News on Speciality Food 200805

2008-06-07 Michael Pollan urges us not to give up on eco-friendly habits Environment The Guardian

Of course, what made this sort of specialisation possible in the first place was cheap energy. Cheap fossil fuel allows us to pay distant others to process our food for us, to entertain us and to (try to) solve our problems, with the result that there is very little we know how to accomplish for ourselves. Think for a moment of all the things you suddenly need to do for yourself when the power goes out - up to and including entertaining yourself. Think, too, about how a power failure causes your neighbours - your community - to suddenly loom so much larger in your life. Cheap energy allowed us to leapfrog community by making it possible to sell our speciality over great distances as well as summon into our lives the specialities of countless distant others.

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Do you feel its a waste of time trying to prevent climate change That reducing your carbon footprint is pointless when someone else is happy to increase theirs That changing lightbulbs is a futile and hellip; - Ethical living Food Environment Climate change Books Food and drink Life and style Environment

2008-06-01 Eat No Evil :

People have always wanted to eat healthy. What has changed is that eating healthy no longer means giving up what you love to eat," says Pankaj Gupta, retail and consumer practice head, Tata Strategic Management Group, which predicted in a late-2007 report that the changing lifestyles of Indian consumers will encourage more people to buy speciality foods, pre-packaged for the sake of convenience. Concurs Maheshwari B. , senior consulting analyst at Frost and Sullivan, "Highly aware consumers, a change in lifestyles of the urban elite and increased knowledge of the importance of preventive healthcare are fuelling the sales of these specialised processed foods. " And big companies such as Nestle India, Unilever, Kellogg et al are launching new food products to meet these demands.

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2008-06-07 The India retail story - Express Hospitality

Over the last few years Indian retail has witnessed rapid transformation in many areas of the business by setting scalable and profitable retail models across categories. Indian consumers are rapidly evolving and accepting modern retail formats. New and indigenised formats such as departmental stores, hypermarkets, supermarkets, speciality and convenience stores, and malls, multiplexes and fun zones are fast dotting the retail landscape. By 2011, India will have an additional 280 hypermarkets, 3,200 supermarkets, 400 department stores, and approximately 1,200 mega speciality stores (the category killers) and 20,000 exclusive brand outlets across the various retail categories. Malls alone will provide an additional 200 million square feet of gross leasable quality retail space (GLA) by year

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2008-05-17 MBA programmes with sparkle - MBAs Guide, Postgraduate - The Independent

The MBA has six electives, all geared to the industry, and is offered fulltime (for and pound;13,450) as well as part-time or online. An alternative for those looking east is the executive MBA in oil and gas run by Stockholm School of Economics in Russia. Italy and rsquo;s top business school, SDA Bocconi in Milan, has a new masters (taught entirely in English) in fine food and beverage, starting this year, which will allow students access to the University of Gastronomic Sciences and to Alma, the leading training centre for Italian cuisine, based in the heart of the and ldquo;food valley and rdquo; near Parma. Students will get regular dinners prepared by international chefs. Bocconi already runs a masters in fashion and design Management and in small and medium-sized enterprises, on which, it says, Italy and rsquo;s

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2008-05-23 Top names flock to the Meadows for Taste of Edinburgh The List

Just one week before it sets out its culinary stall in Edinburghs Meadows, the organisers of Taste of Edinburgh have announced four new features to this years programme. The new trimmings have been added to a festival which already promises to boast the best of Scotlands food industries, with sampling stands from over 100 speciality food and drink suppliers throughout the weekend, and a slew of food and drinks biggest names on site.

Sarah Forbes, Taste of Edinburgh festival director, said of the programme: We recognised the appetite for interactive events at last years festival and are introducing more of these to further enhance Taste of Edinburgh in 2008 and make it a truly unmissable experience for anyone who wants to explore and enjoy great food and drink.

