Food & Trends

  • Grocery Shopping with the Family: Celebrity Sightings

    Grocery Shopping with the Family: Celebrity Sightings

    Seeing pictures of celebrities grocery shopping reminds us that they are only human, and lead lives that in many ways are like our own. It also gives us rare glimpses of their lives as mothers, fathers, daughters, and so on. These down-to-earth sightings, away from the red carpet and the bright lights of Hollywood, intrigue…

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  • How Stars Stay Slim

    How Stars Stay Slim

    Do you ever wonder how celebrities keep their figures? Stress to stay in shape is intense in Hollywood, but celebrates seem to do it with ease. Like many other people lately, celebrities are turning to more nutritional ways to stay in shape, let’s see how… Hayden Panettiere Hayden Panettiere, star of upcoming film “Carmel” was…

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  • Does Organic Food Make People Unbearable?

    Does Organic Food Make People Unbearable?

    A Loyola University psychological scientist believes that moods people get are dependent on what they eat. According to his study, participants who ate organic food were more judgmental than those who ate comfort foods. But is this really the case? Does organic food make people unbearable? Moods are influenced by many things and it would…

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  • Meat Labeling With Regard to Antibiotics

    Meat Labeling With Regard to Antibiotics

    Over the years, more and more information about antibiotics has been discovered and dispatched to the general consumer population. This has led to the consumer population reducing the use of antibiotics directly. However, there is also the possibility of antibiotics being used by an indirect route. There has been sensitization that some food animals are…

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  • News on Belle Foods, Walmart and Bristol Farms

    News on Belle Foods, Walmart and Bristol Farms

    After acquiring C & S Wholesale Growers, Belle Foods has plans to rebrand their new stores under their new Belle Foods banner. The conversion plans are expected to take place in the next 18 months with Belle Foods wanting to position themselves with a family owned theme. Currently stores in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi…

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  • Grocery Store Loyalty Cards – Inducing Fear or Loyalty

    Grocery Store Loyalty Cards – Inducing Fear or Loyalty

    It is now a reality that you could be paying a higher price than the person behind you on that grocery store queue even if you may have the same quantity and brands of groceries. Discounted prices are increasingly being availed only to those ‘loyal’ customers who have a grocery store loyalty card. While the…

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  • ACME

    ACME

    ACME was founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by two Irish immigrants, Samuel Robinson and Robert Crawford in South Philadelphia. Etymology: The root of the word Acme is thought to originate from the Greeks ‘akme,’ which meant ‘highest point’ or ‘peak.’ Its use is traced to around the 1560’s. The year 1917 saw a merger…

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  • Eating Alone: The New Norm

    Eating Alone: The New Norm

    A new analysis done of American’s eating trends has revealed that for every adult, 46% of eating time is done alone. The investigation shows a transformation of the traditional meal from the family oriented to snacking alone. The study conducted by The Hartman Group attributes this developing habit of consumers eating alone due to thriving…

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