Archive for January, 2010
The top five finalists have been chosen to compete in the 1st ever French’s LIVE National Cook-Off! Hailing from all over the U.S., the contestants will be flown to New York City in late February where they will vie for the coveted $25,000 Grand Prize!
The Top Five finalists selected from over 2,500 entries are: Heather [...]
Disaster relief for Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake last week is happening in large part because of restaurants and food companies around the world. Here are just a few of the examples hitting the editor’s desk at The Food Channel, along with places you can donate. Food is a huge need and foodies everywhere are [...]
Cheese Cake, anyone?
The 35th Winter Fancy Food Show is underway in San Francisco, and the topic is a Food Channel favorite: trends.
With 20,000-some attendees, 250,000 products, and 1300+ exhibitors, how do you look at them all? This is the place where new products are released, awards are showcased and retailers make their buying plans for [...]
Each year at the School Nutrition Association’s Child Nutrition Industry Conference, directors in attendance have the opportunity to learn about some of the newest products available to the school foodservice industry. This year thirty manufacturers showcased new product and program innovations that are currently in development or have been introduced to the school market within [...]
The Top 5 trends have been been picked by a panel of food experts at the 35th Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco.
The panel included:
Lessley Anderson, senior features editor, CHOW;
Kara Nielsen, trendologist, Center for Culinary Development;
Tanya Henry, food critic, Marin Independent Journal;
Nancy Wall Hopkins, deputy editor, food and entertaining, Better Homes & Gardens;
Kay Logsdon, [...]
The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc., owner of the Winter Fancy Food Show now underway in San Francisco, recognizes the dimension of the tragedy in Haiti and the dire need for food.
“We encourage our exhibitors and members of our trade association to continue their long tradition of assisting people in need by [...]
With the economic downturn easing, the restaurant industry is expected to show gradual improvement in 2010, according to the National Restaurant Association’s 2010 Restaurant Industry Forecast released this week. Industry sales are projected to reach $580 billion this year, a 2.5 percent increase in current dollars over 2009 sales. When adjusted for inflation, 2010 sales [...]
Kraft Foods $19.5 Billion takeover of Cadbury ends nearly 200 years of independence for the British chocolate maker.
The mega merger, one of the biggest such deals ever, came after months of negotiation and fierce resistance from Cadbury.
Cadbury began as a small grocer’s shop in Birmingham, England, in 1824, founded by John Cadbury. He began his [...]
