Food And Drink news
Burger King reinvents itself with new food, new look
Burger King is working hard with its blenders crafting made-to-order smoothies with real strawberry, banana and mango pieces. It doesn’t even taste like Burger King.
Murray Lender, the Bagel King, Dies at 81
Murray Lender, the Bagel king, helped turn his father’s small bakery in Connecticut into a national company credited for introducing bagels to many Americans. This Bagel king died at 81 on March 21 at a hospital in Miami of complications from a fall. Murray Lender’s death was confirmed by his wife, Gillie Lender.
Starbucks Enters the Energy Drink Market
Starbucks is about to bump heads into the Red Bull. Yes, Starbucks is eager to dip its influential, if not omnipresent coffee mug now into the $8 billion energy drink category.
Red Bull Co-Founder Chaleo Yoovidhya Dies
Thailand’s third- richest man, Chaleo Yoovidhya, co-founder of the energy drink Red Bull, which is popular with partiers, students, truckers and athletes around the globe, has died. The rags-to-riches billionaire who created the Red Bull energy drink and spawned a whole industry of similar caffeine-laced pick-me-ups died in his 80s in his home country.
Health Tips for Busy, On-The-Go Professionals
There are a few health tips that might have been repeated like a hundred times. But, have you ever thought why? Its because these are the most essential ones.
Kellogg Will Widens its ‘Snack’ Presence by Acquiring Pringles
Kellogg is craving for a salty snack. And that’s exactly why the Kellogg Company said it would buy P&G’s Pringles for about $2.7 billion in cash. Kellogg is kind of plunging in on the snack company after an earlier agreement with Diamond Foods fell apart.
Atlantis, the Palm: World’s most incredible destination
On Dubai’s exclusive Palm Island, on 114 acres of the Crescent, overlooking the Dubai skyline is one of the world’s most incredible destinations and most extravagant attractions. Atlantis, the Palm is a lavish marine-themed resort that combines the height of luxury with unique and world’s most incredible attractions that will definitely keep you awe-struck from the first day right through to the last day of your voyage!
Wal-Mart Launches it’s ‘Great for You’ Label for Healthy Foods
The green and white seal, which shows the stylized outline of a human figure with its arms spread toward the sky, is the icon for ‘Great for You’ label. If you cannot figure out which foods at Wal-Mart are healthy for you, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, will make it obvious by placing its new ‘Great for You’ label right on the package.
Starbucks to Open First Coffee Stores in India by August
Starbucks Corp. is expanding its market outside U.S. Starbucks, in venture with Tata Global Beverages Ltd., has plans to open first 50 coffee shops in India by August this year. Starbucks believes that this is Starbucks move to tap rising coffee consumption in the world’s fastest major growing economy after China. It seems like Starbucks might have to face quite a few challenges to enter into a nation of tea lovers.
Happy Hours – Starbucks Expands Wine & Beer Sales
Starbucks Corp., the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain, which proved the world that there’s nothing as paying too much for a cup of coffee, is planning to experiment with wine and beer, the two elixirs that Americans love. Food and Beverage magazines believe that Starbucks is looking to differentiate itself from competitors, by entering into an alcoholic beverage segment. Well, it seems that happy hours are back again for California and Atlanta.
The Twinkie Maker, Hostess, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Guess who’s back in Chapter 11! The Twinkie maker, Hostess is preparing to cut down its high costs as it reverts back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in almost less than a decade. It has been just three years that the Twinkie maker emerged from an earlier restructuring.
Heineken Beer to Use Dos Equis to Boost U.S Sales
Heineken’s flagship beer has lost U.S. market share to the likes of Belgium’s Stella Artois over the last five years, and is using Dos Equis, which Heineken acquired in 2010, as way to boost that market share once more. Sales of Dos Equis beer rose 17 percent for the quarter ending in October 2011, compared with Heineken’s 1-percent sales decline and industry wide declines of about 2 percent.
Coconut Water: The Lastest Thing from the Beverage Industry
Coconut water is the latest trend from the beverage industry, hitting store shelves all over the world and roping in consumers through fruity flavors and touted health benefits.
F&B Health tips: Consumption of Raw Cookie Dough, a BIG NO.
The latest issue of journal Clinical Infectious Disease published a study titled: ‘A Novel Vehicle for Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Humans.’ The study reported an outbreak of E. coli in 30 states causing 77 to become ill. Out of these nearly 35 became so serious that they had to be hospitalized. The lead author of the study, Dr. Karen Neil, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, “What our report shows is that you shouldn’t eat cookie dough raw, no matter where it comes from. It’s supposed to be baked.”
Food & Beverage Industry Trends for 2012
The new year is less than a month away. That means predictions, educated guesses, punditry on what is to come for the next 12 months regarding the food and beverage industry, and all other industries for that matter. Here’s what Industry Leaders points out as some of the “to watch” food and beverage trends for 2012:
Jeno Paulucci, Frozen Food Icon, Dies at 93
Jeno Paulucci, inventor of the pizza roll, past away on Thursday at the age of 93. The food magnate dies just four days after his wife, Lois. The cause of death was renal and coronary failure. Paulucci is survived by his daughter Gina, his son, Michael; another daughter, Cindy Selton; four grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
Holiday Beers: 2011 Edition
With the holiday season beginning in less than a week, many breweries are coming up with their 2011 holiday beers for consumers to pair with Thanksgiving turkeys and Christmas hams. Fortunately, there’s no eggnog beer or cranberry beer in the mix. Perhaps those will be some of the holiday beers of 2012? Anyway, here are what some breweries around the world are offering as Christmas beers this holiday season.
Starbucks “Freshens” Up with Acquisition of Juice Maker Evolution Fresh
Starbucks Coffee acquired the California-based juice maker Evolution Fresh this week for $30 million. Juice maker Evolution Fresh makes natural fruit and vegetable fruit blends, and is one of the few large-scale companies left that still uses real fruit and vegetables, instead of pureed or powdered ingredients. Evolution Fresh juice is already carried on the West Coast in grocery stores such as Safeway, Costco and Whole Foods.
Jim Beam Bourbon Targets Female Market
After 216 years of marketing to men, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, the makers behind Jim Beam Bourbon, has finally realized that women like drinking hard liquor too. This is a phenomenal move for the spirits giant, as Jim Beam this month launched a selection of fruitier, lighter spirits such as a Courvoisier cognac infused [...]
