• Kimchi SuperFood for the Flu Season

    Kimchi SuperFood for the Flu Season

    The superfood of the 21st century, scientists at Seoul National University used Kimchi to treat chickens infected with avian flu. Kimchi is a seasoned variety of Sauerkraut that shares Lactobacillus bacteria with traditional Sauerkraut, which may be the critical element in preventing Avian Flu. Korean kimchi, made by fermenting a mixture of vegetables, garlic, peppers…

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  • APPA Fine Foods Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Pasta Salad Products

    APPA Fine Foods Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Pasta Salad Products

    California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Pasta Salad Products Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-059-2010 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Adrian Gianforti APPA Fine Foods, a Corona, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,325 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because they contain cilantro that may be…

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  • Anti Inflamatory Food

    Anti Inflamatory Food

    What is inflammation? Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation. We are all familiar with the classic signs of inflammation (swelling, redness and pain) that occur when we hurt ourselves or have some kind of infection. However recent research has shown that eating the wrong foods can cause inflammation…

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  • Costco Gouda Cheese Contaminated with E. Coli

    Costco Gouda Cheese Contaminated with E. Coli

    Bravo Farms is voluntarily recalling all Dutch Style Gouda because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. E. coli O157:H7 causes diarrhea illness often with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure. Young children and the elderly are most susceptible…

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  • The first coupon ever

    The first coupon ever

    The coupon depicted here on the left offered a free sample of Coca-Cola; it was back in 1887, when the idea of the coupon was just invented by the Coca-Cola Company. Since that time the offers have not changed much; free giveaways and deep discount coupons became standard marketing practice. However, the methods of distribution…

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  • Meat and Poultry Canned Products Recall, Illinois

    Meat and Poultry Canned Products Recall, Illinois

    Illinois Firm Recalls Meat and Poultry Canned Products That May Be Underprocessed Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-058-2010 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Congressional and Public Affairs (202) 720-9113 Neil Gaffney WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2010 – Eickman’s Processing, Establishment Number 31776, in Seward, IL, is recalling approximately 12,086 pounds of meat and poultry products because they may…

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  • Safeway Inc.

    Safeway Inc.

    Safeway Inc. Ingredients for Life North America’s third largest supermarket chain, with 1,700 stores located throughout the western and central United States and western Canada. History Safeway Inc. was born of a 1926 merger between Skaggs Companies and Merrill Lynch. Skaggs, created by Marion Barton Skaggs in 1915 in American Falls, Idaho, agreed to merge…

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  • Bashas’ Grocery Stores

    Bashas’ Grocery Stores

    Bashas’ Inc. is a supermarket and superstore chain that has stores all over Arizona, California, and New Mexico, but most of them are in Arizona, where about a third of the 130 locations are in the Phoenix area. They also own and operate six markets in the Navajo Nation, as well as a grocery store…

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