Category Archives: Food and Drink

03Oct/20

Dive into October National Seafood Month with the Marine Stewardship Council’s New Educational Guide to Sustainable Seafood

October 3, 2020Food and DrinkArticles, Food and drink, GlobeScan, Illegal unreported and unregulated fishing, Marine Stewardship Council, Natural environment, Overfishing, Seafood, Seafood Choices Alliance, Sustainability, Sustainable food system, Sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification, United Statessmbale

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a nonprofit whose sole mission is to end overfishing, today released a new resource designed to help Americans choose seafood that is “Good for you and the ocean too.” The MSC Blue Fish Guide, a digital guidebook available on the MSC-US website, is a helpful resource for Americans who want to add more seafood to their diets without costing the planet. The Guide’s release is timely with Seafood Month but also because according to a 2020 global study conducted by an independent research and strategy consultancy, GlobeScan, and commissioned by MSC, 55% of U.S. seafood consumers believe that we must consume seafood only from sustainable sources to protect the ocean. Furthermore, 64% of Americans want retailers’ and brands’ claims about sustainability and the environment to be clearly labeled by an independent organization, such as the MSC. Read more

03Oct/20

Sarah Jessica Parker Receives Most Prestigious Award Of The Wine World

October 3, 2020Food and DrinkAlcoholic drinks, Articles, Fermented drinks, Food and drink, Invivo Wines, Rob Cameron, Sarah Jessica, Sarah Jessica Parker, The Drinks Business, Tim Lightbourne, Winesmbale

Sarah Jessica Parker’s wine brand, Invivo X, SJP, has been awarded ‘Best Launch of the Year’ by the 2020 Drinks Business Awards that recognizes outstanding companies in the alcoholic drinks industry.

To celebrate the coveted award, Sarah Jessica and her business partners at Invivo Wines, Tim Lightbourne and Rob Cameron, filmed an awards ceremony-style acceptance speech in their homes, released today. The global wine accolade was awarded to the trio by Europe’s largest industry title, The Drinks Business – regarded as the most authoritative, international respected badge of achievement. Read more

02Aug/20

H2-WHOA: Dehydration warning as nine out of ten Brits not drinking enough water, despite UK heatwave according to Actiph Water research

August 2, 2020Food and DrinkArticles, Coffee, Crops, Drinks, Energy drink, Food and drink, Heat wave, Matter, Non-alcoholic drinks, United Kingdom, Watersmbale

90% of Brits drink less than 2 litres of water a day, according to new research carried out by alkaline water brand Actiph, with 1 in 10 drinking no water at all.
The research also showed the nation is instead reaching for highly acidic beverages such as coffee and energy drinks.
With temperatures set to soar in the UK, these shocking figures reveal millions of Brits are risking dehydration during the impending heatwave. Read more

02Aug/20

LG SIGNATURE And Acclaimed Wine Critic, James Suckling, Present The Art Of Enjoying Wine

August 2, 2020Food and DrinkArticles, Brand, Food and drink, Humans, James Suckling, Suckling, Wine, Wine criticssmbale

LG SIGNATURE, maker of ultra-premium home appliances including the recently launched LG SIGNATURE Wine Cellar, has teamed up with brand ambassador and world-renowned wine critic, James Suckling, to show consumers the perfect way to start their own wine journey. Read more

28Jul/20

Siduri Winery Serves Up Holographic Augmented Reality Experience

July 28, 2020Food and DrinkAugmented reality, Marketing, Pinot, Siduri, Websmbale

Critically-acclaimed Pinot Noir specialist, Siduri, today announces a first-of-its-kind photorealistic holographic Web AR (Augmented Reality) experience that brings compelling visual storytelling to the consumer goods industry. In collaboration with Rock Paper Reality, an augmented reality design firm, this disruptive technology allows Siduri to easily engage and educate consumers in a new way, bringing to life the winery’s ethos – that serious wine and serious fun aren’t mutually exclusive. Read more

20Jul/20

Don’t Trash the Box: Domino’s® and WestRock Partner to Encourage Customers to Recycle Their Pizza Boxes

July 20, 2020Food and DrinkDomino's, Domino's Pizza, Domino's Pizza Group, DPZ, Food and drink, Italian-American cuisine, Pizza, Pizza box, Pizza delivery, Recycling, Restaurant chains, Restaurants, WestRocksmbale

Domino’s (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, wants to see customers recycle their pizza boxes. Today, Domino’s and its primary box supplier, WestRock, are launching recycling.dominos.com – a website to share the facts about pizza box recycling. The website is a hub of information on pizza box recycling, including instructions on how to recycle pizza boxes, and a guide for what to do if a customer’s community does not accept pizza boxes for recycling. Read more

06Jan/20

COLLEGE SNACKING TRENDS 2020: From Midnight Munchies to Ethical Snacking

January 6, 2020Food and DrinkBusiness/Finance, driver in the newest snack products, Education, Snack foods, snack productssmbale

The snacks college students demand reflect the young consumers’ socially-minded lives. This is the driver in the newest snack products coming to the market in 2020. Read More

27Jan/18

France Nutella sales triggers shopping frenzy

January 27, 2018Food and DrinkBlack Friday, Business/Finance, Calendars, Distribution business), Economy, Food and drink, Foods, France, Hazelnut, Intermarché, Italian cuisine, Nutella, Supermarket, Swarm behaviour, TRELISSACsmbale

70 percent discount on Nutella sparks chaos in French supermarkets as customers swarm around stand and staff try to restore order Continue reading →

12Nov/17

White truffles – how to find them, eat them and sell them

November 12, 2017Food and DrinkALBA, Alba Piedmont, Alba White Truffle, Country: Italy, Dubai, Edible fungi, Environment, Food and drink, French cuisine, Fungi, Geography of Italy, Italian cuisine, Italy, Jimmy, Organisms, Personal life, Piercarlo Vacchina, Truffle, Truffle hog, Tuber, Tuber magnatum, Tuber melanosporumsmbale

ALBA, ITALY (NOVEMBER 11, 2017) (REUTERS) – Alba in the north western region of Piemonte is known as Italy’s white truffle capital. Licensed truffle hunters forage from autumn through late February with dogs trained to recognize their scent. Growing spontaneously in the earth in just a few regions of Italy and central Europe, white truffles have a unique flavour and aroma. Continue reading →

31Oct/17

McDonald’s new Chinese name mixed in translation

October 31, 2017Food and DrinkAnita, Anita Li, Blog, China, Companies, Company: MCDONALD 'S, Company: McDonalds, Country: China, Genealogy, Golden Arches, MCDONALD 'S, McDonald's, News media, Oak Brook Illinois, Restaurants, Reuters, Shanghai, Sumlock ANITA calculator, Weibosmbale

McDonalds has chosen a new name in China, but as Anita Li reports that’s not going down well in the country. Continue reading →