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Channel 4's WIFE SWAP is going international (FoodNews)Posted 17 May, 2004 by PAF-News 
WIFE SWAP
IS GOING INTERNATIONAL
Channel 4’s hit series about family life is back, and we want to hear from YOU.
We are looking for a healthy-eating family of great cooks who enjoy good food.
Are you up for a two-week challenge, and a chance to go abroad and see how other families live?
 
Have you always wanted to run your own restaurant? Would you like the chance? (FoodNews)Posted 2 September, 2003 by PAF-News Ricochet South, in the UK, is looking for friends or family who want to run a restaurant together, but have little or no prior experience.
If you're ready to give up your jobs or go part time to find out what running a restaurant is really like, please call the Restaurant team on 01273 604 792 or email us: mail@ricochetsouth.co.uk and clearly label your message “Restaurant”.
The Food & Wine Show : 13th - 15th June 2003 (FoodNews)Posted 28 May, 2003 by PAF-News Submitted by: thecentre:mk
Middleton Hall | thecentre:mk | June 13th – 15th June 2003
thecentre:mk sees the welcome return of its Food Show, which has now been further enhanced with the addition of Wines. This is the fourth consecutive year that the event has been organised, and has seen exhibitors from across the UK participating.
Those who have exhibited range from M&S, Warburtons, Sainsbury’s, The Professional Cookware Company, Herbalife, to Waitrose, McCain, Lime Tree Pantry and to mention a few.
thecentre:mk is the busiest shopping centre in the UK and is host to Middleton Hall, a unique 20,000 sq. ft undercover area right at the heart of the centre. On average, around 600,000 people visit thecentre:mk in a single week, providing a potential captive audience of nearly 250,000 people over the three-day Food & Wine Show.
This year’s show will be home to John Lewis, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, D.W Dips, Supreme Sausages, Blue Sky Wines, Edible Ornamentals, Limetree Pantry, Professional Cookware and more. The show also welcomes the promotion of the new Foodie Square Guide, an expert guide to all restaurants in the Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.
The 2003 show will include a cookery theatre to be hosted by three outstanding chefs from The Bridge Restaurant in Fenny Stratford. John Lewis and Sainsbury’s will also demonstrate excellence in the kitchen with authentic and diverse recipes. Live video coverage of the cookery theatre will be screened from three different angles on a video wall to display the array of cookery delights.
Come and sample unique tastes of Starbucks in the central coffee area, sample sausages, dips, savoury and fruit pies, biscuits, chocolates, wines, cheese, and more at our exciting Food and Wine Show June 2003.
CHEFLIVE.COM Bringing Broadband Video Encoding (FoodNews)Posted 20 August, 2002 by PAF-News AQUA CENTER, a new mall in the Planning stages in Las Vegas to be completed spring 2003, has asked CHEFLIVE.COM to set up a digital chef's studio as the centerpiece of a GOURMET FARMERS' MARKET in their beautiful new state of the art shopping mall. A 50-seat studio will bring to your PC, the latest in streaming technology.
CHEFLIVE.COM will feature chefs from AQUA Center's eight new
restaurants along with other Las Vegas chefs and special visitors from famous restaurants around the world.
Surrounding the school will be gourmet food boutiques offering
wonderful food products in a bright FARMERS' MARKET SETTING with a Provence accent.
CHEFLIVE.COM will use the economy of modern broadband technology to bring to your PC many niche programs that TV can't touch! Watch this space for regular updates on the progress of Aqua Center and Chevlive.com's Farmer's Market and Cooking School!
Cheflive.com has been a work in progress for the last four years; Chef John Guinivere is a graduate from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, CA. In 2000, Chef John Guinivere completed a nine-month tour filming chefs, Cheese Mongers, Fish Farmers, Beer Makers and even a Didgeridoo Player from Pismo Beach. After completing the trip he knew there was an overwhelming interest in combining streaming video and real people in the food world.
For more details visit: http://www.cheflive.com/cheflivtv.com.html
Interview Contact: John Guinivere
Telephone: (702) 228-4705
http://www.cheflive.com/cheflivtv.com.html
Cheflive.com
220 East Flamingo Road #412
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Telephone: (702) 228-4705
Salad Dressing With Colour and Vitamins for Kids (FoodNews)Posted 24 July, 2002 by PAF-News Naturally Fresh ® Salad Dressings with Vitamins in Purple and Orange Ranch
July12, 2002 – (Atlanta, GA) –Kids will be topping salads with vitamin-packed Purple and Orange Ranch Dressings.
