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An excuse for dropping litter

Frito-Lay is putting out Sun Chips bags that contain plant-based materials. It’s one more example of the way companies are rethinking how they package their products for the good of the environment. Frito-Lay announced its plant-based bag last month,...

Posted Nov 19 2009, 11:12 AM by Greg Taylor with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Sustainability, Food and Drink, Snacks

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Drink positive

From France to Fiji, bottled water brands rely on spring-based provenance to lure customers. And now a newcomer is focusing on a different kind of message: positivity. A Bottle Of, which claims to be Australia's first Naturally Positive spring water...

Posted Nov 09 2009, 09:13 AM by Greg Taylor with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Food and Drink, Charity

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Education for the consumer masses

Many brands don't seem to want to educate their customers, just in case all the extra effort goes to waste or benefits a competitor. Not so Intelligentsia Coffee. This small chain operates a ‘lab’ in New York dedicated to helping people learn more...

Posted Nov 05 2009, 10:13 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: Food and Drink, Customer education

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There’s natural and then there’s ‘natural’

In these eco-conscious times, the stakes just get higher and higher. Even wine can be more natural than you think. The so-called 'natural wine' phenomenon has its roots in France. The big daddy of natural wine was a Beaujolais-based fourth-generation...

Posted Oct 30 2009, 09:05 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: retail, Sustainability, Food and Drink, Eco

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Super wordy wow time

We all love dodgily translated ‘Chinglish’, where moisturisers claim to ‘eliminate horniness’ and signs for smoking points read ‘smoking pot’. Unfortunately, Shanghai City officials are on a mission to wipe out these hilarious mis-translations that lend...

Posted Oct 29 2009, 09:34 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: Food and Drink, Brand naming

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Souped up, Campbells-style

Campbell's Help Grow Your Soup campaign is aiming to raise money to help maintain farm buildings. Members of the public can vote for one of ten barns (all are either family farms or school farms) that need some preservation work. Campbell’s will work...

Posted Oct 21 2009, 10:27 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: Sustainability, Community, Food and Drink

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Fast-food farmers

In a world wrapped up in complex supply chains, small farmers are in a catch-22. Should they sell to the supermarkets and get less cash? Or spend a lot more time and effort trying to sell directly to customers? The public, meanwhile, are torn between...

Posted Oct 15 2009, 10:06 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: retail, Food and Drink, Authenticity

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Digital snacking

Kraft, who manufacture the iconic Australian spread, Vegemite, have released a spin-off version of their yeast-based product. Kraft ran a competition to name their new cream cheese-vegemite blend, and the winning name, ‘iSnack 2.0’, was officially announced...

Posted Oct 06 2009, 06:00 PM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: FMCG, Food and Drink, Naming

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Is it disguise? Or is it just disingenuous?

A cute new coffee shop has opened in Seattle, ‘15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea’. It's one of those unique places that are sure to get beaten out of business by the likes of Starbucks. Hang on a second, it is a Starbucks. (Many thanks to young Elliot...

Posted Oct 02 2009, 09:20 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: retail, Food and Drink

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Ice cream as subculture

Prepare for a clash of the mainstream and the underground as the Icecreamists explode onto the scene with a subterranean ice cream installation. The Icecreamists have taken over the Ultralounge at Selfridges on Oxford Street to create the ultimate ice...

Posted Sep 25 2009, 09:54 AM by Greg Taylor with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: retail, Food and Drink

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Outdoor door-to-door

How can you dramatize what you’re famous for? Think like Domino’s. Most people order pizzas when they're at home or at work. So in order to broaden their delivery horizons, Domino's Pizza in the Netherlands went around placing Domino’s-branded...

Posted Sep 18 2009, 10:48 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: retail, Food and Drink, Fast food

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Savings are in the eye of the beer-holder

Market rules apply at Broker's Bier Borse, a popular pub in Berlin's financial district. The price of each of the bar's sixteen brews is set according to its popularity. So the more popular a beer is, the higher the price climbs, while the...

Posted Sep 17 2009, 12:31 PM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: retail, Food and Drink, Restaurants

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Technology that’s literally ‘cooking on gas’

A ramen robot restaurant named Fuamen Ramen has recently opened in Nagoya, Japan. The two robotic chefs prepare bowls of noodles for customers simply by pouring the broth, boiling the noodles and mixing all the ingredients together. According to the store...

Posted Sep 11 2009, 09:05 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: Food and Drink, Restaurants

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Brands who listen are beta

People and businesses are communicating with each other like never before. It’s mostly down to technology, which is making it possible for brands and consumers to find, introduce, follow, chat and collaborate with each other. At this level, the conversation...

Posted Sep 10 2009, 08:16 AM by Greg Taylor with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: social networking, Food and Drink, New product development

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Spice of life

Mission Street Food is a pop-up restaurant concept located in The Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. For the last six months, it's been the talk of the town and way beyond, because it shows an almost telepathic understanding of what the twenty...

Posted Sep 10 2009, 08:13 AM by Greg Taylor with | with no comments

Filed under: Food and Drink, Pop Up Retail, Restaurants

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There’s natural and then there’s ‘natural’

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Super wordy wow time

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Souped up, Campbells-style

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Fast-food farmers

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Digital snacking

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Is it disguise? Or is it just disingenuous?

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Ice cream as subculture

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Outdoor door-to-door

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Savings are in the eye of the beer-holder

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Technology that’s literally ‘cooking on gas’

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Brands who listen are beta

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Spice of life