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 One such manufacturer is E La Carte. Yesterday the upstart company announced $1 million in funding raised for Presto, a PC tablet that’s a menu and a maître‘d all at once.  According to E La Carte, a Presto PC tablet would ideally sit ready on each restaurant dining table, “so that guests can order, play games and pay from their seats without having to wait.” The Presto would not only feature a full menu with descriptions and direct ordering at the touch of a button, but would also come loaded with games and a calculator. With this new funding, E La Carte will be deploying its PC tablet systems at twenty locations along the West Coast.

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Meanwhile, similar manufacturer TableTop Media is making deals with major restaurant players like California Pizza Kitchen and Chili’s, and could have 250 locations carrying their PC tablets within the next few months. It all seems like small numbers now, but they’re sure to grow exponentially as the PC tablet concept continues to catch on across the county.

 The PC tablet could change the face of the restaurant industry, and some restaurants (rumors include Applebee’s) can’t wait to get on board. Why? According to Mashable, it could have a lot to do with sales. “People buy more food when they can do so instantly, without waiting for service,” reads the report. “In the six restaurants that ran a pilot scheme, according to CEO Rajat Suri, customers at E la Carte tables spent 10% to 12% more than those at other tables.”

That kind of increase is enough to make any restaurateur salivate. But can a speedy touch screen give customers everything they need? Could the PC tablet be the missing technological link between the classic restaurant and the lost concept of the automat? As PC tablets continue to pick up steam, we’re sure to find the answers as the year progresses.

Taking a turn towards being health conscious, Coca-Cola India plans to launch Minute Maid 100% Juice to further supplement its brand.

Minute Maid 100% Juice will be carried in three different flavors: apple, grape and orange. Coca-Cola's Minute Maid juice range will compete with Pepsi's Tropicana and Dabur's Real range of juices.

President and CEO of Coca-Cola India and South west Asia, Atul Singh said, “There is an enormous opportunity in the packaged beverage market. Having established our juice credentials with the successful launch of Minute Maid Pulpy Orange and Nimbu Fresh juice drinks along with Maaza, we are now launching the premium Minute Maid 100 percent juice range in three flavours."

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Having prior knowledge of the fruit-based juice industry, Coca-Cola's juice portfolio consists of the mango juice-based drink Maaza and Minute Maid Nimbu Fresh and Pulpy Orange.

In an effort to cater to the increasingly health conscious consumer, Coca-Cola India has been focusing on its non-carbonated drinks portfolio. It had recently formed a separate juice division with Andriy Avramenko at the helm of its global juice centre in Atlanta to head the division as general manager.

Minute Maid 100% Juice will be available in two pack sizes- 200 ml and 1-litre tetrapak, priced at Rs20 and Rs85 respectively. The product will be available in all leading modern trade outlets across the country and in general retail outlets in Punjab.



 

Since Starbucks launched its mobile payment system in January, over three million customers have used its mobile payment system, foreshadowing the enormous potential of e-wallet technology.

According to Brady Brewer, the Starbucks’ vice president, the Seattle-based company said its "Starbucks Card Mobile" app, which accepts mobile payments from iPhones and BlackBerrys at its 6,800 outlets in the U.S., is now "the nation's largest mobile payment network."

The app allows users to add credit on Starbucks gift cards using PayPal or a credit card. Then, they can pay for drinks by bringing up a barcode on the screen and holding it in front of a reader at the register.

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According to Mobiledia, “Starbucks is one of the first companies to develop a simple solution to the mobile-payment problem, and its popularity is an early indicator of consumer demand for e-wallet technology. In fact, several major players are clamoring to get a piece of the expected $1.13 trillion industry, including Google, Apple, wireless carriers and established credit card companies.

“Google, one of the first out of the gate, is currently testing its mobile payments system in New York and San Francisco, through the next four months. It is racing to install special registers that will enable a "tap-to-pay" service using NFC, or near field communications, a mobile-payment standard.

“Not to be outdone, Visa is testing mobile payments for mass transit in New York using NFC technology in standard credit cards and smartphones. And lastly, carriers like AT&T and Verizon will offer their own NFC payments system in a project called ISIS, while PayPal is working on its own service planned for later in the year.”









 

This will not make the Frito Bandito very happy, but the crunchy, salty, just delightful Fritos that we know and love are about to be ruined, I mean transformed into a more healthy snack.

Like many other companies responding to health-conscious consumers, snack food giant Frito-Lay is aiming to revamp its products to make half its U.S. snacks from all-natural ingredients, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Frito-Lay is running a rather big risk by changing the face and taste of its Frito Corn Chips. For many consumers, myself included, the word “natural” seems to allude to the fact that the food will taste downright bland. And don’t get me started on kettle chips, those do not a snack make. If I wanted burnt chips I would just eat all the brown ones in a bag of Lays.