Purple Pizzazz and Outrageous Orange Naturally Fresh ® Kids’ Ranch will be introduced to retailers this month. Eastern Foods Inc., manufacturer of Naturally Fresh ®, will place the colorful dressings in retail outlets across the nation this summer.
The new dressings will include vitamins, A, B, C, D and E.
“ Our goal is to have a product that offers kid-appeal, reaches mothers looking for products with health benefits and provide our customers a chance to increase total produce purchases,” said Mike White, Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “Naturally Fresh ® Kids’ Ranch in Purple Pizzazz and Outrageous Orange will be a great snacking item complementing carrot and celery sticks and will bring fun to healthier eating,” White said.
Despite recent concerns with the overall economy, the kids food market continues to grow. According to Steve Dwyer, writing in a Prepared Foods article, kids between ages six and 12 spend close to $14 billion a year on food and beverages.1 Much of the phenomenal growth is attributed to kids influence in purchasing decisions. A recent study examining purchasing habits suggests that 38% of kids influence grocery decisions.2 William Roberts, Jr., Associate Editor for Prepared Foods, further states, “Kids, convenience, healthiness—all have been guiding forces in the development of new food and beverage products over the past year."3
In addition to providing kids with vitamins in a salad dressing without artificial preservatives, it is anticipated that the colorful and unique kids’ salad dressings will drive fresh vegetable consumption among kids as well as healthy snacking between meals. Increases in produce consumption will allow kids to benefit from additional vitamins and nutrients necessary for proper growth.
“Kids will be able not only to enjoy Naturally Fresh ® Kids’ Ranch Salad Dressings, but fresh and healthy vegetables to help create a well-balanced diet,” added White.
As one of the nation’s leading producers of refrigerated salad dressings, Eastern Foods also sells and distributes Jackaroo ® Meat Sauces, Sugar Free Maple Mountain ® Syrup and Naturally Fresh ® Spring Water. The Atlanta-based company, in business since 1966 years, operates 24 branch distribution centers from coast to coast. Since December, Eastern Foods opened branch facilities in Columbia, SC, Kansas City, MO and Jacksonville, FL.
1 Prepared Foods – May 2000
2 What’s in Store 2002 - International Dairy Deli Bakery Association
3 Prepared Foods - November 2001
Submitted by Eastern Foods via email
The Food & Wine Show in Milton Keynes 16-18th August 2002 (FoodNews)Posted 15 July, 2002 by PAF-News 16-18 August 2002 in Middleton Hall
thecentre:mk sees the welcome return of its Food Show, which has now been further enhanced with the addition of Wines from around the world. This is the third consecutive year that the event has been organised, and has seen exhibitors from across the UK participating.
Those who have exhibited range from M&S, Warburtons, Tupperware, The Professional Cookware Company, Herbalife, Sainsbury’s to Country Dips, La Petit France, Olive Branch to mention a few.
thecentre:mk is the busiest shopping centre in the UK and is host to Middleton Hall, a unique 20,000 sq. ft undercover area right at the heart of the centre. On average, around 600,000 people visit thecentre:mk in a single week, providing a potential captive audience of nearly 250,000 people over the three-day Food & Wine Show.
Book your space before 1 July 2002 and take advantage of the 10% discount.
To find out more about this show contact:
Clare McCann,
Events Co-ordinator
thecentre:mk Management Suite
24 Silbury Arcade Central
Milton Keynes MK9 3ES
tel: 01908 398120 fax: 01908 604306
Click here to email
Chocolate Bar Opening in New York (FoodNews)Posted 15 May, 2002 by PAF-News Courtesy of Chocolate Bar
NEW YORK - Workhouse Publicity is proud to announce the Grand Opening of Chocolate Bar at 48 Eighth Avenue between Horatio and Jane Streets to debut Wednesday, May 15th, 2002.
A candy store for grown-ups, Chocolate Bar offers cosmopolitan luxury through old-fashioned collections and unique inspirations. Incorporating style, comfort and classic New York treats, Chocolate Bar features sweets by New York's Jacques Torres, Sweet Bliss, Garrison Confections and Lunch Box along with a signature line of nostalgia-influenced chocolate bars.
The boutique's dazzling menu includes authentic New York Egg Creams, coffee by illy Caffe, fine teas by Serendipitea, 4 kinds of iced and hot chocolates and pastries by the City's best bakers. Decadent confections are available for everything from Corporate gifts to personalized wedding and party favors.
Created, designed and operated by Matt Lewis (Deutsch Advertising) and Alison Nelson (CEO, Four Little Sisters), the official unveiling takes place on Wednesday, May 15th culminates in an exclusive launch event at SPA located at 76 East 13h Street with sponsored provided by illy Caffe of North America, Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery, Mac Cosmetics, FIJI Natural Artesian Water, Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur, Atlantic Records and Chocolatier Magazine.
