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| A Fast food chain is encouraging pester power by giving kids free toys with kids’ meals, a consumer group said today. Burger King’s promotion applies to children aged three and over, although the Transformers film has a 12A classification. The National Consumer Council (NCC) wants advertising rules for promotion tightened. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - 27th July 2007 |
| A new drink created to tackle the symptoms of a hangover is set to go on sale. Called Head Start, its ingredients include water, glucose syrup and several added vitamins. Publicity material for the drink says it tackles all the symptoms of too much alcohol to leave the consumer feeling "bright and breezy and full of energy". | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 17th April 2007 |
| A Mediterranean diet rich in fruit, vegetables and nuts can help protect against asthmatic wheezing and other allergic symptoms, researchers said today. A study of almost 700 children on the Greek island of Crete found that those who enjoyed foodstuffs like olive oil and whole grains suffered fewer symptoms. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 5th April 2007 |
| Britons get through £855 million worth of fresh potatos a year - more than dry pasta and rice put together, a report out today says. Spending on spuds has risen by 20% since 2001 as shoppers buy more expensive varieties, according to market analysts Mintel. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel - April 12th 2007 |
| Shoppers are developing a taste for meat such as venison, pheasant and game. Sales of game rose by 46% from 2004 to hit 57 million last year. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 16th March 2007 |
| More than 1,300 pubs nationwide are currently under threat from closure. Around 58 pubs shut down for good every month. The bulk of closures (80%) happen in urban areas where the premises are often converted into housing, restaurants, shops or offices. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 14th February 2007 |
| The European Confectionary Market to 2007 report shows that Britain consumes an average of over 24lbs (11.2kg) per person per year. More than any other European country. | |
| Food and Drink | Christianity – November 2006 |
| An iVillage.co.uk survey released today reveals that a staggering 24% of parents will send their children to school without breakfast, the most important meal of the day, when they return to school this week. Of the 24% who go to school on an empty stomach, 6% in fact never eat breakfast and 18% only when they have time. | |
| Food and Drink | iVillage – September 2006 |
| Residents of the Central Midlands eat more frozen food than anyone else in the UK, according to new food trends research from Sainsbury’s. More than a third (34%) of people from Birmingham and the surrounding areas will stock up on frozen ready meals each week and 45 per cent will buy frozen vegetables. | |
| Food and Drink | Sainsbury’s – August 2006 |
| A nationwide survey looking at the UK's salad consumption and attitude to healthy eating has revealed that Midlanders are amongst the country's top salad eaters. Half of Midlanders buy a bag of salad at least once a week, and 14% say they eat some salad every day. | |
| Food and Drink | Fresh Prepared Salads Producer Group – June 2006 |
| A beer described as the coldest available on tap is to be launched in the UK. Called Sub Zero, it uses space age technology to achieve the minus 2 degree Celsius serving temperature. It took eight years and more than £10 million to develop the technology. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 22nd June 2006 |
| Dieters are told never eat food in front of the TV because they absent-mindedly end up snacking more than they should. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 26th June 2006 |
| A poll by Friends of the Earth shows that four out of five adults (81%) want new rules put in place to protect farmers in their dealings with big supermarkets. Furthermore, two thirds (65%) think that British farmers are not being paid enough for the food they produce. | |
| Food and Drink | The War Cry – 15th April 2006 |
| It used to be a firm favourite on the British dining table, but tripe has now become the nation’s most detested food. | |
| Food and Drink | The Sentinel – 5th April 2006 |
| Our average vegetables travels 600 miles from farm to trolley, and New Zealand lamb will journey no less than 11,404 miles to arrive on our plate on Sunday. | |
| Food and Drink | The Church of England Newspaper – 17th March 2006 |
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