The Wall Street Journal also reported that “some natural ingredients cost up to 35 per cent more than artificial agents, and it’s not clear whether this will affect snack prices.” Talk about insult to injury, making a blander chip and then charging more for it? Now is that really fair?

Frito-Lay told the newspaper it tested more than 300 versions of its barbecue potato chips before coming up with a natural recipe that tasted like the original, without using monosodium glutamate. Be that as it may, I’m sure it’s still just not the same.

Of course, Frito-Lay isn’t the only company eager to adopt a healthier image. I’ve reported on several other food giants, including Kraft and General Mills, who have also been responding to consumer demands to limit sugar, salt and saturated fats.








 

Following the fifth largest earthquake on record since 1900, Japan has suffered a massive amount of loss in the way of lives and infrastructure. Among the many organizations and relief efforts making their way towards Japan to help, Coca-Cola Co. has joined the force in a big way.

$31 million over the next three years will be raised by Coca-Cola Co. to raise its pledge of support for relief and rebuilding efforts in Japan. This increased effort comes on the heels of Coca-Cola’s original pledge of $7.3 million in cash and beverages in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that was made two weeks ago.

This is one of the largest sums Coca-Cola has ever allocated towards disaster relief.

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Chairman and chief executive of Coca-Cola, Muhtar Kent, recently visited Tokyo for two days to meet with employees and bottlers. He was accompanied by directors Herbert A. Allen and James D. Robinson III.

"We were very keen to be here in Tokyo to understand clearly what on-the-ground support is needed for Japanese communities and our business," Kent said in a statement. "We have been deeply moved by what we have seen and heard."

Coca-Cola is also establishing a fund that will assist in rebuilding schools and other facilities that support children. The company said it would match employees' contributions over the $31 million it has pledged.








 

It seems these days people can’t enough of experimenting with the energy spectrum. A few years ago, it was all about the energy, how can people find easy solutions to feel more energized and productive? By downing a 5-Hour Energy Shot of course, giving Starbucks a run for its money.

Well nowadays it seems people want an antidote for the jittery five hour episode that follows the consumption of an energy drink: relaxation. Relaxation drinks seem to be all the rage now, further encouraging the lethargic, procrastinating nature of this country, just what we all need!

Forget pot brownies, relaxation drinks are the new way to relax, and they’re legal.

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Drank, a purple "relaxation" drink has made its way to the western United States and many people, mainly residents of Arizona, have a lot to say about it.

Fox news has dubbed Drank "Weed in a Can,” as Drank advertises itself as a response to the rising popularity of energy drinks such as Monster and Red Bull. Drank's slogan is "slow your roll" and it is allegedly a mellowing, grape-flavored drink.

Chef Stephanie Green, RD, president for the Arizona Dietetic Association, said in an email to CBS that the chief ingredients in Drank are valerian root and melatonin, which are indeed used as sleeping aids. However, she cautions that energy drinks are not tightly regulated by anyone besides their manufacturers.

"Bottom line is get a little exercise in each day to help relieve stress and help you sleep better, and instead of consuming liquid calories you can actually burn off some instead," Green said.

Drank would not be ideal to drink at work considering it will cause drowsiness. Do not operate heavy machinery after consuming Drank either. How about this? Instead of drinking half a bottle of Nyquil when you suffer from insomnia, grab a can of Drank, it should do the trick! Note: prepare for crazy dreams.




 

Warren Buffett said he’ll most likely prolong his aversion to electronics makers such as Apple Inc. due to their business prospects being harder to predict than companies such as Coca-Cola Co.

“We held very few in the past and we’re likely to hold very few in the future,” said the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., referring to electronics makers. “[Coca-Cola] is very easy for me to come to a conclusion as to what it will look like economically in five or 10 years, and it’s not easy for me to come to a conclusion about Apple.”

These comments made by the world’s third-richest man come on the heels of the world’s fifth largest earthquake as electronics makers worldwide scramble to assess damages from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan that killed more than 18,000 people so far. Japanese companies such as Toshiba Corp., supply 20 percent of the world’s technology products, including 40 percent of components and 19 percent of chips, according to CLSA Ltd. estimates.

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“If I owned Japanese stocks, I would certainly not be selling them because of the events of the past 10 days or so,” Buffett said. “Something out of the blue like this, an extraordinary event, really creates a buying opportunity.”

According to regulatory data compiled by Bloomberg, Apple, the Cupertino, California-based maker of the iPhone and iPad, overtook Microsoft Corp. as the largest technology company by market value last year. The 8.6 percent stake in Coca-Cola is Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest equity holding, followed by Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express Co.

“Even though Apple may have the most wonderful future in the world, I’m not capable of bringing any drink to that particular party and evaluating that future,” Buffett said. “I simply look at businesses where I think I have some understanding of what they might look like in five or 10 years.”


