Spanish Firm Tecnalia Developing Active Packaging For Cakes & Pastries

March 28, 2012 Tecnalia

Tecnalia is developing a new system of active protection for processed cheeses and cake and pastry products through the selection of natural antifungal compounds and the study of their subsequent application to these food items.

The World Of Chocolate Is Coming To Chicago

March 28, 2012 Unlimited Sales Group

Unlimited Sales Group has announced the launch of The Chicago Fine Chocolate Festival to be held November 16 – 18, 2012 at the Navy Pier Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The Chicago Fine Chocolate Festival is the largest chocolate show in the US and the only show whose conference/demonstrations are being sponsored by the world famous French Pastry School.

Supermarket Chain Reports Shrink Reduction Using ADC's Perishable Production Planning Software

March 28, 2012 Applied Data Corporation

Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a leading provider of Fresh Item Management (FIM), recipe management, and scales management software to the grocery retail and food service industries, announces that a 200+ store regional grocery chain in the USA has piloted and is rolling-out ADC's P-Cubed Perishable Production Planning software system and has seen a consequent average 35.6% reduction in shrink in its Deli and Bakery departments.

Eastern District Of PA Judge OKs Majority Of Claims Over Fixing Egg Prices

What's this story have to do with the price of eggs? Everything. U.S. District Court Judge Gene E. K. Pratter of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania last week allowed to move forward the majority of indirect purchaser claims in a multidistrict class action suit over alleged price fixing for eggs and egg products.

AMPI Cheese & Butter Awarded As Some Of The World's Best

It’s official: Dairy farmer-owned Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) makes some of the world’s best dairy products. An international panel of judges awarded gold medals to two AMPI entries in the 2012 World Championship Cheese Contest. The biennial competition, held in Madison, Wis., attracted more than 2,500 cheese and butter entries from around the globe.