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I have noticed a number of electronic processes in French Supermarkets that are probably in place to save labour and might therefore not be appropriate for South Africa. However, they are interesting in that they show what is happening in France.
LCD Shelf Price Indication
On a previous visit, about three years ago, many supermarkets [...]
Here’s another list that claims to list things that made the trends 0f 2010!
from: Food Product Design (click image for full story online)
I am really not sure that there are important trends in the food industry although they are attractive and tempting. I would like to be able to access many [...]
The site of the Ethiopian Business Development Services Network will be of great value to Ethiopian businesses, but also contains some information that would be of interest to any entrepreneur considering a food processing business.
In particular it has a detailed section on costing with a focus on fixed and variable costs, price setting [...]
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There seems to be an outcry in the UK, because it has come to light that chocolates labeled Fairtrade may actually contain no Fairtrade cocoa (cocoa produced by disadvantaged third world farmers) because all cocoa is mixed before distribution to manufacturers.
from: The Sun (click image for full story online)
While this may be [...]
from: USDA (click image for full story online)
note: This clip comes from a detailed data full report. It is worrying that such data does not exist in Africa.
This is one of the few products that seems to be focussed specifically on informal trading and the poor.
from: Totally MAD (click image for full story online)
The outer candy shell is designed to ensure that the product remains solid and round in the hot conditions of the hawkers table and it [...]
This is a paper looking at the potential of a less used Nigerian traditional drink produced from Tamarind
from: AJFAND (click image for full story online)
The paper looks at different recipes based on the level of the added Ginger, Clove and Pepper. It presents taste and analytical results along with traditional and improved process [...]
Yes its apparently true Fritos Lay introduced a compostable crisp bag – environmentally great!
from: Sparkblog (click image for full story online)
However, Fritos Lay has changed the bulk of their Sun Chips back to conventional packaging. This because sales were decreasing and they attributed this to consumer resistance to the noise the [...]
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