kernels With Seasonings
Seasonings come in three flavours - green chutney, tomato salsa, oriental chilly garlic

The Quaker Oats Company Aligns Quaker Foods & Snacks Total Portfolio With Juniper Park
The agency to assume advertising responsibilities for Quaker Foods & Snacks portfolio of brands

Cefiore Introduces New Pumpkin Pie Flavor For Fall Season
The new flavor is reportedly non-fat, gluten free, loaded with live active cultures, made with real pumpkin puree with hint of nutmeg

Baskin-Robbins Offers New Double Header Cone
Features swirl of soft serve with hand-scooped ice cream

Raisio Introduces Benecol Products To Colombia
Under brand name Colanta Benecol

Freshii Set To Expand In Eastern Europe
Salad Room to transform into Freshii

UNO Teams Up With Barilla For Pasta Alternative
Offers Barilla Whole Grain Penne as substitute for any of its traditional pastas on menu

Yoforia Expands To North Carolina
Opens two new stores in Charlotte

NYPD Pizza Signs Multi-Unit Franchise Development Deal For Utah
Utah area developers open second NYPD Pizza location in Layton

Domega International Recalls WHITE LOTUS SEED PASTE MOON CAKE
The product contains undeclared eggs

BJ’s Restaurants Introduces New Menu Items
New offerings include lightly breaded Crispy Calamari, BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich, Grilled BBQ Chicken Sliders, BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders, Pizookie Trio

Carl’s Jr. Introduces Parmesan Chicken Sandwich
Available for $3.99 or $6.49 as combo

UNO Introduces New Fall Menu
Also expanded its relationship with Barilla Pasta

Papa Bello To Take Over Pastore's
Plans to open ‘Pastore's Italian Bistro’ location in Baltimore

JTM Food Group Expands Sides Line Up With New Items
To deliver assortment of sides with 'home cooked' character

Nunes Extends Contract With CHEP
To use its pallet pooling system to ship products from the company’s facilities

Abbott Unveils ZonePerfect Indulgence Nutrition Squares
Comes in three flavours - Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse, Caramel Toffee, German Chocolate Cheesecake

IXIA Unveils Aluminium Foil Tray Crimping System
New machine automates one of the labour intensive, poorly executed activities on production line

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Continues California Expansion
Plans to open National City Restaurant on November 2

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que Opens Three New Restaurants
In Lake Delton, Wisconsin; Topeka, Kansas; Fort Collins, Colorado

Smashburger To Introduce New Colorado Menu
Available at two Colorado Springs Smashburger locations

Xan Confections Expands Into Bristol Farms Locations In California
The company expands into nine Bristol Farms locations throughout Southern California

G1 Enterprises To Unveil Mpower Energy Mints
New offering to be available in sugar, sugarless versions

Bunge Acquires Raisio's Margarine Business
Benecol brand, patents to remain in Raisio’s ownership

J.F. O'Neill Packing Recalls 33,000 Pounds Of Beef Tongue
Kobe Beef America was inaccurately named as one of the labels affected in recall

Benihana Upgrades Its Menu
New items available in all 64 Benihana restaurants across US

Hook Restaurant Launches Redesigned Website
Blue Water Media designed the company's website

Fenchem To Set Foot In US Stevia Market
Enters with Reb A

Smashburger To Open New Restaurant In Montclair, New Jersey
Named S3 as its public relations agency of record for New Jersey

Villa Enterprises Management Opens Four New Restaurants At Newark's Prudential Center
The new locations to offer pizza at every Arena event

Reliv Expands In Indonesia
Reliv's first product in Indonesia will be Innergize!

Pendleton Signs Partnership Agreement With Source Atlantique
To distribute its extra virgin olive oil, flavoured extra virgin olive oils, throughout US

US Authorities Approve JBS Takeover Of Pilgrim’s Pride
JBS to purchase 64% of the Texas chicken company

Pizza Corner Introduces Rollies
Rollies range features two toppings - BBQ cottage cheese with red capsicum, chicken tikka with onion

Smashburger To Open Second Store In Colorado Springs
Scheduled to open on October 28, 2009

Pizza Inn Opens New Restaurant In Oman
Continues expansion into Middle East

Taco Bell Introduces Black Jack Taco
New limited-time-only addition to ‘Value Menu’

Bluewater Grill Opens Restaurant In Phoenix
Offers 40 varieties of sea food

Red Mango To Launch Pumpkin Spice
New offering to be served with graham cracker crumbs topping

