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Less filling, same price

September 10, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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With ingredient prices trending up and shoppers unwilling to pay more, food packagers are shifting to downsized containers.
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TECH FLASH

Consumers don’t buy organics for nutritional reasons

September 25, 2012
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Instead they buy organic products for the ingredients they don’t contain—like pesticides, chemicals, antibiotics, etc. But how much less is the question.
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Reach out and touch me

September 25, 2012
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If your packaging doesn’t encourage someone to touch your product, it’s likely to sit on the shelf.
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The World's Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies - 2012

Investing Wisely in Local and Emerging Markets
October 4, 2012
By Hannah Oakman, Contributing Editor
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The desire for growth in emerging markets, along with the need to continue innovating in established areas, is driving a two-pronged strategy for leading food and beverage manufacturers.


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Editor's Note: Another new reality - Finding an electronic balance

October 4, 2012
By Joyce Fassl, Editor-in-Chief
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Many successful business ideas are still uncovered over a coffee or a cocktail.
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Houston's high-rise gin

October 4, 2012
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union may be the only organization that has not saluted New Artisan Spirit Inc. for the design and execution of its Roxor gin bottle.
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Wheat--a staple grain
TECH FLASH

Agflation to drive food prices up 15 percent

October 5, 2012
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The animal protein and dairy industries will be hit the hardest.
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USDA Food insecurity
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USDA reports 14.9 percent of American households are food insecure

October 5, 2012
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The 2011 numbers are the highest since UDSA began recording this data in 1995.
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Bakery and snack markets moving east

October 5, 2012
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A new market study shows an increase of 4 percent in the US and 7 percent globally.
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Is nut butter recall a sign of an endemic problem at FDA?

October 5, 2012
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest says FDA has not been keeping up with implementing FSMA rules.
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