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Food Engineering July 2, 2007 Joyce Fassl |
Renewed commitment to employee training may be the ticket For decades, plant worker training issues have continued to plague the industry.  |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2008 Mary Dalrymple |
Ouch! That Bites! Price increases are kicking you in the keister. Here are some tips to help you cut your food and fuel expenses.  |
Food Processing July 2007 |
Toops Scoops: Confidence Shaken Food safety issues are changing consumer shopping behavior.  |
AskMen.com Michael Miller |
Family Food Budgeting Tips By following a few simple steps, you can save a significant amount of money at the supermarket.  |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Bjerga & McFerron |
U.S. Weather Woes May Mean Higher Food Prices With corn fields under water and wheat withering in Western heat, grain prices could soon soar, boosting already high worldwide food costs  |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Engineered for Girls Web site encourages females to join engineering programs.  |
Food Processing July 2011 Diane Toops |
Food Processors Find Public Growth for Private Label The price differential between branded food and store brands is still there, augmented by higher quality and healthier formulations.  |
Fast Company May 2006 |
Organic Expansion With total revenues of $15 billion in 2005, and 20% growth per year, organic food is a very fertile market.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2007 Ron Vlieger |
Thanks for the Profits, Mr. Gore! Ethanol is boosting this Dutch farm equipment manufacturer's bottom line. Shareholders should give a toast to the former vice president to celebrate the company's outstanding results.  |
Science News July 22, 2006 Ben Harder |
Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices.  |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Jacob Roche |
Don't Let Your Portfolio Get Wished Into the Cornfield High corn prices are crushing profits in certain industries.  |
Food Processing August 2013 Ouimet et al. |
Frozen Food Sales' Decline Paves the Way for Fresh Food Innovation With frozen food sales declining but fresh prepared foods growing, redirect your products from the freezer case toward the deli counter.  |
Science News July 30, 2005 Janet Raloff |
How 'Green' Is Home Cooking? When researchers made calculations including economies of scale in food companies' mass preparation of meals, they found no big difference between the environmental footprints of home-cooked versus ready-to-eat fare.  |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Kellogg's Chipped by Corn Higher sales are offset by high corn prices. Expect that Kellogg will continue to show the same steady performance it's been known for, but look for higher commodity costs to continue eating away at margins.  |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Grocery Bill Creep You may be noticing your grocery bill getting a little bloated. The Consumer Price Index statistics show that the price of food and beverages have been going up as the cost of other goods, like transportation and energy, have been falling.  |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Foolish Money Lab: Can a Price Book Save You Money? Recording the prices of your groceries, and buying by the unit, rather than by price, can make you more price-sensitive, and help to make a dent in your food costs.  |
BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Jon Birger |
The Battle Royale for Supercorn Corn that doesn't need so much nitrogen could cut America's $8-billion-a-year fertilizer bill, send less pollution into the water and less carbon into the air. Meet the scientists trying to build a better kernel  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2007 William Sweet |
Corn-o-Copia In today's hothouse political climate, some weird ethanol projects have taken root along with essentially sound ones.  |
Food Engineering June 4, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation & Manufacturing 2007 Conference and Expo Challenges abound for food and beverage processors, but creative solutions were the order of the day at this annual conference.  |
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Adrienne Carter |
Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn?  |
Prepared Foods April 1, 2005 Holay & O'Donnell |
New Product Trends: Frozen Solid The main players and their brands in the frozen meal market know that today's health-savvy consumers are concerned about long-term health and their weight, and look to frozen foods to provide healthful nourishment. Opportunities for frozen-food marketing are growing globally, as well.  |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today.  |
Science News February 3, 2007 Janet Raloff |
Ethanol Juggernaut Diverts Corn from Food to Fuel Corn feeds the production of meat and dairy goods in the United States, so those products are likely to increase in price as ethanol fuel demands more of the country's corn supply.  |
BusinessWeek August 14, 2006 Heather Green |
The Great Corn Rush Of 2006 Ethanol profits are drawing in investors, but can the heyday last?  |
Food Engineering March 1, 2007 |
FE Tech Flash Vol. 3 No. 3 ERP grows globally... Buying and selling businesses is big business... Peanut butter recall extended... Ethanol elevating corn prices... etc.  |
