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How to Use Real-Time Information to Manage Packaging Lines
A better understanding of signals such as status and flow, and how they can be applied using real-time information, help you better identify the root cause of problems, and how to countermeasure them.
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What's So Bad About Processed Foods? Scientists Offer Clues
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Not to be Outdone, Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
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SFA Report: Specialty Food Sales Near $150 Billion
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Growth Projected in Ripe U.S. Cheese Market
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The Result of People Buying Organics
A just-published study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition was designed to compare some sustainability features of diets from consumers with varying levels of organic food. Find out more by watching this installment of The Lempert Report.
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Jack Link's Introduces its First Zero Sugar Jerky
Jack Link's Zero Sugar Jerky is inspired by the original, iconic Link family recipe, made with 100 percent lean-meat beef, over 30 grams of protein in one bag, and no preservatives, no MSG nor added nitrates—and now available without added sugar.
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Blue Apron Latest to Suffer in Tough Meal Kit Market
Meal kit companies face an ultimatum: Adapt or die. The struggle intensified Monday, when Blue Apron announced that it could be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange because its closing share price has been lower than $1 since early May.
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Burger King to Expand Sales of New Meatless Burger to Europe
The food chain said Tuesday that Sweden will be the first European country where it sells the new kind of veggie burger, with sales to start Wednesday.
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Impossible Foods Debuts Meatless Sausage at Little Caesars
Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods is debuting its second product — meatless sausage crumbles — on Little Caesars pizza.
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Hershey’s to Launch Limited-Edition Chocolate Bar Featuring Emojis
For the first time in The Hershey Company’s 125-year history, the iconic Hershey’s brand is changing the look of its original milk chocolate bar and transforming each piece to include an emoji.
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Kashi Rebrands its GOLEAN Line to Kashi GO
Kashi GO launches with a new cereal flavor and protein bar format. The redesign reflects the values of Kashi customers who choose foods that fuel and inspire them.
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Label Trust and Smart Eating
Nearly 40 percent of millennials say they would switch brands for transparency—so food producers that provide them with the most accurate and transparent information will be the ones who win their loyalty. Delivering complete and accurate information can, however, be time-consuming and labor intensive—and this is where Product Lifecycle Management software solutions can prove to be invaluable.
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Insurgents vs. Industry Incumbents: How the F&B Industry is Reshaping Itself for the 'Woke' Consumer
Colin Elkins, Global Industry Director for Process Manufacturing at IFS, explores how ambitious food and beverage companies can leapfrog leading industry giants by meeting growing consumer expectations with fresh product transparency.
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Meatsplainer: How New Plant-Based Burgers Compare to Beef
If you want to skip meat, a new era of options is here. So are the plant-based patties better for you or for the planet? Here's what you might want to know before taking a bite.
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McDonald's Turns to Bacon and Wins (Surprise, Surprise)
McDonald's turned to a sure thing in the first quarter, bacon, and it paid off.
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Burger King May Sell Plant-Based Burger Across U.S. This Year
Restaurant Brands International, Burger King's parent, said Monday that a month-long test of the Impossible Whopper at 59 restaurants in St. Louis has gone so well that it will start testing it in additional markets. The company said it may expand sales nationally by the end of this year.
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Godiva Moves Beyond Chocolate to Open 2,000 Cafes
The cafes mark Godiva's foray into prepared meals. The first one officially opens in Manhattan Wednesday and is part of an ambitious growth plan spearheaded by CEO Annie Young-Scrivner.
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Is That Soy in Your Whopper? Plant-Based Meat Sales Rising
From soy-based sliders to ground lentil sausages, plant-based meat substitutes are surging in popularity. And carnivores — not vegans or vegetarians — are among the biggest consumers.
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Forget Kibbles: U.S. Sales of Fresh Pet Food are Soaring
U.S. pet owners are increasingly feeding fresh food to their dogs and cats. Some order pre-proportioned meals of meat and vegetables or frozen raw meat online. Others find them in refrigerators at big retailers like Walmart.
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Schmear Campaign: New Yorkers Lambaste Bread-Sliced Bagel
New Yorkers have strict rules when it comes to their iconic foods, and one of them, apparently, is you never slice a bagel like a tiny loaf of bread.
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Are Eggs Good or Bad for You? New Research Rekindles Debate
The latest U.S. research on eggs won't go over easy for those can't eat breakfast without them. Adults who ate about 1 ½ eggs daily had a slightly higher risk of heart disease than those who ate no eggs. The study showed the more eggs, the greater the risk. The chances of dying early were also elevated.
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Conagra Brands Highlights Expanded Better-for-You Food Portfolio
Conagra Brands is showcasing its expanded better-for-you food portfolio, including innovation from iconic and emerging brands within the company's frozen and snacking businesses, at the Natural Products Expo West 2019 show on March 7–9 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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Beyond Meat Unveils Newest Product Innovation — Beyond Beef
Beyond Beef is designed to have the meaty taste, texture, and versatility consumers love about ground beef, but with the added health and sustainability benefits of plant-based meat.
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The Ugly Produce Movement May Have a Problem
Younger, socially conscious Americans and their concerns about sustainability have turned some unflattering attention toward the food industry according to a new article in The Atlantic. Find out more by watching this installment of The Lempert Report.
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U.S. Packaged Cookie Market Sales Reach $11 Billion
The market increased at a compound annual growth rate of 2 percent between 2013 and 2018, according to market research firm Packaged Facts.
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'Ugly Produce' Trend May Have Limits, as Grocers End Tests
Is the 'ugly produce'' trend already reaching the end of its shelf life in supermarkets?
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U.S. Food Market Outlook 2019: 4 Key Trends
What's in store for the food industry in 2019? Market research firm Packaged Facts predicts 'disruptive innovation' that will shake up years of subtle stagnation in the mature food industry and spur growth over the foreseeable future.
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Impossible Foods Accelerates Switch to Impossible Burger 2.0 as Demand Surges Across America
In response to overwhelming demand from restaurateurs and customers nationwide, Impossible Foods announced Thursday that the award-winning Impossible Burger 2.0 is now available to all restaurants in the United States.
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McDonald's Sales Up Globally, Despite Fewer U.S. Customers
McDonald's says modernized stores and growth in delivery helped bring in more customers globally last year, but lower store traffic in the U.S. remains a concern.
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Candy Head's CBD Candy is Expanding Throughout the U.S.
Candy Head is sweeping the U.S. with their Full Spectrum natural CBD edibles. Their goal is to improve the well-being of as many people as possible by providing them a fun, healthy, effective and efficient way of consuming CBD.
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Technology of Future Delivers Doughnuts of Today on Campus
A fleet of high-tech robots has deployed at a northern Virginia university for the noble purpose of delivering pizza, doughnuts and coffee on demand to students.
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Organic Price Premiums Dip as Demand Grows, Choices Multiply
Last year, organic food and beverages cost an average of 24 cents more per unit than conventional food, or about 7.5 percent more, according to Nielsen. That was down from a 27 cent, or 9 percent, premium in 2014.
