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The other day I was at a birthday party where two examples of Mexican sweets were distributed to a mainly French Group of people.
The first was a thin tube approximately 4mm in diameter and about 8cm long, filled with a rather bland tasting heavy jelly. It was very hard to eat and didn’t attract [...]
So can a technology gadget entrepreneur succeed with a brand new concept in the take out market. Jonathan Kaplan introduced the flip cam to the consumer multimedia sector. The cheap and simple video camera, which served a particular need, was a big success until smart phones began to provide the same functionality.
At this stage [...]
Here is another interesting post by Chigy which is as much a comparison of country cultures as it is of bread and sandwiches .
from: The House at Le Gros Chigy (click image for full story online)
This post goes a bit further on the differences between French and other bread from a consumer view [...]
from: On Food (click image for full story online)
This is a useful short report of 9 pages that covers many issues and includes a useful categorisation using twelve medical issues that can respond to functional foods.
from: Food Product Design (click image for full story online)
One of the functional food trends that the report mentions are superfruits, which are a [...]
The exchange between France and Germany, that drew in two French ministers and has been running for two or three weeks has now gone public. It arises from the massive Cologne based Aguna Exhibition banning Foie Gras producers from the exhibition, in response to the pressure from animal rights groups protesting the force feeding of [...]
This article by Dr Wayne Morley, Head of Food Innovation at Leatherhead maybe reflects his 20 odd years at Unilever!
from: Leatherhead (click image for full story online)
The first four rules are related to taste, another three to human interactions within the company, two regarding the supply chain and the last on being [...]
To begin with I felt that food on France would be expensive and didn’t look too hard. Lately I have started taking a bit more note and am beginning to wonder what is going on. After coming home from a medium sized supermarket in Cluny, a small rural town, I took these items out of [...]
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 is an interesting post, where the writer has satisfied his inquisitiveness about the way the French use bread by doing a short analysis of carbon footprints.
from: The House at Le Gros Chigy (click image for full story online)
He finds that its likely that most of those who collect their bread [...]
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