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2010-03-14 Search Market Share Trends: More Downside for YHOO, Upside for MSFT and laquo; Note of the Day

The search businesses of Yahoo and Microsoft both make money from contextual advertising, known as keyword advertising, that is based on the type of search a user conducts. For example, a user searching for restaurants NYC would be shown a variety of advertisements on the right-hand side of Yahoo search results pertaining to restaurants and food services in New York City.

Below we explain the significance of search market share for the stocks of both Yahoo and Microsoft. We also highlight how there may be additional downside to our Yahoo forecast and upside to our Microsoft forecast based on the trends indicated by the recent Comscore report.

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2010-03-13 12 food trends we observed at the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices show Rumours and Rumblings

Of food trends, we decided to attend the annual conference of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) to see if the proof was in the pudding. Turns out, it was in the verrines (see photo). Our 12 key trend observations, after the jump.

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Sustainable sources of protein were everywhere, including seafood and game (kangaroo, bison and tangy wild muskox).

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To follow up the Canadian Chef Survey of food trends, we decided to attend the annual conference of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association

2010-03-12 Canadian Chefs Predict Food Trends of the Future Sustainability Fast Company

Macrobiotic food, raw food, local food. the list of food trends that have popped up in restaurants in recent years is virtually endless. The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) recently surveyed 400 chefs to find out what they think about the future of food, with some surprising (and not-so-surprising) results.

One big trend that chefs predict well see in the coming years: gluten-free food and beer. As awareness about gluten intolerance increases, gluten-free food has increasingly shown up on forward-thinking restaurant menus. Gluten-free beer is a little less common, but chefs predict beers made with sorghum, buckwheat, rice, maize, amaranth, flax, millet, and other barley substitutes are poised to hit the bigtime.

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Bard Macrobiotic food, raw food, local food. the list of food trends that have popped up in restaurants in recent years is virtually endless. The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) recently surveyed 400 chefs to find out what they think about the future of food, with some surprising (and not-so-surprising) results.

2010-03-08 University of North Carolina study links snacking trends to childhood obesity

When asked about the contributing factor to these trends, she states, "There is some debate here. First, very young children are not choosing what they eat, so they have what their parents are giving to them. If their parents have unhealthy nutritional habits, their kids will inherit them. On the other hand, older children, adolescent, and young adults eat what they want. This is another important point, because one of the easiest food sources to find in middle schools and high schools are vending machines, which have candy, chips and some other junk food that people really like. "

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In a recent Health Affairs issue, Carmen Piernas, Ph. D. Student, and Dr. Barry M. Popkin, Ph. D. , of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nutrition Department , published their findings of a four month long research study. - Breaking news top news current news headline news top news stories todays news todays news news online

2010-03-06 BJP slams Centre on price rise issue - Oneindia News

New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Centre for its stand on inflationary food trends.

Its not that the food prices have started rising today. Unfortunately the international commodity market really started hardening in the middle of 2008. Then, well a good crop season did moderate prices as far as we are concerned," said Tiwari.

Senior BJP leader S S Ahluwalia said the steps taken by the Congress Government have not eased spiralling food prices, which have further pushed the inflation to what some economists expect could hit 10 percent this month.

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New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Centre for its stand on inflationary food trends. - BJP slams Centre on price rise issue

2010-03-05 Hot wedding catering trends for 2010 Rockfords News Leader

Consider yourselves total foodies Get guests excited about the menu with interactive food stations, manned by talented chefs who can chat ingredients and cooking methods. Some interactive food station ideas: stir-fry stations, grilling stations, sushi-rolling stations, tortilla-making stations, and more.

Re-think a sit-down reception dinner and go for more of a cocktail party, inspired by the cocktail hour era of the 1950s and 60s. Serve old-school cocktails (like gin and tonics and whiskey sours), hire a live big band (or ask your DJ to stick to the classics), and order up a menu of heavy hors doeuvres and food stations.

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2010-03-03 Prices for some items vary widely at stores Deseret News

The national grocery trend report said that shoppers have economized to make it through the recession in stages. First, they saved money by switching from fine dining to fast food and looked for supermarket "meals" to replace restaurant fare. Next, they started buying more private brands, using coupons and shopping with a list. Stage 3 included switching to supercenters, warehouse clubs and limited-assortment stores.

And that quest is the top reason consumers choose to shop at particular stores, according to the Food Marketing Institutes most recent report, Grocery Shopper Trends 2009. Convenience is the second reason.

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2010-03-01 Food and Beverage Trends:More food parks for India

The Mega Food Park in Assam with an investment of around Rs. 76 crores will be a notable achievement for the State as this would help transform the agriculture in the State by fostering value addition and provide the thrust for the shift of conventional farming practices into a market driven and clusterised farming thereby giving a multiplier effect to the value of agricultural produce of farmers. The Union government will provide Rs. 50 crores ofr this project. It is expected to leverage an investment of about Rs. 200-250 crores in the form of food processing units proposed to be set up in the mega food park. It will also attract a sizeable amount of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), as FDI up to 100 pct. is under automatic route for most of the processed food products.

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Last week, Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of Food Processing Industries met the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of North East Mega Food Park, who is setting up the Mega Food Park at Nalbari in Assam to take stock of progress and expedite implementation of the project during his visit to North East - Eggs Coca-Cola food processing India food parks green tea specialty tea discount food

2010-02-28 PR-USA. net - Scientific Skills Recruitment in the Food Sector Set to Grow in 2010

Now in its fourth year the 2009-2010 survey was completed by 554 UK employers of scientists, including food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, oil, petrochemical, biotechnology and healthcare companies, research institutes and government departments. All were involved in recruitment and were mostly working in an HR or senior technical/scientific role. The results show both regional and sector specific trends.

Although the UK science labour market had a tough 2009, shedding both permanent and contract staff, the food sector has been resilient to the consumer downturn and saw an increase in the requirement for skilled scientists. The majority of respondents in this sector found it no harder in 2009 than 2008 to recruit staff, in fact compared to the scientific sector as a whole, Food companies found it much easier to recruit.

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