Clean Eating: Who’s Shopping The Perimeter?

The trend toward more natural, i.e. “clean” eating continues and companies in the food industry – especially manufacturers of packaged “center of the store” foods, have needed to adapt. Grocery stores are noticing a drop in center of the store sales, which tend to be packaged and frozen foods, while more consumers are choosing fresh, perishable […]

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The Great Restaurant PR Flurry of 2015: Taco Bell

We were quick to jump on the news a few weeks ago when Chipotle announced that they would be banning GMOs from their menu, attempting to gauge whether the move would attract new diners. This led to a second wave of analysis into Chipotle’s long history of living and dying by the sword of foodie […]

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The Food Ingredients and Additives Seen as Most Harmful

There are always new studies emerging and new articles informing us what to cut out of our diet, making it difficult for consumers to keep up with the latest food and health trends. The latest news and trends seem to focus on “clean eating,” and food manufacturers and retailers are making moves to capture the loyalty […]

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Healthy Snackers, Frequent Snackers – They’re Not Who You Think

Snacking. It’s a pretty hot topic right now, with many diet and wellness experts for the past few years heavily promoting smaller main meals and more frequent snacking on healthy foods as the trend. The idea is by satiating yourself more regularly throughout the day, you are less prone to overeating at meal time and […]

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Consumers Serve Up a Split Opinion on the Fast Food Wage Debate

With many chain restaurants still recovering from slumped sales during the harsh winter and overall sluggish same-store sales growth, the next issue they must weather is increased lobbying from many of the industry’s workers to secure higher hourly wages to obtain more livable earnings. The specific push is for a $15 per hour minimum wage. […]

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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About People Who Love Whole Foods

You could probably guess that the average Whole Foods lover is more likely than average to have a higher income and to live in an urban or suburban area. And, we doubt you’d be surprised to learn that they prefer to buy organic and bring grocery bags from home to help the environment. However, we […]

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