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Welcome to Be Better Vending, providing healthy food and drink vending options in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Seems to have replaced HealthyVending.com at O2 in Chatham.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Friday, December 7, 2012
COSTCO (Kirkland) "Ground Saigon Cinnamon"
I called COSTCO as there is no ingredient information on the label. It is 100% cinnamon, I was told. I suggested they say so on the label in the future! But, for a company like COSTCO, unlike Harris-Teeter, this is a no-brainer. When they say it is cinnamon, it is.
Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Cinnamon Chips, Hershey's
I wonder why this does not note that there is ZERO cinnamon in this product?
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Hershey's Cinnamon Chips
I called Hershey. These chips contain ZERO cinnamon!!! And on this page, this is not even disclosed!
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Then this e-mail exchange:
From me:
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Then this e-mail exchange:
From me:
“Please explain to me why it is not deceptive to label a
product as "Cinnamon Chips" that contains ZERO cinnamon?”
Hershey's response:
"From: hersheys@cybercrs.net
[mailto:hersheys@cybercrs.net] On Behalf Of consumerinfo@hersheysconsumerrelations.com
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 12:01 PM
To: tmaguire@newspaper.com
Subject: A Message From The Hershey Company RE Reference Number: 008602620A
Importance: High
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 12:01 PM
To: tmaguire@newspaper.com
Subject: A Message From The Hershey Company RE Reference Number: 008602620A
Importance: High
Hi Terry,
Thank you for sharing your comments about our HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Baking Chips. We are so sorry to hear our product did not meet your expectations.
Our goal is to develop products with widespread consumer appeal. While we are sorry to learn of your disappointment, please know that we value your comments. You can be certain we will take them into consideration during future planning.
We hope you have a sweet day.
Jean
Consumer Representative
008602620A
This email address is restricted for outgoing messages only. For that reason, please do not respond to this email as the inbox is not monitored."
Thank you for sharing your comments about our HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Baking Chips. We are so sorry to hear our product did not meet your expectations.
Our goal is to develop products with widespread consumer appeal. While we are sorry to learn of your disappointment, please know that we value your comments. You can be certain we will take them into consideration during future planning.
We hope you have a sweet day.
Jean
Consumer Representative
008602620A
This email address is restricted for outgoing messages only. For that reason, please do not respond to this email as the inbox is not monitored."
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, December 3, 2012
The hidden salt in chicken - Los Angeles Times
I sure think that places selling fresh and frozen chicken could do a lot better job in comparing and contrasting all nutritional information. It's a bad reflection on them that no one seems to do this.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Home | SUNSET® Produce - Goodness Grown Naturally™ - premium greenhouse vegetables for retailers & consumers
I bought beefsteak tomatoes at COSTCO from this supplier. They were simply marked as coming from Canada. Big country. Where? Also mentioned on the packaging was thegreengrassproject.com Not sure what that is.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Salt in chicken
I called Kroger today - 1-800-632-6900 - because I bought some fresh chicken breasts there this week that had nutrition labels on them. What I learned is that this is because they have "up to 15% chicken broth" added to them. The results it sodium at 180 mg/4 ounce serving.
Other packages of fresh chicken do not provide us with a base line with which to compare nutritional information. So, for the fresh chicken, how much salt is in it? The woman on the phone at Kroger told me that their nutritionist says there are "trace" amounts in the regular chicken.What is "trace"?
Perhaps others will join me in seeking labels for nutritional contents of fresh products as well as those that have been doctored in some way - from fresh as opposed to canned or frozen fruit and vegetables to all meats and fish, etc.
Other packages of fresh chicken do not provide us with a base line with which to compare nutritional information. So, for the fresh chicken, how much salt is in it? The woman on the phone at Kroger told me that their nutritionist says there are "trace" amounts in the regular chicken.What is "trace"?
Perhaps others will join me in seeking labels for nutritional contents of fresh products as well as those that have been doctored in some way - from fresh as opposed to canned or frozen fruit and vegetables to all meats and fish, etc.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Food blogs etc in France
On France3, national edition, last night was a piece on the huge growth in food blogs, books, etc. in France. Need to go find that....
Friday, November 16, 2012
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Sweet potatoes
Saw - last month - sweet potatoes on sale in Nice from Farm Fresh in Covington, NC for 2.99 euros/kg.
Separately, saw Spanish sweet potatoes on sale at InterMarche for 3.99 euros/kg.
Separately, saw Spanish sweet potatoes on sale at InterMarche for 3.99 euros/kg.
Chateau
Back on 10/25/12, TF1 had a story on letting wine be sold in the name of the chateau in Los Angeles?
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Discounts apply to wine
At Leader-Price, their discounts apply to wine, too. Not sure if that usually happens in NC?
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Amazon.com: Wine: Grocery & Gourmet Food
NC is not one of the Amazon wine states. A piece about this on 11/9/12 on Marketplace as well.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Emission du 8 novembre 2012 - La finale - Masterchef - Replay
This seems like a really big deal here.
Viticulteurs
Nice piece today on Telematin news this AM reporting on how neighbors had contributed a bunch of grapes to a viticulteurs who had lost most of his crop due to a surprise freeze.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Steve Troxler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's too bad that he is a tobacco farmer. I had not realized this. He had said during the campaign that he wanted to focus, if reelected, on exports of NC agriculture. While I would love to help, I am not going to help anyone export any tobacco.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Mei Asian Opens on Franklin Street - Chapel Hill Magazine
Honestly, they really ought to make the editing correctioin so that this reads - Chapel Hill Cheerleader Blog.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Organic sweet potatoes
Israeli organic sweet potatoes on sale in Nice at organic shop - 3.40 euros/kg.
Monday, November 5, 2012
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Huîtres Marennes Oléron - Huîtres
There was a commercial for these oysters on French television tonight. When was the last time there was a commercial for oysters on NC television?
13h | JT - JT | France2
In the Friday, 2 Nov program, great coverage of the Drive Fermier Gironde program.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Sial : Tendance naturalité, éthique et santé - Conso - Vie pratique - Télématin - Emission présentée par William Leymergie - France 2
This is very encouraging, noting the most recent trends toward natural/traditional and healthy food! Also, things like low-fat Corsican sausage! And an emphasis on labeling products to show their origin; consumers looking for nearby products.
Sel : après l’hypertension, le cancer de l’estomac - Bien être / forme - Santé - Télématin - Emission présentée par William Leymergie - France 2
A very good story. Talks about how the danger is not in the salt shaker but in the prepared foods. The global recommendation from the world forum for cancer research is 2g/day. The French consume 9g/day and the Japanese, 20g! The big concern is stomach cancer.