Danone CEO downplays threat of weight loss drugs on food producers

Danone CEO downplays threat of weight loss drugs on food producers

Pots of Activia yoghurt, manufactured by Danone SA, sit on display. Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of French consumer goods giant Danone downplayed the threat of obesity drugs on its food business, arguing that consumers were likely to turn to healthy products as part of their new weight loss regime. Antoine de Saint-Affrique said … Read more

Dan Pashman created a new shape of pasta. His cookbook expands pasta’s possibilities

Dan Pashman created a new shape of pasta. His cookbook expands pasta’s possibilities

NEW YORK — Food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman made the unusual step a few years ago of creating an entirely new shape of pasta. The obvious next step? Writing a cookbook to highlight it. Pashman’s “Anything’s Pastable” features dishes using 34 different pasta shapes, but especially features his cascatelli, a graceful, ruffled-edged curved shape … Read more

Unilever to split off its ice cream unit including Ben & Jerry’s; shares pop 5%

Unilever to split off its ice cream unit including Ben & Jerry’s; shares pop 5%

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on May 24, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of consumer goods giant Unilever rose more than 5% Tuesday after the company announced plans to separate its ice cream unit, which includes Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum, as part of a restructuring that will impact 7,500 jobs. “The … Read more

Delectable. Adorable. Inhalable. These sliders go well with March Madness entertaining

Delectable. Adorable. Inhalable. These sliders go well with March Madness entertaining

Game day is one of my favorite times to entertain. I don’t know why foods associated with watching sports on TV are happy-making. But they are. The food is pretty much what I would categorize as bar food – things you would order with a group of friends with a round of cold beers. Foods … Read more

Delectable. Adorable. Inhalable. These sliders go well with March Madness entertaining

Delectable. Adorable. Inhalable. These sliders go well with March Madness entertaining

Game day is one of my favorite times to entertain. I don’t know why foods associated with watching sports on TV are happy-making. But they are. The food is pretty much what I would categorize as bar food – things you would order with a group of friends with a round of cold beers. Foods … Read more

Why consumers might be getting less for their money

Why consumers might be getting less for their money

Pixelseffect | E+ | Getty Images Some grocery store products are providing less for your money. And everyone from President Joe Biden to Cookie Monster has noticed. Blame shrinkflation. The term — which is increasingly used in conversation — refers to products becoming smaller in size, weight or quantity as their prices stay the same … Read more

McDonald’s suffers global tech outage forcing some restaurants to halt operations

McDonald’s suffers global tech outage forcing some restaurants to halt operations

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images LONDON — McDonald’s suffered a system failure Friday that left customers in some parts of the world unable to order food. “We are aware of a technology outage, which impacted our restaurants; the issue is now being resolved,” a McDonald’s spokesperson said. “We thank customers for their patience … Read more

States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat

States Are Lining Up to Outlaw Lab-Grown Meat

The pushback from legislators sympathetic to ranchers and the broader meat industry puts cultivated meat companies in a difficult situation. Major meat producers Cargill and Tyson have both invested in cultivated meat companies, while Brazil’s JBS is working on a cultivated research site in Brazil. “We see ourselves as an ‘and’ solution, not an ‘or.’ … Read more

AB InBev slides after trading suspension as Altria sells stake

AB InBev slides after trading suspension as Altria sells stake

AB InBev Budweiser and Bud Light brand beer cans at a store in the Queens borough of New York on Feb. 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of AB InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, slipped more than 4% Thursday as trading resumed following a brief suspension amid emerging details of a sale by one … Read more

Foods and vitamins to take in a bid to quit on No Smoking Day 2024

Foods and vitamins to take in a bid to quit on No Smoking Day 2024

Blueberry and vanilla chia pudding recipe This particular recipe is high in magnesium, tyrosine, vitamin C, and omega-3 all of which can help you quit smoking. Even better it is the perfect recipe to help kick-start your day and there’s no better time to start than tomorrow – No Smoking Day. Ingredients: 300mls almond or … Read more