| 18 Business News - Food Resources |
| At Tissue Engineering Conference, The Future of Endangered-Meat Burgers and Other Treats |
| Earlier this week, we rejoiced at some promising news about the future of creating tasty meat without killing animals. Today, New Scientist is reporting from a workshop in Göteborg, Sweden, where Maastricht University meat scientist Mark Post relates his intention to grill up an in-vitro hamburger within a year. |
| September 1, 2011 |
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| Catchy names for apples may boost revenue |
| A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but an apple by another name could fetch a much sweeter price for farmers. |
| November 17, 2011 |
| Chipotle Diners May Defect As Burritos Get Pricier, Stock Sinking To $276 |
| While we estimate Chipotle's average spend per visit will increase from $11.50 in 2011 to $15.30 by the end of our forecast period, Trefis members expect an increase from $12 to $16.50 during the same period. |
| September 28, 2011 |
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| Food security in 2050 on a global scale achievable but greatly challenging |
| With today's crops, it would be possible to feed the 2050 global population of nine billion people. But agricultural land will have to be used optimally. And this demands solid economic and institutional preconditions. Food prices will probably eventually rise. This was discussed by Professor Martin van Ittersum on 12 May 2011 at the ceremony at which he accepted the post of Professor of Plant Production Systems with a personal chair at Wageningen University. |
| May 31, 2011 |
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| Gas versus groceries |
| A University of Alberta researcher says grocery retailers need to take heed that a jump at the pumps will be a blow to their bottom line. Alberta School of Business professor Yu Ma notes that if stores want to survive, they'll have to change their tactics in the face of rising gas prices in order to attract shoppers "hungry" for better deals. |
| March 10, 2011 |
| General Mills profit beats, affirms 2012 view |
| General Mills Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as price increases helped it contend with the much higher ingredient and fuel costs that ate into its margins. |
| September 21, 2011 |
| Grocery Produce That Lasts The Longest |
| About 40% of all the food produced in the United States is tossed out every year. This, according to a study published by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. All told, that’s the equivalent of 150 trillion calories of food waste a year, or, $43 billion squandered annually. |
| December 21, 2011 |
| Grocery store chain mixes high and low tech to increase sales |
| In a marketing strategy that can only be described as brilliant; brilliant enough to win the Media Grand Prix award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, advertising agency Cheil Worldwide Seoul, conceived the idea of taking life size photographs of a clients grocery store items, pasting them on subway walls to make them look like grocery store shelves, and then allowing prospective shoppers to shop via snapping Quick Response (QR) codes with their cell phones, while waiting for their train. |
| July 5, 2011 |
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| Kellogg profit misses as price rises lag costs |
| Kellogg Co reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by higher costs for ingredients and more spending on advertising, sending its shares down 1.6 percent on Wednesday. |
| May 4, 2011 |
| Kraft profit rises; lifts full-year outlook |
| Kraft Foods Inc reported higher quarterly profit and raised its full-year outlook on Wednesday, citing strong sales momentum. |
| November 2, 2011 |
| Kraft to cut 1,600 jobs in split |
| Kraft Foods Inc said that splitting into two companies would lead it to cut about 1,600 jobs in North America this year and that its 2011 profit should be slightly higher than it had previously forecast. |
| January 17, 2012 |
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| Lab-Grown Meat Would 'Cut Emissions and Save Energy' |
| Meat grown using tissue engineering techniques, so-called 'cultured meat', would generate up to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced meat, according to a new study. |
| July 14, 2011 |
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| Reap Profits On Food Stocks |
| Soaring grain and meat prices, robust orders for machinery, and heartier diets among the once malnourished citizens of developing nations are feeding a global boom in agriculture. |
| May 13, 2011 |
| Restaurant point of sale |
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| Sugar Distributors |
| White Mountain Group is one is the fasting growing redistributors and packers of sugar both domestically and globally. |
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| Virtual Grocery Shopping |
| International supermarket giant brings virtual goods to subway commuters in South Korea, eliminating the need for a physical store. |
| July 5, 2011 |
| Virtual stores help shoppers save real time |
| Many smartphone owners have gotten used to picking out products from tiny icons on their phone screens, for delivery in a matter of days. That works fine for books, toys, and gadgets -- but what about groceries, office supplies, and sundries that we need right away, and many of which wouldn't survive the rigors of UPS? Korean retailer Homeplus has invented a novel solution in the form of virtual stores -- essentially retail kiosks with life-size images of real product displays -- placed in high-traffic areas like subway stations, where potential customers will be killing time waiting around. |
| October 10, 2011 |
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| Watered-down soup sales hurt Campbell |
| Campbell Soup Co, the world's largest soup maker, reported weak quarterly sales as higher prices at its U.S. soup and international businesses put off price-conscious shoppers, sending its shares down 5 percent. |
| November 22, 2011 |