 | May 10, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- Lifeway kefir sales support mothers and children
Lifeway Foods is supporting the "Every Mother Counts" campaign, donating a portion of proceeds from sales of specially marked bottles of low-fat blueberry kefir. The campaign, founded by Christy Turlington Burns, aims to improve the health and lives of mothers and children. Drug Store News (5/9)        - Tyson CEO sees continued high prices for corn
Tyson CEO Donnie Smith predicts corn prices will rise even though acres planted in corn are expected to increase 4.5% over 2010. "We will still have a very tight supply and demand scenario in 2011," he said in a conference call with reporters, noting Tyson has already purchased its corn and soybean meal for fiscal 2011, which ends in October. Cattle Network (5/9)  | Food Safety Data — Available for All Stakeholders!
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The market for functional and natural ready-to-drink beverages has grown to $23 billion, according to Packaged Facts, with a compound annual growth rate of nearly 6% since 2006. Energy drinks are leading the growth by "offering consumers a distinctive benefit that they need and want," said the company. BevNET.com (5/9)  | Hire like the Fortune 500 with half off a LinkedIn job posting. Get great applicants—3 times higher quality than those from traditional job boards—from LinkedIn's 100-million-member-strong professional network. Pay $97 (50% off the usual $195) and watch your listing go viral. View this bizy deal. |
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 | Retail Spotlight | | | | - Information on food origin boosts sales, panelists say
Produce managers and dietitians boost sales by providing information about how food is grown and how it fits into a healthful lifestyle, said panelists during the United Fresh Produce Association convention. Doug Riley, a produce executive, said Hy-Vee personnel visits farms and talks with growers and shippers. "They know how it's grown," Riley said. "Those people are your best ambassadors when it comes to talking to your customers." Supermarket News (5/9)  
| Health & Wellness | | | | - Cocoa flavanols are linked to eye and brain benefits
Flavanols in cocoa appear to improve visual function and cognitive ability, said researchers who tested 30 adults ages 18 to 25 after they consumed either white chocolate or flavanol-rich dark chocolate. "As well as extending the range of cognitive tasks that are known to be influenced by [cocoa-flavanol] consumption, this is the first report of acute effects of [cocoa flavanols] on the efficiency of visual function," researchers reported. ConfectioneryNews.com (5/9) | GMA News | | | |
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - Food and beverage groups push for free trade agreements
The GMA and other food and beverage organizations are calling on Congress to quickly approve free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. "The longer it takes to implement these agreements, the more we risk losing not only future opportunities to create jobs and increase exports, but also the market share and access we currently enjoy," said a letter signed by 14 organizations. FoodNavigator (5/9)  | |  | | | | | | Copackers Manager | Dole Food Company, Inc. | Westlake Village, CA | | Promotional Products Sales Manager | Kencraft Candy | Alpine, UT | | Manager/Sr. Manager, Field Finance | Heinz | Pittsburgh, PA | | Manager, Health & Nutrition Policy | Grocery Manufacturers Association | Washington, DC | | Product Manager | Inventure Foods | Phoenix, AZ | | Market Research Manager | Barilla America | Bannockburn, IL | | Sr. Nutrition Marketing Business Partner | Kellogg Company | Battle Creek, MI | | Manager Procurement - Frozen Vegetables & Mushrooms | Campbell Soup Company | US - NJ - Camden | | | |  | |  |
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