Category Archives: Food.

Green Mountain Coffee shares surge

By doris | Published: February 3, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters surged nearly 25% Thursday after a stellar earnings report. After the closing bell Wednesday, Green Mountain (GMCR) reported $96 million in net income for the quarter ended in December, a 264% increase over the same quarter in the previous year that [...]

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Taco Bell jumps into the breakfast market

By doris | Published: January 29, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com It’s getting a little crowded in the breakfast nook. Fast food chain Taco Bell announced Thursday that it’s entering the breakfast fray. It joins larger rivals such as McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Subway in a market saturated with breakfast options including specialty coffees to lure in addicts who’ll buy a breakfast sandwich [...]

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McDonald’s and Chipotle earnings deliver

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Shares of McDonald’s are trading at a new all-time high after the global fast food chain managed to impress with strong earnings and sales numbers across all its markets. Fast food chains tend to benefit during recessionary economic periods as many people scale back and trade down. [...]

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Family feud over ‘M*A*S*H’ hot dog stand over

By doris | Published: October 16, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com TOLEDO, Ohio — A restaurant whose hot dogs were made famous by cross-dressing Cpl. Max Klinger on the TV series “M*A*S*H” has new owners, but it will stay within the family after a judge settled a feud on Thursday over the ownership of Tony Packo’s. A private restaurant group backed by [...]

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Pay for America’s highest-paid CEO tops $131 million

By doris | Published: October 15, 2011

Full Story at LifeInc.today.com At some point last year, about 17 million U.S. households had some difficulty feeding everyone in their family. That amounts to 14.5 percent of U.S. households, according to a report released last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The percentage of households who experienced food insecurity in 2010 was virtually [...]

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When food prices rise, some blame investors

By doris | Published: September 30, 2011

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com The news Friday that American corn supplies are larger than many had expected sent corn futures prices down, which some might take to mean that at some point people get a better deal on everything from corn chips to soda. After all, that’s the basic law of supply and demand. But [...]

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U.S. places $40 million chicken order

By doris | Published: August 17, 2011

Full Story atmoner.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The United States is stepping in to help bail out another American industry — chicken farmers and meat processors. The nation’s chicken industry is having a difficult year. Chicken producers are struggling with higher costs of running their business at the same time that consumers are buying less [...]

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Rolling restaurants: Some cities floor it, others tap the brakes

By doris | Published: August 6, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SEATTLE — Craving a gourmet meal on the fly? Food trucks plying American streets are delivering increasingly varied and sophisticated fare to the urban palate. Mobile kitchens offer hamburgers made from grass-fed cows, artisan breads, ethnic blends like Korean tacos and gourmet dishes that stand up next to fine fare from [...]

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Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery in California

By doris | Published: April 24, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc has begun testing an online grocery delivery service in San Jose, California, a company spokesman said on Saturday. The world’s biggest retailer had been rumored to be considering dipping its toe into online grocery delivery for the past few years. The “Walmart To Go” test [...]

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Higher prices for food are about to get worse

By doris | Published: March 16, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Americans are noticing higher prices at the grocery store, and it’s about to get worse. Food prices at the wholesale level rose last month by the most in 36 years. Cold weather accounted for most of it, forcing stores and restaurants to pay more for green peppers, lettuce and [...]

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Making Coke boMaking Coke bottles from sugar cane

By doris | Published: March 7, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com Coca-Cola has won praise for an initiative that significantly cut water usage at its more than 900 plants around the world. But there’s another major sustainability project at Coke. Instead of focusing on Coke’s bottling plants, this one aims to make Coke bottles out of plants.

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Campbell says sales, profit dip; cuts guidance

By doris | Published: February 20, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com PHILADELPHIA – The Campbell Soup Co. sold more cans of soup in its fiscal second quarter, but at such deep discounts it drove down the company’s profit. The quarterly decline was expected, but it came with some other bad news from the food maker. The outlook for the rest of the [...]

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Pepsi to release new ‘skinny can’

By doris | Published: February 8, 2011

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Can a soda can be sassy? Pepsi thinks so. Diet Pepsi will soon be available in a “taller, sassier new Skinny Can” that the company says is a “celebration of beautiful, confident women.”The new can — which stands just more than six inches in height – will make [...]

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Cookie cutbacks! Girl Scouts axe two cookie flavors

By doris | Published: February 5, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — It’s that time of year again: Girl Scout cookie season. But some cookie monsters won’t be able to get their favorites. The Dulce De Leche and the Thank U Berry Munch cookies are being pulled from the menu in various cities across the country, according to Michelle [...]

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