Tag Archives: Food industry

From Paula Deen To Peekaboo Pants: Biggest Retail Flops Of 2013

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As 2013 wheezes towards the finish line, we at Forbes are looking back at the stories that shaped the year. Here on the retail beat, the past 12 months have been punctuated by some exciting, game-...
    






Gun Ban At Country Star Toby Keith’s Newest Restaurant Causes Outcry

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In mid-December, the 15th in country superstar Toby Keith’s growing restaurant chain opened its doors in the North Virginia town of Woodbridge, around 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. It didn’t...
    






What You’ll Eat Next: Tasty Food Trends For 2014

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You may be busy planning Christmas or New Year’s party food right now, but America’s restaurant chefs are one step ahead of you. They’re already hard at work cooking up new menus you’ll be feasting...
    






Safeway Buyout Report Issued

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The fact that the second largest grocery supermarket in the US, Safeway is considering being bought out by a potential company has sent its shares way up in the stratosphere. A number of buyout...

Amazon Plans to Expand Online Grocery Business

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Amazon has since the past decade or so kept up an online experimental grocery store of sorts by the name of Amazon Fresh. This cyber-grocery caters to customers based in Seattle. However, now it is...
    


Illegal GM Wheat in Oregon Under Investigation

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Our food supply is being tampered with. This can have very dangerous consequences especially as regards health. When genetically modified foods (called GM foods) enter the market they play dice with...
    


Toilet Water Coffee Controversy erupts at a Starbucks in Hong Kong

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Starbucks coffee shops are everywhere. It takes though just one shop to get into trouble to spell bad business for all. A report from Hong Kong says now that the Starbucks location in central Hong...