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		<title>Learnings from the FMI Show 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Since Monday, I&#8217;ve been at FMI 2010, the Food Marketing Institute Show in Las Vegas.  As with every industry, the economy has impacted grocery shopping, but unlike most other retail segments, we can&#8217;t stop eating.  We&#8217;re just spending less.
	In seminars, speakers focused on private label, defined value (not just by price) and demonstrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New American Pantry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Recently, I was looking through old files, trolling for recipe inspiration for a Twitter campaign.  It was a revelation.  
	When you&#8217;ve worked in the food business as long as I have, you&#8217;re aware of the constant evolution, of course.  We try to anticipate where food is heading and to catch the wave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power to the People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	No time to blog, tweet or keep up with Facebook.  My son and I are launching a new business and we have been traveling to meet people to form alliances, vet our ideas, and do on-the-ground research.  Now we&#8217;re finalizing executive summaries and business plans, and doing outreach for funding.
	Despite our heads down, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By the Numbers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Some interesting stats culled from various news outlets, in no particular order.  Food for thought.
	
	32% - percentage of social network users who use the Internet to pursue their interest in food/cooking &#8212; Food Navigator, 7/17/09	
	$57 million - value of savings shoppers could realize from coupons they printed in June from Coupons.com and the Coupons.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking the Fancy Food Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The 55th Summer Fancy Food Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New City ended on Tuesday.  I spent two days walking the aisles, sampling judiciously and trying to get a handle on upcoming food trends.  This is a big show &#8212; with more than 24,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Changing Food Consumer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Remember when food brands targeted women 25 to 54?  Remember when we said nobody&#8217;s cooking so we can forget promoting food with recipes?  How times have changed.
	Recently, I found a darling Father&#8217;s Day card crafted by my son David when he was six.  It was entitled, &#8220;Why I Love Dad,&#8221; and through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cross-Cultural and Other Food Trends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	What&#8217;s hot in San Francisco?  I asked popular chefs who were serving up extraordinarily delectable small plates at the Hawai&#8217;i Chamber of Commerce of Northern California&#8217;s Five Star Aloha gala Thursday evening.  The event honored chef Roy Yamaguchi, one of the founders of the Hawai&#8217;i Regional Cuisine movement.  
	Ty Mahler, executive chef [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Hot New Consumer Trends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Recently, I went to a fabulous trends conference.  I had always meant to join the Association of Consumer Trends and attend the annual Consumer Trends Forum. But I belong to so many organizations and attend so many conferences that it was just one too many.
	This year, the conference was held in San Francisco so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Technologies in Food Communications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Recently, I attended the International Association of Culinary Professionals&#8217; conference in Denver.  Attendance this year numbered 700, just half the usual expected for this major conference.  The economy is taking its toll.
	I was especially interested in a session called The Changing Food Section.  With competition from blogs and Web sites, some newspaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Now why would someone with a last name like Hu, be in a frenzy over St. Patrick&#8217;s Day?  I feel I&#8217;m honorary Irish, having had the Irish Dairy Board (Kerrygold brand butter and cheese) as my client for the past four years.  
	I&#8217;ve been to Ireland three times on business and love the [...]]]></description>
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