Sunday, February 10, 2008

Russian food producers to cap food prices this week as inflation soars ...


Russian food producers to cap food prices this week as inflation soars ...
Forbes - MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Russia's leading food producers and retailers will this week sign an agreement with the ministry of economic development and trade to freeze food prices from Oct 15 to the end of December in an anti-inflationary move ...

Fast food salt levels 'shocking'
BBC Health - The government recommends a maximum of 6g of salt per day for adults, 5g a day for children aged 7-10 and 3g for children aged 4-6. How can these companies justify selling food that contains more than the maximum daily limit for adults and children ...

Getting the Coffee Straight from the Beans
There are do many different types of beans and the plants will fall in three different categories. The Arabica, first known on the Arabian Peninsula and the Robusta that contains about two times the amount of caffeine in every cup. Th...

Coffee Basics: All About The Bean
Coffee is popular-you can drink it black or with sugar, or you can go to your local coffee shop and order just about any flavor or type of coffee imaginable. There are many people that grab a cup of coffee in the morning before they do...

Cardboard box served as disguise in spate of burglaries at fast-food ...
Globe and Mail - Imaginative thieves often pride themselves on thinking outside the box. But for three Torontonians now facing hundreds of burglary-related charges, police claim the real work was done inside the box - a cardboard box, roughly one metre square. In a ...

At fast-food joints, try the secret menu
Christian Science Monitor - Los Angeles - In-N-out Burger. 6:00 p.m. I say to my girlfriend in line beside me, "I want a burger, but I'm tired of all that bun." A bearded 20-something walks past and says, "protein style, lady." Confused, I look at the menu. No mention there ...