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Tours.com’s Travel-Intel Examines Cruise Industry in Wake of the Concordia

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – The new issue of Tours.com’s Travel-Intel newsletter looks at what practices and policies are afoot in the wake of last month’s foundering of the Costa Concordia. Statements by industry brass, such as Royal Caribbean’s Richard Fain and Cruise Line Industry Association head Christine Duffy, show [...]

Sunday February 19th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ten @ 10: Food lit overload

A book that arrived last week sparked musings about the burgeoning industry of food lit titles, a category that has exploded in recent years and seems to keep building. By food lit, we mean books that are not cookbooks, but instead tackle topics in the world of food from memoir (such as Heat, by Bill [...]

Friday February 17th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Partial Subsidy: Prices Of Foodstuff Still High

Despite the reduction in the price of fuel from N141 to N97 by the federal government, prices of foodstuff are yet to reduce, LEADERSHIP findings can reveal. The prices of foodstuff shot up two weeks ago, following the removal of fuel subsidy and the subsequent increase in the price of fuel from N65 to N141. [...]

Thursday February 16th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Germany: Bio, regional and fair trade products are the trend

Germany: Bio, regional and fair trade products are the trend In the German foodstuff branch the trend of organic products grows further. The market volume of organic products has doubled since 2002. The annual turnover of this segment is approximately 6 billion Euro. This development is mainly the result of retailers having increased their assortment [...]

Tuesday February 14th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Spice and foodstuff exporters body to organise trade meet

The Indian Spice and Foodstuff Exporters Association will organise its first ever trade meet on spice and agricultural produce in Mumbai on January 31. The meet will provide firsthand knowledge on EU quality standards and regulations governing spices exports to their country, said Mr Yogesh M Mehta, Chairman of the association. Leading international luminaries will [...]

Tuesday February 14th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Minnesota man reports theft of peppers, meat, burritos from home

An Underwood, Minn., man received a spicy surprise on Sunday when he discovered that a gallon of jalapenos had been taken from his home. The purloined pepper parcel wasn’t the only foodstuff missing from the home. The man also reported as stolen 10 pounds of hamburger, some pork chops, frozen burritos and hot sauce. He [...]

Friday February 10th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

‘Foodstuff traders may soon increase prices’

Share The Chairman, Traders Association of Mile 12 Market, Ketu, Lagos State, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed, has warned that his members may increase the prices of foodstuffs and farm produce if government refuse to restore the subsidy on petrol. Mohammed gave the warning while speaking with newsmen at the market in Lagos, recently. Haruna explained that [...]

Thursday February 9th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Panic Buying Of Foodstuff In Jigawa

Panic Buying Of Foodstuff In Jigawa Published on January 5, 2012 by pmnews middot; No Comments Residents of Dutse, the Jigawa capital, have commenced panic buying of foodstuffs in anticipation of price hikes resulting from the fuel subsidy removal. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Dutse market, reports that people were seen [...]

Tuesday February 7th, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Drive against substandard foodstuff launched

Drive against substandard foodstuff launched LAHORE: City District Government Lahore has launched a special 10-day campaign against sub-standard foodstuff in the city and special instructions have been issued to all TMOs in this regard. A CDGL spokesman said that during this special campaign samples of various food items would be collected from different outlets for [...]

Sunday February 5th, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Ministry: Ample foodstuff supply for CNY

PETALING JAYA: The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry says there is no shortage in the supply of foodstuff for Chinese New Year. Deputy Minister Datuk Tan Lian Hoe said there should not be any reason for prices to go up. The ministry’s price control scheme will be imposed from this Thursday. This year’s ceiling [...]

Thursday February 2nd, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off