Reading the plethora of fun food news each week is just one of the perks of editing Food Dive. From Diageo's nutrition info to a new sweetener search, below are interesting reads from the week.
You get nutrition info, and you get nutrition info
As mentioned in a Food Dive brief Thursday, Diageo is planning on putting nutrition information on its products — "packaging and/or on its responsible drinking website drinkiq.com," says The Spirits Business. This dovetails with recent talk in California at the local and state level involving warning labels regarding sugary drinks.
Speaking of sugary drinks — racers, start your engines. Well, not racers, exactly, but scientists. This piece from Bloomberg dissects food and beverage companies and their suppliers in their process of looking for new sweeteners.
Food waste, you might have just met your match. Loblaws, Canada’s biggest grocer, is going to start selling “ugly, imperfect-looking produce” at 30% lower prices compared to “their prettier counterparts,” reports TreeHugger. Don’t forget Food Dive’s Friday Flavors from yesteryear that also highlighted this trend.
A fan of bees? If so, Modern Farmer will have you buzzing this week about what European fruit farmers have been testing.
Instacart will be partnering with grocery store Natural Grocers for grocery delivery services in as low as an hour in Denver, though as of late, the service might have other topics of concern. Additionally, on the alcohol delivery side, Minibar Delivery reached a deal to buy Booze Carriage.
Is your name Chip? Are you a resident of a city with "chip" in the title? Then you'll love this new promotion from Tostitos. Once you verify either of the two, you'll get a coupon for free Tostitos dip in celebration of "National Chip and Dip Day" March 23.