Starbucks close to learn coffee making
Starbucks in the states are going to be closed for a few hours today, so all of those Americans who just cannot get through the rest of the day without the early afternoon fix, when all 7,100 company owned stores are closed for training the staff on how to make the perfect cup of coffee.
This [...]
Fruit and Veg message getting across
The now famous five a day message that relates to eating enough fruit and veg is getting though but only slightly, with 58% of people responding the five a day appeal from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) but this is only three per cent up on the year before.
The FSA’s chief scientist, Andrew Wadge, said: [...]
Sugar v Sugar Substitute
When someone decides to begin a diet normally one of the first things is the replacing of sugar with a sugar substitute as these give a level of sweetness but can help in the dieting process, or so we all thought!
Researchers from Purdue University have been conducting tests which may make people think twice when [...]
New cheese kills bugs
Kraft foods are developing a brand new product that if successful will be able to treat people who get intestinal worms. This product is being aimed at a specific marketplace which consists of Asia, Africa and South America. These places are well known to have a problem with intestinal worms and this is particularly high [...]
January 31, 2008The instant cheeseburger
Now this is the sort of food that you need when you think the world is going to come to an end. The instant cheeseburger comes in a can of all things, which just tells you what it is going to be like!
The advert show us a nice cheeseburger, with salad etc this is placed [...]
Parents warned about ready made food
The hidden amounts of salt in ready made foods could be taking the salt intake levels of children over the recommended daily levels, with just one serving of a supermarket bought pudding containing almost half of the daily intake.
There are many foods which are surprising high in salt because they are foods that you [...]
No plastic bags at Wholefoods
The green food store group Wholefoods has announced that their customers will no longer be able to put their shopping in the free plastic bags that they have got used to over the years.
The store group will stop giving away the bags in all of its 270 stores by “Earth Day” on the 22nd April [...]
Arrested at McDonalds drive thru
It was not a great day out for a 76 year old grandmother who had pulled into the McDonalds drive thru in Clear Water, Florida, she ordered and paid for her meal and proceeded to the next window as directed by the McDonalds crew where waited for her order.
Nothing strange in that you may [...]
Could we have food shortages soon?
As if there was not enough to worry about, with terrorism, work and anything thing that crops up, it would seem that there is another problem lurking around the corner. It’s nothing to do with oil or money, but rather something more simpler, food!
Anyone that checks the prices in the store will know that there [...]
McDonalds blame computer games for obesity
The Chief Executive of the famous fast food chain McDonalds UK has blamed the increase in the amount of time kids spend on video games for the increase in childhood obesity in this country.
Steve Easterbrook has told the national newspaper The Times, that his industry does have to take their share of the blame for [...]
What are the super foods?
Everyone needs food to survive but most of us seem to be eating the wrong things for too much of the wrong foods which leads to obesity and generally an unhealthy lifestyle. But there are foods out there that can really make a difference to your body.
Therese are called super foods and they are [...]
Big Bird for dinner
There was a time when a simple chicken or turkey would have been great for a nice Christmas lunch, but times change and so do the demands of the consumer, which is probably why we are seeing some really different main course being offered in restaurants and now also available for the dinner at home.
Multi [...]
Hampers for Christmas
Hampers over the internet are an unlikely product and yet for one small farm business this product has proved to be a really successful business and they are now selling a wide range of hampers.
These hampers can be made up of a variety of products:
The Lincoln Red Hamper
Pasta Lanterne
Seggiano Tomato Sugo
Fine Cheese Co. Crackers for [...]
It’s the ice lolly iPod
When its time for ice cream and lollies, the competition begins, so in order to get more customers the companies offer the opportunity to win prizes in various competitions, like to one that has your are winner on the stick.
But now this marketing game has moved on, with one company in Brazil is placing 10,000 [...]
Tesco fine slow shoppers
You can always tell when it is Christmas, because you seem to get all of the stories coming out that show how mean people are.
In this case the mean person is Tesco the UK’s largest supermarket chain, they have become the “Scrooge” of this years celebrations, because they don’t like people who spend too much [...]
McDonalds eye up coffee market
After seeing how coffee has become the in thing of the 21st century McDonalds the fast food kings have seen the light and come up with what they think will be a winner, they are going to sell a decent cup of coffee!
Actually that is a little unfair as the new style coffee, did get [...]
What would Jesus buy?
This is the name of a new documentary film by the maker of “Super Size Me” star Morgan Spurlock, so you already know how the film is going to progress, but to look at the posters you could be mistaken to think that this is a Disney film of something of the like.
In the film [...]
Tesco expands again
Britain’s smallest town is under siege, or so they would have you believe. Manningtree in Essex has a population of just 700 and is subject of a planning application, but this is no ordinary planning application, this is for the UK largest supermarket chain Tesco and there are some people who are none to pleased [...]
September 20, 2007Supermarkets in price fixing scam
The top five supermarket chains and the top five milk processing companies stand accused of price fixing which has added hundreds of millions of pounds to the bills of the UK consumers.
It has been announced by the Office of Fair Trading that the supermarket chains, Asda, Morrissons, Safeway, Sainsbury and Tesco, along with the milk [...]
Tinned food gets canned
Tinned food has been around for a long time now, it was first used to preserve food and was used on long expeditions to such places like the North Pole and Mountain ranges, as the food lasted for a long time. But now there are other methods of storage and packaging the humble tin can [...]