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AmazonFresh to Sell Groceries Online, Testing in Los Angeles Before Nationwide Roll Out
Amazon has a new service called "AmazonFresh" which will be selling groceries online. The giant Internet retailer is said to be prepping a major expansion into the grocery market, planning to offer eggs, strawberries, and everything else in dozens of cities, sources tell Reuters. Delivery.com Enters Dry Cleaning Business After Purchasing Brinkmat
Delivery.com, a merchant delivery company, has acquired Brinkmat, a startup that's built an online scheduling and ordering platform for local laundry and dry cleaning businesses, Venture Beats notes. Chef Jamie Oliver cooks up global expansion for Italian chain
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver inspired home cooks across Britain with his "pukka tukka" or nutritious food recipes and now he wants to expand his profile internationally by opening up to 20 of his Italian restaurants around the world. U.S. food manufacturers push for end to sugar-to-ethanol program
Food manufacturers and big sugar buyers said on Monday they believe a proposed U.S. sugar-to-ethanol program will cost twice as much as a government estimate and urged Congress to repeal it as part of broader changes in sugar policy. U.S. Senate largely rebuffs Obama plan for food-aid reform
The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to make only a minor change in the main U.S. global food aid program, rebuffing President Barack Obama's call for the biggest reform of the hunger relief program since the Cold War. Taco Bell Employee Photographed Licking Tacos [PHOTO]
A photo of an unnamed Taco Bell employee licking a stack of taco shells was uploaded to Taco Bell's Facebook wall which has gone viral. Starbucks Bans Smoking 25 Feet Near Store
If you like to enjoy your Starbucks cup of Joe with a cigarette, you will have to do so at least 25 feet away from the store, Starbucks said Friday. France to Double Organic Farming Area by 2017: Report
France aims to double the farmland area used to grow organic agriculture by 2017 to meet growing consumer demand through local production, Reuters note on Friday. US Obesity Epidemic is still soaring: Report
The obesity epidemic in the United States does not seem to be ending anytime soon, Washington Times noted on Friday. McDonald's CEO to 9-Year-Old Girl: We Don't Sell Junkfood, I lost 20 lbs Eating McDonalds
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson made a super-sized error when he told a girl, age 9, that his fast-food chain doesn't sell "junk food." He also said he has lost a whopping 20 pounds by eating McDonald's, in a bid to squash the ongoing relationship between McDonald's and obesity. Smithfield Foods Takeover: China Growing Need for Food Supplies
Shuangui International made news yesterday after announcing its $4.7 billion buyout of Smithfield Foods, which is poised to become the largest-ever Chinese takeover of a U.S. company. US consumers have been left concerned about their meat supply. Smithfield Foods to Be Sold to Chinese Meat Processor: Report
Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. for approximately $4.72 billion, the largest acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese company, according to reports released Wednesday. Germany's DZ Bank to end food commodity speculation
Germany's DZ Bank is to end speculation in food commodities, following a move taken by several other German banks, a letter from the bank showed on Monday. Decline in biodiversity of farmed plants, animals gathering pace
A decline in the diversity of farmed plants and livestock breeds is gathering pace, threatening future food supplies for the world's growing population, the head of a new United Nations panel on biodiversity said on Monday.
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