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June 9, 2003
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In this edition you will find:
1. McDonald's sues food critic
2. Food Label Trickery
3. Burger King kills alliance
4. Feed the World: Bush Challenges European Ban on
Genetically-Modified Foods
5. Success is sweet as Tate & Lyle profits rise
6. Happy meals a big McDonald's score
1. McDonald's sues food critic
McDonald's has sued one of Italy's top food critics for
raking its restaurants over the coals, but the critic says he
has no intention of going back on saying its burgers taste of
rubber and its fries of cardboard.
http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,194383-1-5,00.html
2. Food Label Trickery
Consumers have good reason to be confused about the
proliferation of claims on packaged foods, according to the
June cover story in the Center for Science in the Public
Interest's (CSPI) Nutrition Action Healthletter
http://www.cspinet.org/new/200305301.html
3. Burger King kills alliance
Burger King Corp's new management said it is ceding the
Australian market to the Hungry Jack's brand, dissolving a
convoluted relationship that at one time went to court in a
franchising dispute.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/Business/story_49100.asp
4. Feed the World: Bush Challenges European Ban on
Genetically-Modified Foods
Citing Third World Humanitarian concerns, the Bush
Administration has asked the World Trade Organization to break
the European Union's five-year de facto moratorium on the
importation of new genetically-modified food products, or GMOs.
http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR6203.html
5. Success is sweet as Tate & Lyle profits rise
SUGAR and sweetener group Tate & Lyle today reported an 18
per cent rise in annual profits and said growth this year
would depend on improving efficiency, cutting costs and
driving sales of branded products.
http://www.edinburghnews.com/business.cfm?id=625742003
6. Happy meals a big McDonald's score
McDonald's, the world's largest hamburger chain, said U.S.
sales rose 6.3% last month, the biggest surge in four years,
driven by demand for Happy Meals and new items like salads
with Newman's Own dressings. Shares of McDonald's surged 9.2%
to a nine-month high of $21.06.
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/90131p-81978c.html
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