HBS Working Knowledge November 3, 2008 Julia Hanna |
HBS Cases: Economics of the Ethanol Business By investing in corn-based ethanol, farmers reduce their exposure to corn prices, but at the expense of exposure to the oil market.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Rich Smith |
Vitamin D Is for Deficit With a subsidy nearing expiration, dairy farmers may be culling their herds. That'll come as small consolation to the shareholders of the dairy companies, of course, unless they can find a way to pass their higher costs on to consumers  |
Food Processing June 2007 |
Editor's Plate: What grocers want A few grocers in the aisles of the FMI show tell what food processors could do to help them sell more of their products.  |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2007 Robert Aronen |
The Corn Conundrum There could be higher prices for just about the entire food supply because of rising ethanol production. When it becomes mainstream, we'll find out if consumers would rather pay higher gasoline prices or higher prices for everything in the supermarket.  |
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 |
What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret.  |
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Otis Port |
Not Your Father's Ethanol A new fuel -- "ethanol with a twist" -- could soon be coming to the rescue of motorists fed up with roller-coaster gasoline prices, and it should get a warm welcome from environmentalists and farmers, too.  |
Wired October 2006 |
My Big Biofuels Bet It may surprise you to learn that the most promising solution to our nation's energy crisis begins in the bowels of a waste trough, under the slotted concrete floor of a giant pen that holds 28,000 beef cattle.  |
BusinessWeek April 29, 2010 Kaskey & Ligi |
The Seed Makers Who Don't Pray for Rain Agricultural companies tweak crops to flourish with less.  |
Reason March 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge.  |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Morgan Housel |
The Great Ethanol Debate Nobody likes $4 gas, but rapid inflation isn't cool, either. With oil at historic highs and global demand galloping forward, the petroleum party won't last forever. But the consequences of corn-based ethanol don't forecast a rosy horizon. So what route are we to take?  |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2011 Jacob Roche |
Mr. Market Mistakes Good News for Bad What's going on with these fertilizer stocks?  |
BusinessWeek February 5, 2007 Carey & Carter |
Food vs. Fuel As energy demands devour crops once meant for sustenance, the economics of agriculture are being rewritten.  |
Food Engineering February 1, 2008 |
Cracking the Corn for Ethanol Some ethanol producers have, indeed, been using the entire corn kernel for ethanol but others, such as progressive food ingredient producers, see the value of using just part of the corn kernel to produce ethanol.  |
Food Engineering February 1, 2009 |
Youngsters Say No to Engineering as a Career While the engineering workforce continues to age, the looming question is who will replace them? According to the American Society for Quality, it won't be today's American children. Engineering isn't even on the radar for most kids.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Toby Shute |
Pacific Ethanol: Not Dead Yet Biofuel innovations will come in due time, but it's going to be a tough slog for the foreseeable future. However, Pacific Ethanol hangs in there.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Commodities Wallop Kraft Rising commodity prices have forced Kraft Foods to lower its earnings expectations for 2004.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Simon Johnson |
The (Food) Price of Success Higher global demand for calories brings inflationary pressure and more.  |
Food Engineering February 1, 2007 Kevin T. Higgins |
Outsourcing Engineering Refining Priorities for New Age Engineers The balancing act that engineering teams must master is outsourcing nonessential jobs while retaining the personnel and talent necessary for innovation.  |
Science News October 14, 2000 Janet Raloff |
Soy Land, Soy Land The United States became a major player in soy production over the past half century, when acreage planted with the crop increased fivefold...  |
IndustryWeek April 18, 2012 |
Plant Managers Assume More Profit-Driving Responsibilities In today's fast-paced, globalized economy companies are seeking plant managers with a strong business sense.  |
Food Processing July 2011 Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die.  |
BusinessWeek May 15, 2006 Palmeri & Pressman |
Drunk On Ethanol Producers are riding a boom, but the market may be as tricky as oil.  |
Food Processing August 2007 Dexter Manning |
Power Lunch: The impact of fuel prices on food companies Many companies could achieve significant cost savings by conducting a procurement audit of their spending.  |
Popular Mechanics February 11, 2008 Chuck Tannert |
Coskata's $1/Gallon 'Trash-to-Gas' Tech Starts Up Ethanol 2.0: How It Works New startup company says it can make ethanol from almost any carbon-rich source for less than $1 a gallon.  |
Food Engineering July 28, 2009 |
Tech Flash Vol. 5 No. 14 -- Food Engineering's E-Newsletter Manufacturers reveal cautious optimism... One step closer to healthy school snacks... Dairy integrates plant intelligence with ERP... Food Safety News... etc.  |