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FRESH BAKERY TRENDS:<br /><br />Whole Grains On a Roll
Whole grain consumption is up a whole 20 percent since 2005. That’s the encouraging message revealed by Boston-based non-profit Oldways and the Whole Grains Council’s (WGC) recent Make (at least!) Half Your Grains Whole conference, which offered the first solid evidence that changes in U.S. Dietary Guidelines and widespread use of the Whole Grain Stamp packaging symbol - both dating from January 2005 - have accomplished major changes in consumer behavior. -
Five Food Retailers to Be Feted by NASFT
The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, Inc., (NASFT) and Specialty Food Magazine have named their Outstanding Specialty Food Retailers of 2009: Straub’s of St. Louis, Mo; Taste Unlimited of Virginia Beach, Va; The Market and More of Casper, Wyo.; Tony Caputo’s Market & Deli of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Woodstock Farmers’ Market of Woodstock, Vt.