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Trend Alert: Foodies on Facebook

Nov 19 2008 - 10:15am by YumSugar
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Trend Alert: Foodies on Facebook Foodies may be serious about eating, but apparently they're serious about computers: Fast-food chains, food companies, and food celebrities are raising their profiles on social-networking platform Facebook. Last month, we mentioned that Pizza Hut was the first fast-food chain to launch a Facebook online ordering system, so die-hard users never have to leave the site to order dinner. And yesterday, number one fast-food chain McDonald's launched a Facebook fan site of its own to honor the 25th anniversary of its wildly popular Chicken McNuggets.
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Trend Alert: The Casserole's Back

Nov 7 2008 - 8:00am by YumSugar
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Trend Alert: The Casserole's Back Casserole has long had a bad rap, but after many years, it appears to be shedding its negative image and staging a comeback. These hot entrées hit their pinnacle of popularity in the 1960s, when housewives relied on the easy formula to put dinner on the table. Over the years, however, people grew to associate the word casserole with unappetizing mixtures of mystery meats and canned soups, and casseroles went the way of the tape player.
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Trend Alert: Celebrity-Crafted Food Carryalls

Oct 13 2008 - 8:00am by YumSugar
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Trend Alert: Celebrity-Crafted Food Carryalls These days, virtually every celebrity — from Lauren Conrad to Jessica Simpson — has his or her own womenswear, footwear, accessory, and fragrance line. But celebrity lunchbags and farmers market totebags? Lately we've seen the celebrity, fashion, and food worlds collide, with all sorts of celebrity-designed carryalls for everything from our groceries to our lunch.
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Supermarkets Shrinking

Sep 17 2008 - 8:00am by YumSugar
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Supermarkets Shrinking In a world of oversize food — genetically modified apples, super-size fries, and venti coffees — one thing may be coming up smaller: grocery stores. According to the New York Times, grocers across the country from Safeway to Wal-Mart are turning to stores with smaller square footage. Supermarket retailers, like Jewel-Osco, who is building a smaller-format store in Chicago, are hoping to capitalize on an untapped segment of time-starved shoppers who are looking for an affordable meal to go without menu prices, or who just want to pick up a handful of grocery items.
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Trend Alert: Food-Swapping Groups

Sep 12 2008 - 7:00am by YumSugar
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Trend Alert: Food-Swapping Groups A while back, we talked about the rise of pickling and canning at home. But what happens once you've filled your pantry with homemade pickled watermelon rinds and apricot jam? Our friends across the pond have come up with a smart solution: organizing food exchanges.
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