Chocolate Bar web site to launch on May 17th, 2002 please visit www.chocolatebarnyc.com
Tesco is testing a new offline shopping application (FoodNews)Posted 1 December, 2001 by PAF-News Tesco, one of UK's biggest food retailers, have announced the start of beta testing of a new downloadable application that will allow customers who have existing registered accounts with Tesco.com to do their grocery shopping "offline" - that is, search for products and build a basket on a computer without having to be connected continually to the Internet.
Existing registered Tesco.com customers who would like to consider taking part in the beta test, are being offered a £30 Tesco gift voucher with Tesco's thanks for taking part.
To find out more information and to register your interest, please visit Tesco's Research and Development web site at http://www.lansley.com/tescobetatest
Source: Nick Lansley, IT Research & Development Manager, Tesco.com
UK's favourite drinks (FoodNews)Posted 9 August, 2001 by PAF-News Britain's favourite grocery product is still soft drink Coca-Cola, but wine is the fastest growing sector thanks to the popularity of New World wines, market researcher ACNielsen reported on Thursday.
Coke showed retail sales growth in Britain for the year ended April 2001 of 5.1 percent to 665 million-670 million pounds ($943 million-$950 million), topping a league table which shows no change in the top four grocery items from the previous year.
But British shoppers are filling their baskets with more wine than ever before, according to the annual Biggest Brands survey compiled by ACNielsen for Marketing magazine.
Four New World wine brands are now in the top 20 fastest-growing brands, namely BRL Hardy Ltd's Banrock Station and Hardy's Stamps, Diageo Plc's Blossom Hill and Southcorp Ltd's Lindemans.
"New World wine companies have been making a significant investment in marketing, which is paying dividends," said Craig Smith, editor of Marketing magazine.
The top 50 brands list shows PepsiCo Inc's Walkers crisps in second place after seeing 3.7 percent growth to 480 million-485 million pounds. Third placed Nestle SA's Nescafe coffee slipped 6.7 percent to 315 million-320 million pounds, while Interbrew's Stella Artois beer saw growth of 21.4 percent to 310 million-315 million pounds.
Source: Reuters Limited 2001
PAF NEWS on HOLIDAY UNTIL 27.07.01 (FoodNews)Posted 19 July, 2001 by PAF-News Dear All,
just to let you know thatI won't be around from 20th July until 27th July, so please accept apologies for the news section not being updated for a week.
News/Articles/Recipe Postings will resume on the 27th July.
PAF NEWS
Heinz completes acquisition of Classico pasta sauce, and Wyler soup and Bouillon lines (FoodNews)Posted 17 July, 2001 by PAF-News H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) has completed the acquisition of the pasta sauce and dry bouillon and soup businesses of Borden Foods Corporation. Terms of the transaction, which was first announced in a news release on June 6, were not disclosed.
"These strong and growing businesses perfectly complement our tomato-based expertise and provide numerous marketing opportunities to further build on our success," noted Heinz Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer William R. Johnson.
This acquisition brings to Heinz a group of outstanding brands, including Classico® pasta sauces (the number-one premium brand in the U.S.), Aunt Millie's® pasta sauce, Mrs. Grass® Recipe soups and Wyler® bouillons and soups. In addition, Heinz now has the Catelli®, Gattuso® (under license) and Bravo® pasta sauce brands, which are all Canadian favorites. Sales of these businesses total more than US$270 million in Canada and the United States.
This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding the company's future performance. These forward-looking statements are based on management's views and assumptions, and involve risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, sales, earnings and volume growth, competitive and industry conditions, production costs, achieving cost savings programs, acquisitions or disposals of business assets and new product and packaging innovations, and other factors described in ``Cautionary Statement Relevant to Forward-Looking Information'' in the company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2000, as updated from time to time by the company in its subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, any predictions about these acquisitions could be affected by integration problems; failure to achieve synergies; unanticipated liabilities; participation in new business lines; and changes in competitive environment.
ABOUT HEINZ: With sales over US$9 billion, H. J. Heinz Company is one of the world's leading marketers of branded foods to consumers everywhere, whether in supermarkets, restaurants or on the go. Its 50 companies operate in some 200 countries, with more than 20 power brands, including the Heinz® brand with nearly US$3 billion in annual sales. Among the company's famous brands are Heinz®, StarKist®, Ore-Ida®, 9-Lives®, Wattie's®, Plasmon®, Farley's®, Smart Ones®, Bagel Bites®, John West®, Petit Navire®, Kibbles `n Bits®, Pounce®, Pup-Peroni®, Orlando®, ABC®, Olivine®, Juran® and Pudliszki®. Heinz also uses the famous brands Weight Watchers®, Boston Market® and Linda McCartney® under license.
