Convenience Stores Are Getting Squeezed by Fast Food and Dollar …
Bloomberg–Jan. 18, 2018
The $550 billion convenience store industry last year recorded its weakest merchandise sales growth since 2013, and businesses are rushing to improve loyalty programs, offer better food and let customers order online. Some are even testing delivery. In a sign of the changing times, Circle K owner …
Food Stamps Should Be Spent on Food
Bloomberg–Jan. 17, 2018
If they ever finish arguing about immigration and the budget, members of Congress can be expected to turn to food stamps, which conservative Republicans want to cut and Democrats don’t. For their own sake and to promote public health, both sides might want to focus on a simple reform that deserves …
Elon Musk’s Brother Wants To Bring Silicon-Style Innovation To …
mindbodygreen.com–2 hours ago
Musk found his way to food in New York City, whereas a recently minted millionaire he enrolled in the French Culinary Institute. Then 9/11 struck. Musk spent six weeks cooking for first-responders at Ground Zero, not far from his own apartment. The experience spurred him to move to Colorado, where he …
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The Canada Issue
New York Times–Jan. 16, 2018
Whisky and butter tarts, Syrian cooking and a Japanese-Italian menu: Canada’s foodscene is as textured and diverse as its population. Our Food section this week is devoted to some of the pleasures of Canadian cuisine. Photo. The chef Cezin Nottaway pours tea — one of her favorite culinary “secret …
Top Chefs Are Purposely Burning Your Food
Bloomberg–Jan. 16, 2018
As the “no waste” food movement gains steam, top chefs keep finding practices that go back centuries. Long before bouillabaisse began showing up on Michelin-starred menus, it was a hearty French stew made using the odds and ends of fish; likewise, the ancient inventors of coq au vin found a way to …
Displaced by War, Some Yemenis Sift Through Garbage for Food
U.S. News & World Report–Jan. 18, 2018
Ayoub Mohammed Ruzaiq, 11, stands in a garbage dump where he collects recyclables and food near the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen, … Despite the health risks, the dump has become a source of food for hundreds of impoverished Yemenis and given some young men a chance to try to earn …
US Won’t Pay $45 Million Pledged for Palestinian Food Aid for Now
U.S. News & World Report–13 hours ago
A Palestinian girl looks through a plastic sheet as raindrops are seen, outside her family’s house in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not provide $45 million in food aid for Palestinians that it …
Why we choose the donut over the apple
Medical News Today–Jan. 6, 2018
Though it is not clear why informational interventions do not work, evidence suggests that food-related stimuli in the environment may play a role in triggering unhealthful eating habits. “Health warnings often make people want to choose healthier foodproducts, yet many still end up picking unhealthy food …
Lewiston Sun Journal
LePage Says Feds Block a Ban on Food Stamps for Junk Food
U.S. News & World Report–14 hours ago
LePage Says Feds Block a Ban on Food Stamps for Junk Food. Republican Gov. Paul LePage says the Trump administration is blocking his efforts to prevent the use of food stamps to purchase soda and candy. Jan. 18, 2018, at 7:55 p.m.. LePage Says Feds Block a Ban on Food Stamps for Junk Food …
Baltimore Sun
Don’t Say ‘Food Desert;’ It’s a ‘Healthy Food Priority Area’
U.S. News & World Report–19 hours ago
BALTIMORE (AP) — “Food deserts” are areas where people don’t have easy access to healthy, affordable food, but don’t use that term in Baltimore. City officials … Qualifying neighborhoods rank poorly in food store quality and are more than a quarter-mile from a supermarket, among other criteria. Officials …
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