Fri, 07/01/2016 - 8:35am Comments Todd Allsup VP, Food & Beverage Facility, Stellar As Henry Kissinger said, “If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.” But how do we develop an effective roadmap when the industry is in a state of transformation? During our Food Engineering webinar last week , co-host Diane Wolf and I discussed the importance of a…
Food waste or food loss is food that is discarded or lost uneaten. The causes of food waste or loss are numerous, and occur at the stages of production , processing , retailing and consumption. Global food loss and waste amounts to between one-third [1] and one-half [2] of all food produced. Loss and wastage occurs at all stages of the food supply chain or value chain . In low-income countries, most loss occurs during production, while in developed countries much food –…
▪Auto, truck and van rentals ▪Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ▪Banks, credit unions, check cashing, wire transfer and other financial services ▪Food and beverage stores, including grocery stores, supermarkets, specialty food stores, meat markets, fish and seafood markets, fruit and vegetable markets, and beer, wine and liquor shops. ▪Pharmacies and drug stores ▪General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters ▪Pet and pet…
▪Auto, truck and van rentals ▪Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ▪Banks, credit unions, check cashing, wire transfer and other financial services ▪Food and beverage stores, including grocery stores, supermarkets, specialty food stores, meat markets, fish and seafood markets, fruit and vegetable markets, and beer, wine and liquor shops. ▪Pharmacies and drug stores ▪General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters ▪Pet and pet…
To get that monogram tote bag by Louis Vuitton or leather Flashtrek sneakers by Gucci, the go-to place had been luxury department stores. Not anymore. Now, there are far more options to access exclusive labels. You can buy them at online sites like Netaporter. Or get them barely used through sites like Fashionphile and The RealReal. You can even rent…
To get that monogram tote bag by Louis Vuitton or leather Flashtrek sneakers by Gucci, the go-to place had been luxury department stores. Not anymore. Now, there are far more options to access exclusive labels. You can buy them at online sites like Netaporter. Or get them barely used through sites like Fashionphile and The RealReal. You can even rent…
To get that monogram tote bag by Louis Vuitton or leather Flashtrek sneakers by Gucci, the go-to place had been luxury department stores. Not anymore. Now, there are far more options to access exclusive labels. You can buy them at online sites like Netaporter. Or get them barely used through sites like Fashionphile and The RealReal. You can even rent…
Maine health authorities have ordered that edible products containing the non-psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant must be removed from stores because the product is not a federally approved food additive.
For this first issue I want to write a bit about food environments and how they affect our health. I promise to make sweeping generalizations and to not provide any tangible solutions moving forward. But I will hopefully raise some issues to light and give us all some things to ponder. I will kick this off with some terminology. “Food environment” is a term I will use to convey what food is available to us, through what setting, in our community. A fabulous…
Today, I received notice from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that Odwalla Chocolate Protein drink, also known as Chocolate Protein Soy and Milk Protein Shake, is being recalled. The reason is that four U.S. consumers had severe allergic reactions to it. All these individuals are allergic to peanuts, and two of them also have known allergies to tree nuts. The full recall notice is at the bottom of this page. Odwalla stated on its Facebook page that “This beverage contains no peanut…