Information on Heinz is available at www.heinz.com.
Source: Press Release/JustFood
UK: Goldman Sachs cuts Safeway, Morrison (FoodNews)Posted 17 July, 2001 by PAF-News LONDON, (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it had cut its ratings on UK supermarket groups Safeway Plc and WM Morrison to "market perform" from "market outperform" as the shares had reached their price targets.
Goldman analysts cut their price target on Safeway to 380 pence from 395 and kept a price target of 210 pence on Morrison.
Shares in Safeway were off 0.13 percent or 1/2 a penny at 372-1/2 pence, while Morrison shares were unchanged at 207-3/4 pence by 08110 GMT.
(C) Reuters Limited 2001.
EU: Poultry and pigmeat to remain favourites of European consumers (FoodNews)Posted 14 July, 2001 by PAF-News A projection of agricultural market developments up to 2008 made by farming experts in the European Commission has made clear that poultry is still the meat of the future, followed some way behind by pigmeat.
Both meats, currently benefiting from the crises in the beef sector, have won a strong public following and remain competitively priced, said the report "Prospects for agricultural markets 2001-2008."
The report said that poultry production should rise by 3.4% next year and remain "positive" for the next seven years. Per capital consumption is predicted to rise from 21.4kg in 2000 to 24.8kg by 2008.
Pigmeat is expected to grow by 2.4% this year and again in 2002 but demand will slacken in the medium term.
The Brussels experts made no price predictions but emphasised the importance of the Euro/US Dollar exchange rate, especially in the cereals sector. The outlook here is "rather favourable," thanks largely to reforms introduced as part of the Agenda 2000 package.
"The stage is set for a sustained improvement in EU cereal exports over the next seven years," said the report.
Elsewhere, milk consumption is still falling slightly. Cheese enjoyed a "positive" outlook with per capita consumption rising by 0.8% annually to 2008 though butter consumption is declining by the same amount.
By Alan Osborn, just-food.com
Allergy Alert: Friendly Brand Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream May Contain Pistachio Nuts (FoodNews)Posted 27 June, 2001 by PAF-News Friendly Ice Cream Corporation of Wilbraham, MA, is voluntarily recalling its half gallon packages labeled “Mint Chocolate Chip” ice cream because they may contain pistachio ice cream, which contains pistachio nut fragments. People who have allergies to nuts may have an allergic reaction, including a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction, if they consume this product.
The recalled “Mint Chocolate Chip” ice cream products were distributed in supermarkets, convenience stores and Friendly’s Restaurants in the states of MA, ME, RI, CT, VT, NH, NY, NJ, PA, OH, VA, MD, DC, FL, TN, IN, WV, MI, NC and SC. Friendly’s learned that mislabeled product was not distributed to restaurants after initiating this recall.
This product comes in half-gallon packages marked with an expiration date of April 27, 2002, embossed in the form of "27Apr02" or "Apr2702" or inkjet printed in the form of "25-26 WC5 020427. To date, no allergic reactions to the product have been reported.
The company initiated the recall after learning that pistachio ice cream was packaged in a production run of “Mint Chocolate Chip” ice cream half gallon cartons.
Consumers who are allergic to nuts and have purchased half gallon packages of “Mint Chocolate Chip” ice cream may return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-800-723-1591.
Source: FSIS
Pop Market Watch (FoodNews)Posted 26 June, 2001 by PAF-News Pepsi’s $14 billion acquisition of Quaker will bring Gatorade and its estimated 78% share of the sports drink category into the Pepsi fold. To make room and assuage FTC concerns, Pepsi is shuffling its All Sport drink off to Monarch Co., an Atlanta-based beverage company responsible for Dad’s Root Beer, the Moxie soft drink and private-label sodas.
Coke, meanwhile, enjoys a 15% share of the sports drink market and aims to increase that stake with a revamped Powerade. July will see the launch of a new Powerade with vitamins B3, B6 and B12, as well as a Powerade Light that also has B vitamins and 50% fewer calories than the leading sports drink. Coke promises these will be the first in an expanding array of Powerade products that fuse the benefits of hydration and energy. Recent trademark applications have included Powerade AM, Powerade Psych and Powerade Launch.
Coke has also purchased Mad River, a brand of iced tea and juice drinks. This will serve as Coke’s entry into the “new age” market, with Mad River’s vitamin- and herb-enhanced beverages.
Source: preparedfoods
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