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  • UPDATE 1-McDonald's April sales fall more than expected Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 9:00 AM ET

    *Europe same-restaurant sales fall 2.9 percent. May 8- McDonald's Corp's April sales at established restaurants declined slightly more than analysts had expected as it faced tougher times in Europe, Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

  • McDonald's to Kidnapping Hero: 'We'll Be in Touch' Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 8:15 AM ET
    Charles Ramsey helped rescue Amanda Berry and others from a house in Cleveland, Ohio.

    McDonald's said it will reach out to a man widely quoted in accounts of the three women who were found in Cleveland after they went missing about a decade ago.

  • McDonald's April Sales Slip on Weakness Overseas Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 12:09 PM ET

    McDonald's said on Wednesday that April sales at its established restaurants around the world declined 0.6 percent amid tough competition to attract frugal diners who are shopping around for the best deals.

  • Mass Honeybee Deaths: Getting Worse, Not Better Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 1:40 PM ET

    Billions of honeybees keep dying each year. The demise of the bees is raising concerns about the cost to the nation's food supply and the sustainability of the beekeeping industry.

  • Bad News, Barbecuers: Beef Prices at All-Time High Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 2:19 PM ET

    Outdoor chefs are in for an unhappy surprise as the grilling season approaches: The price of beef is pushing up the cost of a backyard barbecue.

  • Stella Artois Hops on the Cider Bandwagon Saturday, 11 May 2013 | 11:11 AM ET
    Stella Artois Cidre

    The Stella Artois family is getting larger. But this time around you can the leave the beer chalice on the shelf. The new addition is a cider.

  • *Producers welcome price but wanted more. BRASILIA, May 7- Brazil, the world's top coffee producer, raised its benchmark price for arabica coffee 17 percent on Tuesday to 307 reais per 60- kg bag, a decision traders see as a sign of imminent government intervention to boost prices.

  • Chairs: Squawk Takes a Stand on Juicing  Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 6:52 AM ET

    The "Squawk Box" news team discusses some of the morning's most provocative headlines. Today the crew talks with Jay Kordich, "The Juiceman's Power of Juicing" author, about the business of juicing.

  • In that time, the number of chemicals in the food supply has risen from fewer than 2,000 to an estimated 10,000, many of which are never reviewed by the FDA because companies and their advisers have declared them to be safe.

  • Mondelez Raises Its Outlook, Citing Tax Benefit Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 5:07 PM ET
    Mondelez International food products Oreo and Ritz packaging.

    Mondelez beat on earnings and raised its full-year forecast, citing a benefit from a tax item.

  • Yum? China Probes Mutton Supplier in New Food Scare Monday, 6 May 2013 | 5:53 AM ET
    Chinese lamb stew hot pot

    Shanghai authorities are testing mislabeled mutton from a wholesaler that supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum Brands.

  • Investors Get Into Juice, Hoping to Squeeze Profits Saturday, 4 May 2013 | 1:20 PM ET
    Organic Avenue beverages

    Decades after downing their first juice boxes, health-conscious Americans are showing renewed enthusiasm for cold-pressed juice, a trend that's prompting big investors to follow in search of profits.

  • NEW YORK, May 3- The maker of Maxwell House coffee will lower the U.S. retail list price for its premium Gevalia brand for the second time in a year, a Kraft Foods Group Inc spokesman said on Friday, after arabica coffee futures fell to a three-year low.

  • NEW YORK, May 3- Kraft Foods Group Inc said on Friday that it will lower the price of its Gevalia retail bagged coffee by 6 percent, effective May 5, due to sustained declines in the green coffee market.

  • Rat Meat: China Digests New Food Scandal Friday, 3 May 2013 | 11:45 AM ET

    Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country's latest food safety scandal.

  • Got $1,000? Kentucky Derby's Costly Mint Juleps Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 11:49 AM ET

    This is the eighth year the grand-a-piece drinks are being offered at the Derby by bourbon maker Woodford Reserve.

  • Kraft Foods Earnings and Revenue Beat Forecasts Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 4:35 PM ET

    Kraft Foods reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations. Shares ticked higher after-hours.

  • The World's Biggest Boozers Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 3:33 AM ET

    A global economic slowdown hasn't had much impact on this resilient market as people continue to turn to alcohol in good times and bad. We look at the top 10 countries with the highest alcohol consumption.

  • Nestle to open Cameroon's 1st coffee processing plant Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 12:57 AM ET

    YAOUNDE, May 1- Nestle's Cameroon subsidiary said it would begin construction in August of the Central African nation's first coffee processing plant, in a move to supply what is expected to be a growing regional market.

  • NAIROBI, April 30- The top price of Kenya's benchmark coffee grade AA dropped to $318 per 50- kg bag at auction from $433 per bag at last week's sale, the Nairobi Coffee Exchange said on Tuesday.