Wake up to a fry up
In these days when it is difficult to think of things to buy for birthdays and other occasions, it is sometimes a good idea to take a look at the person that you are buying for and what they are like. For someone who has a problem getting up in the morning then there is [...]
July 29, 2008Foods that do not have to be organic
Maybe we have spent too much time thinking about what we eat or because we are bombarded with material that is telling us that organic is best, which is some it is because in organic produced fruit and vegetables there are no pesticides used.
However, this can be true of some non-organic fruits and vegetables. [...]
July 25, 2008Food shortages mean fitter people
Could the current problems with food prices and shortages have a healthier effect on the population? When you think of it, the price of food has been low this has lead to an attitude that you can buy more, eat as much as you can and anything left over can simply be thrown away.
However, [...]
July 23, 200810Kg Lobster causes bidding war
The site of a huge lobster is enough to get the taste buds of many seafood lovers going, so when a lobster appeared in a local fish shop in Shediac, New Brunswick there was quite a bit of interest from people who had very different ideas on what they wanted to do with the lobster.
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Online shopping on the rise
The cost of fuel and other day to day items has had serious effect on the way that some people of doing their shopping.
With the cost of fuel and food rising almost on a weekly basis, the traditional way of shopping where customers actually visit shops in person is suffering. Instead, bargain hunters are [...]
July 18, 2008Burgers hit Paris, big time!
A few years ago eating a burger in the French capital was limited to visiting one of the popular US based chains, but even then these were considered to be for the tourists as the Parisians do not eat messy food with their hands.
However, it must be a sign of the times because these [...]
July 16, 2008A special fruit for all
There is a little known fruit heading for the shelves of our supermarkets which is set to give a new meaning to healthy eating.
The fruit from the African Baobab tree has been given permission by the EU to enter the European stores for the first time.
It may not look much from the outside, [...]
July 14, 2008The most expensive foods
There is no doubt that food prices have been increasing at an alarming rate, which is having some severe problems on people from all around the world. After all if we think about it, the prices are high here, but imagine how bad it is for people in countries that have little food and even [...]
July 10, 2008Fill up with hydrogen at home
They say that using a hydrogen fuelled car is a lot better than using conventional fuel like petrol or diesel, but buying an hydrogen powered car is one thing, filling it up is a completely different story as there are hardly any places where hydrogen can be bought.
But now a company from the UK, [...]
July 8, 2008A race for a shopping spree
In these days of credit crunches and rising prices, what has a girl got to do in order to get out the shops and have a bit of retail therapy?
Well in Belgium they have found interesting way to the women out onto the streets and trying to get some cash for those all important [...]
July 3, 2008The first shopping mall in the UK
For many of us the sight of a giant shopping mall is a thing of the late twentieth century, yes there have been streets of shops for centuries but nothing that could resemble a shopping centre at all.
But archaeologists in Wales have found what they think could be the first shopping centre in [...]
July 2, 2008Six hundred Starbucks stores to close
They may have been an icon of the nineties and to be fair they probably still are for some people, but unfortunately for Starbucks, they appear to have become a victim of their success. With many rival brands opening up along side the famous Starbucks coffee stores, the market is booming but the profits have [...]