  | December 7, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
- How ConAgra and its employees give back
 Companies can boost efforts at the holidays to help causes they support all year long by engaging employees and their families to volunteer and contribute, says ConAgra Foods Foundation President Christopher Kircher. "Not only do employees appreciate the opportunity to give back with their families' help, the additional volunteers can provide more resources for the particular cause being addressed," he says. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Restaurants (12/7)       - Nots! offers allergy-free nut snacking
A businessman whose son has a nut allergy created Nots!. The snack includes sunflower seeds and sugars in the size of a nut and does not include any of the big allergens, such as peanut, tree nut, soy, wheat, dairy, egg, fish and shellfish. "If you create a food that anyone can eat, you've made a better product," said the creator. Fergus Falls Daily Journal (Minn.) (12/5)  | |  | | | Morning Meal & Snack Occasion Report Released
The NPD Group's new report on morning meal and snack occasions indicates that some 30 million consumers skip breakfast on any given day. Males 18-34 skip breakfast the most with 28 percent of them missing the most important meal of the day. Among children, the incidence of skipping increases as children age through their teen years. The NPD Group | |  | |  |
| Trends |  |  | |  | Earn 2X rewards points on shipping costs with The New Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN. Designed to earn Membership Rewards® points faster:
• 3X points on airfare
• 2X points on advertising, gas, and shipping
• 1X points on everything else
LEARN MORE AND APPLY |
  - Purina uses QR codes to increase donations
Purina pet foods started placing QR codes on its packages in November in an effort to drive donations to its charity that supports animal shelters. Every time the bar codes are scanned, Purina will donate $1 to provide pet food to shelters throughout the U.S. Mobile Marketer (12/7)  | There's a bigger story on HFCS. Read all about it. Changes are happening now with sweeteners. Get the whole story on HFCS with The Changing Ingredient Game, the business case on HFCS. See what scientific experts have to say. Find out what consumers really think. Get the facts on HFCS. Download the white paper: CornNaturally.com/BizCase/WholeStory |
 - SUPERVALU will supply 27 more Western Beef stores
SUPERVALU amplified its partnership with Western Beef, becoming the primary grocery supplier for 27 stores in New York and New Jersey. The deal marks SUPERVALU's first foray into the New York market. The grocery giant already supplies two Western Beef stores in Florida. Progressive Grocer (12/6) 
| Health & Wellness | | | | - Study: Strawberry extract might bolster heart health in obese
Obese but otherwise healthy women who used a strawberry powder supplement daily during a study had a 4% decrease in total cholesterol, experts reported in the British Journal of Nutrition. Improvement in high- and low-density lipoproteins was noted, but no change was seen in inflammation level, experts said. NutraIngredients (12/6)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
 | | | Interested in learning more about advertising with SmartBrief? Click here for detailed industry information and media kits.  | | |  | |  |
| GMA News | | | |
| Government & Food Safety | | | | - USDA's "generic label" plan would allow for more focus on food safety
The USDA will allow companies to label meat such as "Italian-style" or "fresh" without a government OK in its "generic label" plan, which goes to President Barack Obama for approval. The agency says these are no longer "special statements or claims" that need to be verified, and the USDA will "better focus on ... other consumer protection and food safety activities." The Wall Street Journal (12/7)
| SmartQuote | | | |  | Ability will never catch up with the demand for it."
--Confucius,
Chinese philosopher  |
| | This SmartBrief was created for cpgbrokers@gmail.com
| | | Read more at SmartBrief.com | | A powerful website for SmartBrief readers including: | | | | | | | | | | Recent GMA SmartBrief Issues: - Tuesday, December 06, 2011
- Monday, December 05, 2011
- Friday, December 02, 2011
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
- Wednesday, November 30, 2011
| | | Lead Editor: Rebecca Pollack Scherr
Mailing Address:
SmartBrief, Inc.®, 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004 | | | | | | © 1999-2011 SmartBrief, Inc.® Legal Information |
|
