 | May 8, 2012 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
| Company Watch |  |  | | - Biographer: Frozen-food inventor Birdseye "was a real foodie"
Mark Kurlansky, author of "Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man," said Clarence Birdseye "was a real foodie" who talked to farmers about "how they could make their processes and their product better suited for industry." The inventor of frozen food lived for a while in Newfoundland, where he learned from Inuits who were fishing that "if you freeze very quickly, you don't destroy the texture of food." National Public Radio (5/6)       - Century-old Oreo hits a growth spurt
Oreo, the Kraft brand celebrating 100 years since it was introduced, grew almost 25% in 2011 and is now a $2 billion brand. "In fact, Oreo has had average growth of more than 17% annually since 2006," said Kraft chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld. "It surpassed $2 billion in annual revenues in 2011 -- doubling sales over just five years ago." Consumer Goods Technology News (5/7)  | Fly a lot? Earn 3X rewards points on airline purchases with The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
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  - 3 hot food trends from the 2012 NRA show
 Food trucks, gluten-free dishes and wine for the masses are three hot foodservice trends that are only growing hotter, fueled by companies including Mobi Munch, Udi's Gluten Free Foods, The Skinny Vine and Copa Di Vino, all of which showed off their wares at the National Restaurant Association's show this week. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Food & Beverage (5/8)   | Corporate Social Responsibility | |  | | |  | - Green companies have nothing to hide
Truly sustainable companies have no reason to obfuscate or overstate their environmental achievements, writes Sarah Coles. That's because their CSR achievements aren't a veneer painted over a company's real goals but a manifestation of those priorities. "As CSR professionals, this is going to be one of our bigger challenges: To think about CSR not just as meeting a list of external benchmarks, but also as meeting our own internal goals," Coles explains. CSRwire Talkback blog (5/4)  - Stickers and websites provide nutrition data for produce
Retailers are finding ways to provide nutrition information for produce, despite limitations because items typically are sold in bulk bins. "Some of the most innovative on-pack marketing campaigns in produce involve QR codes and websites with a connection to where the food was grown and who grew it, plus what vitamins and minerals are in the foods," said Lorna Christie, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Produce Marketing Association. Supermarket News (5/7)  | 10 Principles for Building an Effective Human Capital Plan
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 - Safeway decides to phase out caged pork
Safeway said it will stop sourcing pork from suppliers that cage pregnant hogs, a practice considered inhumane by animal-rights groups. Though Safeway said the shift will take a "long period," the announcement prompted praise from the Humane Society of the United States and concern from the National Pork Producers Council. "It seems that Safeway was intimidated by an animal-rights group whose ultimate goal is the elimination of food-animal production," council President R.C. Hunt said. Reuters (5/7), Progressive Grocer (5/7)  | First Data Global Gateway e4℠ allows you to accept online payment transactions with a simple, secure and reliable payment gateway solution. Through our easily integrated solution, we can help minimize PCI scope, reduce fraud and improve efficiencies. Discover how First Data can help reduce the cost of doing business online. |
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| Government & Food Safety | | | | - BPI will shutter 3 processing plants
Beef Products, maker of lean, finely textured beef that became known as "pink slime," plans to close facilities in Texas, Kansas and Iowa, putting more than 650 people out of work. "While we had hoped to be able to resume operation at those plants, that is not going to be possible in the immediate future and the temporary suspension of operations will in fact result in the elimination of those jobs effective May 25, 2012," according to the company. Reuters (5/7)
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