McDonald’s quarterly US comp sales witness unforeseen growth McDonald’s Corp reported a bigger-than-expected increase in quarterly U.S. comparable sales as offers such as $1 beverages and its McPick 2 for $5 promotion helped attract more diners. Sales at U.S. restaurants open at least 13 months rose 4.1 percent, above the[Read More…]
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New Sky Valley Foods CEO wants to fill gaps in the organic food landscape
New Sky Valley Foods CEO wants to fill gaps in the organic food landscape Sky Valley Foods’ new CEO Rodrigo Troni wants to fill the gaps in the organic food landscape. Organic foods are easily available in staples like produce and dairy, but that’s not necessarily true for extras like[Read More…]
Tech start-up that uses robots to make pizza raises nearly $50 million
Robots perform highly repetitive tasks like squirting and spreading tomato sauce and placing pizzas in ovens. Zume Pizza, a tech start-up that uses robots to make pizza, has raised nearly $50 million. The Mountain View, California, company has raised about $48 million, according to a filing with the Securities and[Read More…]
Year of Significant Change for ARYZTA
Based in Zurich, Switzerland, ARYZTA has operations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Singapore – ARYZTA, the global bakery business, has reported a 2.1% decline in total revenue to €3.8 billion and a 31.1% drop in group EBITDA to €420.3 million for the year ended[Read More…]
Nevada County 4-H calls teen volunteers for its food and agri program
Nevada County 4-H calls teen volunteers for its food and agri program Nevada County has invited teenagers to be a part of its food and agriculture education program sponsored by University of California Cooperative Extension and the Nevada County 4-H Youth Development Program. Trained teen educators will teach hands-on nutrition,[Read More…]
Dean Foods Closes Virginia Fluid Milk Plant
The company is eliminating 7 positions in the process, part of a company-wide plan to consolidate operations cut costs amid competitive pressures in the milk business Dean Foods, Dallas has recently announced that it’s closing its fluid milk processing plant in Richmond, Va. to “remove redundancy” in its operations. The[Read More…]
Mobile Food Pantries launched by a New Hampshire Food Bank
The New Hampshire Food Bank, a program of Catholic Charities New Hampshire, says it is using $30,000 from the donation it received in December to launch the food pantries in Concord, Franklin, Plymouth, Lancaster and Alstead this summer. A New Hampshire food bank has launched a series of mobile food[Read More…]
Ministry of Food Processing inks MoU with Germany
Ministry of Food Processing inks MoU with Germany In a bid to promote Indian food processors and exporters internationally, Ministry of Food processing has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ANUGA, world’s largest promotional and investment trade fair organised in Germany. This Mou aims to double the income of[Read More…]
Govt. will soon clear the way for Amazon’s FDI in food retail: Badal
Govt. will soon clear the way for Amazon’s FDI in food retail: Badal While addressing an event, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister, Food Processing Ministry unveiled that government of India will soon clear the way for Amazon’s FDI in food retail. US retail giant had proposed earlier that it is keen[Read More…]