Kashi Introduces New Frozen Pizza
Caribbean Carnival Pizza provides three servings

Sprouts Farmers Market To Debut Third Austin Location In Rollingwood
Plans further expansion in 2010

Fisher/Rex Sandwiches Recalls Sandwiches Because Of Possible Health Risk
Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inks Agreement With ArrowStream
To improve visibility of product movement, reduce category spend

US, Paraguay Governments Sign Investment Agreement With PureCircle
To promote cultivation of stevia in south of Paraguay

Smashburger To Serve Up Second Location In Iowa
Scheduled to open on November 11, 2009

EID Parry Acquires Stake In Sadashiva Sugars
The acquisition to mark EID Parry’s entry into Karnataka

Denny Introduces New Burger In Five Varieties
Features new ingredients, including, beef, melted cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onion

Bistro Lilly Launches ‘Spring Lunch Special’
The new menu changes weekly

Smashburger To Open New Location
Continues to expand throughout Denver metro

Olive Oil Emporium Offers Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Available in various sizes, packaging formats from 250ml glass bottles up to 18l tins

Tate & Lyle To Launch New CREAMIZ Starch
To help manufacturers reduce fat content by up to 30%

John B. Sanfilippo & Son Voluntarily Recalls Baking Classics’ Walnut Halves, Nut Topping
Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Northeast Dairy Farmers File Suit Against DFA, Dean Foods
For monopolizing distribution of fluid milk, price-fixing

Sime Darby Plans Expansion Of Palm Oil Processing
Demand in China, India, Middle East increases

Pepperidge Farm Rolls Out New Thin Rolls
Available in three varieties

Jimmy Dean To Expand Better-For-You Breakfast Line
Introducing turkey sausage whole grain bagel sandwich, turkey bacon breakfast bowl

Delhaize Group's Alfa-Beta Acquires Koryfi
Acquisition of 11 stores to reinforce the position of Alfa-Beta in Thrace

Europastry To Invest EUR45M In Vallmoll Plant
To increase production of premium rustic bread

Hershey Introduces New Assortments
Of snack-size candy treats

Dunkin' Donuts Opens Stores In Guangdong Region Of China
Secures agreements to open 480 shops in Mainland China over next ten years

Uno Chicago Grill Expands Its Flatbread Offerings
Adds new flatbread pizza crust option

Maple Leaf Foods Unveils New Food Innovation Facility
To develop, share, collaborate on new food concepts with customers

Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage Signs Two New Distribution Agreements
With MCIM Trading, TP Global

Unilever To Expand In Covington
The facility to add manufacture of ice cream, frozen novelties to its production line

Dunkin' Donuts Expands DDSMART Menu Lineup
Brings back seasonal flavours, also adds new products to fall lineup

Baskin-Robbins Appoints New Brand Operating Officer, Vice President Of Marketing
Sue Thirlwall, Brad Wahl join senior management team

Honibe Introduces New Honey Candy
Comes in two flavours

Panini's Bar & Grill Opens At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Offers sandwiches along with appetizers, salads, wraps, sandwiches, pizza, wings, burgers

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Continues Arizona Expansion
Plans to open new restaurant in Goodyear

Johnny Rockets Moves Ahead With Global Expansion Plan
Opens first Asian location in Philippines

Nestle USA Teams Up With Retailers For National Obesity Campaign
Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation provides tools to help consumers achieve energy balance

G. Willi-Food Ships ‘Instant Noodle Bowl’ To Supermarkets, Big Box Retailers
Available in three flavors

Capital Grille To Open New Location In Costa Mesa, California
To be the restaurant's 42nd location

Tyra Tech Completes Contract With Kraft Foods
To provide functional food products for people living with endemic parasitic disease

Delhaize Group To Acquire Certain BI-LO Assets
Non-binding offer is subject to completion of customary steps for acquisition including certain bankruptcy court approvals

Himalaya To Set Up Food Processing Unit In Gujarat
Mushroom division to produce 9,000 tons mushrooms

DSHS Recalls Imported Dried Plums
Product may contain lead levels ranging from 0.11 parts per million to 30.3 parts per million

Jamaica Trade Counsel's Office In Singapore Opens Café Jamaica
To offer Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Roasted Beans and Expresso Coffee

Krispy Kreme Offers Halloween Combo
Will be available throughout the month of October

