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Industry News
The U.S. packaged-food and meats
business garnered 29% of its sales from foreign markets
in 2008, compared with an average of 38% for 23 industry
groups followed by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division.
Kraft derived 41% of its $40 billion in sales from foreign
markets, not including Canada, reported The Chicago
Tribune. Kraft's Tang brand, for instance, registers
$750 million in sales in developing countries. Full
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Some
81% of U.S. households eat dinner at home and 47%
of consumers report eating dinner with everyone in their
household every night of the week, according to The
NPD Group's Dinnertime MealScape. Dinner is described
as a "full or complete meal" by 68% of consumers.
About 29% of consumers feel dinner represents more of
a "small or mini meal" and 2% view it as a
snack.
Full
Story
Restaurants
added more than 460 new breakfast items to their menus
in 2009, though half of consumers surveyed in November
2009 are spending less on restaurant breakfasts compared
to 2008, according to Mintel. Only one in 10 are spending
more, and 47% of survey respondents do not eat breakfast
out during the week. Restaurant breakfast and brunch
sales fell 3.4% from 2007 to 2009, and the category
is expected to grow modestly through 2011, eventually
expanding by 13% before 2014. Full
Story
Quiznos
is planning to roll out a grab-and-go food section to
its c-store locations in its second quarter. Meanwhile,
the company's breakfast program, currently only in c-stores,
may  roll
out to traditional stores, reported
CSP Daily News. Full
Story
Rudi's
Organic Bakery will launch Rudi's Gluten Free Bakery,
with a new line including an original sandwich bread,
multigrain bread and cinnamon raisin bread available
nationally by July 1. Rudi's also unveiled a new brand
identity and packaging. Full
Story
New
Product News: Nestle introduced Cherry Raisinets.
Full
Story ... Trader Joe's began carrying thinkproducts'
100-calorie thinkThin Bites in three flavors. Full
Story ... The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.'s
Celestial Seasonings introduced raw, organic Kombucha
tea in five flavors.
Full
Story
 Pulse-based,
gluten-free crackers have untapped potential
both in terms of consumer appeal and health benefits,
according to research published in Food Research
International, reported Food Navigator USA.
Full
Story
International News
Tokyo-based
hamburger chain Mos Food Services Inc. may  open
200 stores in China in the next five years. Mos Food,
which offers rice burgers that use grilled rice patties
instead of buns, tailors its menu to suit local preferences
with its Taiwan restaurants selling ginger-pork and fried
seafood burgers. Mos Food aims to boost the number of
Mos Burger restaurants abroad to 1,000 in the next 10
years from about 210 today. It is considering entering
South Korea and Malaysia in the year beginning Apr. 1
and may open stores in Europe, North America and Australia,
reported Bloomberg.com. Full
Story
Health News
Men
who consumed the most calcium in food were 25%  less
likely to die over the next
decade than their peers who took in the least calcium
from food, according to a Swedish study published in
American Journal of Epidemiology, reported Reuters.
Full
Story
Washington News
Food
retailers in Washington, DC are selling roughly 50%
fewer plastic and paper bags than
they used to give away before the five cents fee took
effect Jan. 1, according to Councilman Tommy Wells,
the measure's chief sponsor, reported
Baltimore Sun. Full
Story
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Implementing
An E.coli Control Policy
A Webinar From The Food Institute and
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC
The
food industry continues to be plagued by
a number of food-borne organisms. One of
those getting lots of press is E. coli.
The Food Institute gathered a panel of experts
to discuss how to prevent and control E.
coli outbreaks; how to keep your records
in order to avoid shouldering the blame
for mishandling foodstuff; and how to deal
with a positive finding should it occur.
To sign up for the webinar, scheduled for
Wednesday,
Apr. 7 at
12 p.m. (EST), please click
here or contact Sue Antista at 201-791-5570,
ext. 212 or santista@foodinstitute.com.
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Oregon
lawmakers earmarked nearly $250,000 to aid the fresh
fruit industry in developing an early detection,
rapid response approach to the drosophila suzukii, a
fruit fly discovered for the first time in the state
in August, reported The Packer Online. Full
Story (Subscription Required)
Market News
The 13 major potato states held 170
million cwt of potatoes in storage Mar.
1, up 11% from a year ago and 4% above Mar. 1, 2008.
Potatoes in storage accounted for 44% of the 2009 fall
storage states' production, three percentage points
above Mar. 1, 2009. Potato
Stocks
Buyers should expect adequate volume
for spring promotions of grapefruit, oranges and
tangerines, according to Florida fresh citrus shippers.
The Indian River growing region fared well and did not
experience the low temperatures that impacted central
Florida, reported The Packer Online. Full
Story (Subscription Required)
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