Food Industry

I can hardly keep up with the accounts of the CBD business.  The business is booming. The research?  Not so much. The regulation? Lagging. Here are some recent items. NASDA, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, has a report on hemp. Plaintiff’s Bar turns attention to CBD with…

The food industry shares real stories on business actions to advance food safety in new case study booklet.PARIS, Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is excited to announce its new and improved Case Study Booklet, released just ahead of the 2020 GFSI Conference in Seattle,…

Investment fuels growth to shake up the traditional "plant-based" industryKIBBUTZ GIVAT BRENNER, Israel, Feb. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinom, Ltd., the leading seed breeding startup, announces it has closed its Series B round of funding of $10 million, led by BASF Venture Capital, Germany followed by Roquette, France; and Trendlines…

The new MSNBC show ‘What’s Eating America’ tackles immigration, the food industry, and more by examining the stories of people working to raise, process, and harvest what we eat. ‘What’s Eating America’ host Andrew Zimmern joins Joy Reid to discuss saying, ‘It is confounding to me how few people understand…

Subway's franchisees expressed concerns over the chain's upcoming "buy a footlong and get a footlong" promotion, saying it may pose a financial risk, according to a new report.The National Association of Subway Franchisees project the company's franchisees will see a loss in profits due to the nearly month-long promotion when it hits stores…

R&D Kitchen at New York WeWork Food Labs: Courtesy of Alexandra Rowley/The LuupeWeWork WeWork Labs The co-working space business has largely become a commodity industry. Key success metrics include: 1)    Attracting tenants to maximize occupancy rates 2)   Maintaining low levels of churn  3)   Having tenants/members stay for as long as possible 4)   Increasing average rental…

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo LALA, S.A.B. de C.V., a Mexican company focused on the healthy food industry ("LALA") (BMV: LALA B), announces that, as resolved by the Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting held on March 25, 2019 (the "Assembly"), the payment of an annual cash dividend of $…

Alejandro Castañon Special to San Angelo Standard-Times Published 6:08 AM EST Feb 10, 2020 As an advisor, I see many businesses of all shapes and sizes. Typically, when I meet with a startup venture the main topic of discussion is financing. There are many great ideas out there that could…

Worrying news from New York City and elsewhere Restaurants in Chinatowns around the world are seeing a decline in business due to unwarranted fears of the coronavirus. chensiyuan/Creative Commons As the world continues to monitor efforts to contain and find a cure for the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the sense…

The fast-food giant just closed out an unusually strong year for global growth. McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) just took a big step in the right direction. In its fourth-quarter earnings report, the fast-food chain failed to show a return to customer traffic growth in the core U.S. market. However, that critical trend…