Food Industry

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…

February 4, 2020 6:13PM PT In today’s film news roundup, Woody Harrelson will star in a satire, Kaitlyn Dever will be honored, and the docs “Saul & Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band” and “Before the Plate” find distribution. CASTINGS Woody Harrelson, Harris Dickinson and Charlbi Dean have signed to star in…

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The specialty food industry, representing $150 billion in annual sales, gathered in San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show January 19 through 21. Hosted by the Specialty Food Association (SFA), a not-for-profit association with over 3,800 members, the show saw 1,400+ companies…

Gossypol (Gsp), a natural toxin concentrated in cottonseeds, poses great risks to the safe consumption of cottonseed products, which are used extensively throughout the food industry. In this work, we report the first luminescence “turn-on” sensors for Gsp using near-infrared emitting lanthanide (Ln3+) materials, including Ln3+ MOFs and Ln3+ salts.…

Sugar: multinationals have used the tobacco-industry playbook to stymie legislation aimed at cutting consumption.Credit: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception David Michaels Oxford Univ. Press (2020)In 2017, US presidential strategist Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” to defend false claims…