PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon Grocery Industry Association here is among the groups working to defeat an initiative that would require the labeling of any genetically engineered food ingredient in any food sold...
March, observed as National Frozen Food Month, still has the power to get retailers excited, even in the 19th year of the frozen food industry's annual promotion and Gold and Silver Penguin contest.This year's...
Leaders of the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association, Harrisburg, Pa., chose "Back to School Fuel" as the theme for a national consumer public-relations campaign starting this Thursday. That day, satellite...
WASHINGTON -- Government concern about trans fats in the American diet dates back more than 20 years. For maybe half as long, consumers have been trying to avoid these fats, often on the advice of their doctors...
This summer, beer makers sponsored a variety of sports activities and concerts, from beach volleyball and World Cup soccer to music festivals and an adventurer's round-the-world, hot-air balloon voyage. Millions of...
Most supermarket chains were less than enthusiastic about frozen foods and the money it cost to invest in warehouse space and delivery systems, until the 1950s craze for frozen orange juice concentrate.Orange juice...
NEW YORK -- Nine-unit Morton Williams Associated Stores in the Bronx has built endcap displays in its seven Manhattan stores, featuring products from Israel to show support for that beleaguered nation. The displays...
NEW YORK -- The Italian Trade Commission, with the Italian Ministry for Agricultural Policy, held two tastings and lunches for food writers last month to introduce 50 producers of premium Italian wines and food...
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration here participated in an emergency meeting last week convened by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss reports that acrylamide, a known...
In the last two years, the popularity of Greek foods has increased to the point that they are no longer being imported just by ethnic companies, but by mainstream companies, too, such as Kraft, according to Eric...