EFSA Delivers First Series Of Opinions On General Function Health Claims
Scientific advice on 523 health claims relating to over 200 foods and food components

Papa Bello Files To Register Franchise In Maryland, Virginia, California
These new geographic locations contain potential markets for Papa Bello

B&G Foods Introduces Polaner Sugar Free Preserves
With 80% fewer calories than standard preserves, the preserves with fiber are sweetened with SPLENDA brand sweetener

Kolache Mama Opens First Location In New York City
Set to launch its second New York city location on October 15 and third one by the end of 2009

Natraceutical, Naturex Sign Strategic Agreements
For the merger of their ingredient activities

Odwalla Launches New Nutrition Bar
Contains antioxidant vitamins A, C, & E, folic acid and calcium

American Lorain Signs Agreement With KPI Hi-24
Also improves marketing strategies to expand its MRE product line

DeltaMilk To Acquire FrieslandCampina's Cheese Production Plant
Acquisition of the Netherland facility to cover installation of production lines, machinery and recipes

Smoky Market Foods To Open New Flagship Restaurant In California
Scheduled to open on October 13, 2009

Schroeder Milk Expands In Michigan
Acquires Farmland Dairies' Grand Rapids facility

Duane Reade Launches DR Delish Food, Beverages Products
DR Delish will debut an array of 25 food and beverage items

Sheetz Opens New Location In West Virginia
Completes the first phase of development of a new market for the convenience store chain

Dunkin' Donuts Opens New Store In Robinsonville, Mississippi
Marks the sixth gaming property location in the company's portfolio

Kraft Foods Selects Composite Container For Maxwell House Coffee
Plastic closure technology provides resealable lid for one pound cans

Jack in the Box Offers Double-Patty Cheeseburger
For a limited period at a price of $3.99

China Marine Food Signs Contract For Private Label Program With Confectionery Store Chain
Company's products to be packaged with specially designed bags for delivery and placement in 300 stores

Everock Unveils New Bulk Packages Of Nature's Peak VeggieDip, VeggieSpread
Product to be sold in warehouse clubs including Sam's Club, Costco and BJ's

US Government, General Mills Enter Into Public Private Partnership
To improve the capacity of small and medium sized food businesses across sub-Saharan Africa

Cal-Maine Foods Q1 Sales Decline Despite Net Sales Of $187.7m
Number of eggs produced,sold increased for the quarter

CAFIA Bans Sale Of FW Tandoori Spol's Noodles
The products are said to contains excess of aluminium

Whataburger Launches New Sandwich
Product to will be available at 700 whataburger locations

Atria Plans To Launch Efficiency Improvement Programme
Also plans to go for investments for improving productivity

Malt-O-Meal To Open New Cereal Plant
Part of company’s plan for expansion in Southeast and across US

Parle Undertakes Revamp Exercise For Krackjack
Also unveils new communication strategy

Chemical Safety Board Issues Final Draft On Explosion At Imperial Sugar Refinery
Urges Imperial to comply with NFPA recommended practices for preventing dust fires and explosions

Dunkin' Donuts Signs Store Development Agreement With Gilligan
To develop five restaurants in Cincinnati, Ohio

Windsor Foods, Jim Beam Bourbon Team Up To Deliver New Barbecue Brisket
New product is suitable for various menu applications

Healthy Fast Food Opens New U-Swirl Frozen Yogurt Store
U-SWIRL International opened five new locations in past seven months

Mrs. Fields Famous Brands Reveals Expansion Plans
New stores to open in Bahrain, Kuwait, Greece, Saudi Arabia

Leonidas Launches Range Of Vegetarian Chocolates
The company offers nine different chocolates to celebrate Navratri

Xan Confections Introduces New LadybuG Truffles
New line features dome-shaped chocolates available in different flavours

YummyEarth Launches New USDA, EU-Certified Gummy Bears
New product available in 5 ounce package for retail price of $2.59

Smashburger Plans To Expand To Oklahoma City Market
First store to open in March 2010

Garden-Fresh Foods Issues Allergy Alert On Archer Farms Potato Salad
They may contain undeclared milk allergens

Round Table Introduces Barbeque Chicken Pizza
Available at participating Round Table Pizza restaurants

Jamba Juice Launches New Food Menu
Offers wraps, salads, sandwiches for Seattleites on-the-go

American Lorain Signs Contracts With Two Chain Restaurants In China
Enters cooperation agreement with KUNGFU, CSC