Food 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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Burgers 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 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 [...]
June 19, 2008Credit crunch means healthy lifestyle
Despite the so called credit crunch having an effect on virtually every walk of life in some way, it is hard to think that something good could be coming out of it, but in reality it is an ideal opportunity to have a massive spring clean of your life and home.
If you are one [...]
June 10, 2008Saving money in the kitchen
Eating healthy and saving do not often go together, but in this case they really do, however the diet that is produced through the money saving ideas that have been placed below come from My Paleo Kitchen, these seem to be following more of a semi survivalist plan, which is ok if you are that [...]
June 3, 2008Shopping for suicide
There are many people who would want to commit suicide, for whatever their reasons there will always be this problem. But today there is help for everyone and the even for a subject like this, there is information out there, which is a little worrying to say the least.
But in Japan, there is an [...]
May 29, 2008What dangers lie in processed foods?
When you take a trip around the supermarket you will notice that the fresh foods are being squashed down into smaller spaces, while in the rest of the supermarket the shelves are full of processed foods.
This trend is said to follow the buying habits of the general public, but it is in fact a [...]
May 22, 2008Burger King goes extra super sized
Staying in line with most other fast food suppliers, Burger King has been working hard on developing their products in order to cater for today’s market, and the theme of the market today is going large!
Which is probably why they have come up with this new super sized burger, which initially looks like a [...]
May 20, 2008Super foods to buy
There are group of foods which are aptly named “Superfoods” these are foods which offer into the daily the diet a variety of nutrients, yet are also the sort of foods which you can eat knowing full well that this diet is doing your body good.
What are the super foods?
Spinach
Walnuts
Honey
Salmon
Oats
Dark Chocolate
Blueberries
Of course [...]
May 19, 2008Kids TV promote veggies
If there was anything that could be done to make the kids of today eat all of their veggies up, it would be regarded as a great thing. Well in fact there is and is quite successful at it. So what is the marvel, it is in fact a TV show that kids in over [...]
May 13, 2008Fish in short supply
Once again technology has been used in an industry that just cannot keep up with these advances. Fishing was a business that boomed with many independent fishing boats heading out to sea and coming back with their catch.
But as the boats became larger and more sophisticated the industry has struck to a point where [...]
May 5, 2008Foods you cannot buy in some places
The tide is turning on the way that food is made and indeed at the same time some foods that are considered to be a little old fashioned. These changing habits in the way that people are eating are having an effect on the cost of food too.
Food prices are creeping up all of [...]
April 24, 2008UK shoppers turning ethical
The Co-operative bank has for a long time been an ethical bank, and according to their research so or the majority of UK residents too, in fact they estimate that around sixty one per cent of the UK population think about ethical issues when it comes to shopping.
The top ethical concerns for shoppers:
1. [...]
April 23, 2008Dove soap destroying forests
The makers of Dove beauty products, Unilever are being accused of being responsible for the destruction of huge amounts of rain forest, species extinction and indeed as a result of the business practices, they are being held responsible for climate change.
It would seem that the production process requires a massive amount of palm oil [...]
April 16, 2008Basic foods prices at record levels
There is a growing world problem which could if left uncontrolled plunge the whole world into chaos. Basic food stuffs are in great demand and as such the prices are rising to all time highs and as such there are shortages occurring in the places where food is already in short supply.
While other stories [...]
April 14, 2008Worldwide food bills
Its fascinating how the price food or rather what the price of feeding an average family costs around the world, it would seem that there are regional variations that mean it is hard to make a direct comparison as the foods available and in fact the diet that they prefer.
Germany: The Melander family of [...]