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Just one week before it sets out its culinary stall in Edinburghs Meadows, the organisers of Taste of Edinburgh have announced four new features to this years programme. The new trimmings have been added to a festival which already promises to boast - Top names flock to the Meadows for Taste of Edinburgh news taste-of-edinburgh

2008-05-04 Botaneco signs feasibility agreement with Croda to develop specialty crop oil formulation

Program will focus on evaluation of Botanecos technology to add functionality to Echium oil TSX symbol: SBS CALGARY /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Botaneco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SemBioSys Genetics Inc. , today announced that it has signed a feasibility agreement with Croda Enterprise Technology, part of Croda International Plc, an international manufacturer of speciality ingredients with 2007 sales of pnds stlg 886. 1m. Croda will evaluate the ability of Botanecos technology platform to improve the stability and versatility of Echium Plantagineum (Echium) oil, a speciality oil containing omega-3 fatty acids. Under the terms of the agreement, Botaneco will provide Croda with material for purposes of chemical and functional analysis, and to determine the viability

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2008-05-04 Sales Executive - TSNN Event Jobs

We are looking for salesperson to take on the role of sales executive on a full time basis on Speciality Fine Food Fair(SFFF) and IFE. SFFF is the UKs premier trade exhibition for the speciality and artisan food market and will take place at Olympia in . In addition IFE is the UKs largest exhibition for the food and drink sector delivering over 1500 exhibiting companies and 26,000 visitors every 2 years at ExCeL. This requires an individual with excellent time management skills to manage customer relationships across both shows.

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2008-06-01 Star: Pearl of the Garden Route

Knysna is offering a range of tourist highlights throughout the festival calendar. There is also no shortage of fine food and great restaurants in the little town as local farmers are producing more organic and speciality produce to cater to an increasingly demanding eating public.

Greg Vogt explained why the translocation attempts in the forests had failed: "Foraging for food in the forest is difficult, most elephants are used to bush and scrub. One elephant that was translocated was found to have died of starvation. " As GM of the Elephant Park, he told us about the growing politics of elephant riding and his new role as spokesperson for the Elephant Trainers Association. He explained that the elephants at the Knysna Elephant Park had all come to the park as orphans and their aim had been to re-create a substitute family environment as if they were in a group in nature. - Trish Beaver

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South African and international news and sports coverage from Johannesburgs daily newspaper. Strong lifestyle section, Verve. - News South Africa sport lifestyle Johannesburg

2008-05-14 First Ill eat this sandwich, then well talk about the cup - Haaretz - Israel News

Beitar Jerusalem captain Arik Benado was hungry. For 20 minutes he had sat in the small room where the press conference was held, answering a plethora of questions: Yes, he was excited for the State Cup final against Hapoel Tel Aviv today; yes, he was looking forward to the encounter. But what he really, really wanted at that moment was only one thing: A crunchy, mini-baguette filled with salami and Dijon mustard - the caterers speciality. Only after wiping his dirty hand on a napkin did he free himself entirely to answer serious questions about todays game in Ramat Gan. "What are you eating" one journalist asked jokingly. "Dont you have any food at home" quipped another.

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First Ill eat this sandwich, then well talk about the cup -News and commentary relating to events in Israel, the occupied territories, and the world, along with an archive of past issues - First Ill eat this sandwich then well talk about the cup Haaretz Israel news Israel newspapers Israel business news Israel financial news Israeli news Israeli newspaper Israeli newspapers

2008-05-07 Global food industry news, market research and analysis

This briefing is our second annual research review, in which we round up some findings from just-foods recently published market sector research reports. Last year saw us release some brand new titles and as well as updates of our established reports. Extracts are provided from our global market reviews of indulgence foods and NPD strategies, and the latest report on branded foods in India. 2008 is building up to be a busy year for research, so look out for some great upcoming titles.

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Food industry news, market research and expert analysis with global covering including Retail, Dairy, Bakery, Confectionery, Consumer and Trend Analysis, Ingredients, Meat and Poultry, Packaged/Canned Food, Snack/Convenience Food, Healthy/Functional Foods, Organic Food, Food Safety/Legal, Food industry comppany information and profiles, Frozen Food, Baby/Childrens Food, Food Packaging