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Yum Brands, Inc.'s company-owned restaurants will place calorie information on their menu boards by Jan. 1, 2011. Yum Brands will also introduce lower-calorie and healthier products in its restaurant chains, will not advertise its products on television programs specifically aimed at children under 12 years old, and will launch national online exercise programs to help educate consumers about maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Full Story
 Restaurant industry performance remained soft in August, as the National Restaurant Association's comprehensive index of restaurant activity stood below 100 for the tenth consecutive month. The Association's Restaurant Performance Index stood at 98.3 in August, up 0.1% from its July level. Full Story Fresh & Easy's sales per square foot are substantially higher than the average for the U.S. supermarket industry, according to Tesco, which described the chain's progress as "very encouraging." Full Story Wendy's operates the fastest drive-thru system, but Chick-fil-A's drive-thrus are the best overall based on systemwide sales, according to the 2008 Quick-Service Drive-Thru Performance Study by Insula Research. Full Story Only certain "green" conscious buyers make efforts to buy "green" products, despite claims of 82% of the population that going green is a priority, according to Information Resources, Inc. Examining buying habits in certain segments characterized as environmentally sensitive, IRI stated that purchases are often unaffected by the environmental impact of products. When asked to choose between quality and taste and environmental friendliness, many segments chose taste. Full Story
Fifteen more Chinese dairy companies were identified as producing milk products contaminated with melamine. An additional 31 batches of Chinese milk powder were found tainted with the chemical, according to data on the food safety administration's website. The new batches being tested were mostly milk powder products for adults, reported The Associated Press. Full Story The first lawsuit against Sanlu Group Co. was filed by the Chinese parents of a one-year-old boy sickened by tainted milk powder, seeking $21,913 in compensation, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story
California became the first state in the nation to require nutritional menu labeling, following Governor Schwarzenegger's signature of SB 1420. The bill provides for a two-year phase-in period, with brochures containing nutritional information required at the point of sale and drive-throughs beginning July 1, 2009, and posting of calorie information on menus and indoor menu boards beginning Jan. 1, 2011. Any restaurant with 20 or more locations in California will be affected. Full Story A San Francisco judge rejected an appeal by Walgreens to temporarily halt the city law forbidding the sale of cigarettes in drug stores that is scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. Walgreens will appeal the decision, according to an attorney, reported The San Francisco Chronicle. Full Story (Free Registration Required) A bill banning the use of perfluorooctanoic acid in food packaging in California was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, reported Food Production Daily. Full Story
Louisiana sweet potato growers will lose 50% of their crop because of prolonged saturated ground conditions that cause the tubers to rot in the fields, according to estimates by LSU AgCenter. About 90% of Louisiana's 16,000 acres of sweet potatoes were affected by hurricanes Gustave and Ike, and the estimated revenue loss for sweet potato growers due to Gustav alone is $33.5 million, reported The Shreveport Times. Full Story California egg production increased in August, as well as the price farmers earn for their eggs. Production of eggs increased six million from July. Prices farmers earned went up to 85 cents per dozen, a 21-cent increase from July and eight cents more than farmers earned last August, reported California Farm Bureau.  |
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