 

Instead of traveling all the way to Disneyworld to feed your children overpriced healthy snacks with the faces of Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy printed on the package, consider making your way to the nearest grocery store.

The Walt Disney Co. is selling a line of fruits and vegetables inspired by various Disney characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy.

Disney Consumer Products uses the popularity of its theme park characters to appeal to children and launch a line of products to be sold in the produce aisle of stores nationwide including Kroger, Winn Dixie, Albertsons and Price Shopper.

These items include Mickey-shaped snack trays with combinations of celery, peanut butter and raisins or apples, cheese and crackers and others. Other items include teriyaki sugar snap peas, honey orange carrot coins, cheesy broccoli bites and miniature apples, peaches, pears, plums and oranges.

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In the past, Disney has sold other foods inspired by its characters, mainly Mickey, including frozen pizza, hamburger patties and ice cream pops made in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head.

Poor Mickey has had his head decapitated so many times purely for the sheer joy of food consumption that he must be getting a complex!

The following update to this article was submitted by Disney Consumer Products:

"Disney Consumer Products (DCP) announced that it will continue its commitment to helping families eat healthier foods by expanding its produce offering to make Disney-branded produce more widely available and offer more product variety. Families can shop at grocery and national retailers for healthy options including sliced apples and Foodles by Crunch Pak and produce from Dayka Hackett and Chelan Fresh. The expansion effort will include packaging changes to the line of Disney-branded produce such as an update to the recognizable stylized green leaf bearing the Disney logo; placement of nutritional information on the front of packaging, making it easier for families to identify healthy foods; and the addition of the Disney Magic of Healthy Living logo. The packaging transition in the marketplace will be seamless and cause no disruption in product availability.

"During the next year, DCP’s produce licensees expect to launch several new and refreshed Disney-branded products that capitalize on synergistic promotional opportunities tied to Disney entertainment content and beloved characters. To facilitate the ongoing expansion, DCP will collaborate with Minneapolis, Minn.-based Golden Sun Marketing to enter into new license agreements with fresh produce growers and shippers.

“'Since Disney announced landmark nutritional guidelines associating Disney brands and characters with a more nutritionally balanced range of foods, we have helped bring more than one billion servings of fruits and vegetables to children and parents looking for healthy food choices,” said John King, director of food for DCP. “By forging relationships directly with leading suppliers and growers, we’re one step ahead in building on this strong foundation. We’re reaching even more families through an expanded product offering with the positive message of eating more fruits and vegetables.'”

"Disney understands the challenges faced by parents in regard to their family's nutrition and wants to be part of the solution. In 2006, Disney announced new food guidelines aimed at giving parents and children healthier eating options. Under these guidelines, Disney committed to using its name and characters on kid-focused food products that meet specific criteria, including limits on calories, fat, saturated fat and sugar. The guidelines also included a long-term target for balancing the licensed food portfolio such that 85% will be everyday foods with the smaller 15% comprised of special-occasion treats. DCP has achieved this goal in North America.

"As part of its ongoing effort to promote healthier lifestyles and nutrition for kids and families, Disney announced last September the Magic of Healthy Living – a national multimedia initiative designed to help parents with their quest to raise healthy, happy kids. The initiative, which included public service announcements featuring First Lady Michelle Obama and young Disney stars, builds on Disney’s commitment to a healthier generation of kids."









 

Well, so much for Kashi’s organic image as they join the list of companies participating in recalls.

Kashi attempts damage control by recalling about 2,790 pounds of Kashi Southwest Style Chicken labeled products because they're incorrectly labeled. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, says the food may contain egg, which is not on the label, and can be a known allergen.

The California-based companies recall includes 10 ounce "Kashi Southwest Style Chicken" entrees. They have a UPC Code of 1862729292. The lot number is DEC28 RF B1.

The packages are labeled "keep frozen" and have the establishment code of "P-17644" inside the inspection mark. They were packaged by Request Foods, Inc., a Holland Mich., establishment. The products were shipped to stores nationwide.

So far, there have been no reports of any illnesses.

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Kashi began with a healthy epiphany back in 1984 with the discovery of goodness of whole grain nutrition. After months of mixing grains and seeds, the company chose the unique blend of Seven Whole Grains and Sesame for its supreme nutritional profile, a vegetarian source of protein and complex carbohydrates that’s hearty, satisfying and energizing.

Kashi is derived from the synthesis of “kashruth” or kosher/pure food and “Kushi,” the last name of the founders of American Macrobiotics. Kashi also has international meanings: porridge in Russian, happy in Chinese and energy in Japanese.





 

In an absolutely terrible tragedy, a Missouri family is suing Starbucks after a patron was killed while trying to prevent a tip jar robbery.

According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Roger Kreutz was ordering coffee from a Crestwood Starbucks on March 3, 2008 when he witnessed a 19-year-old thief snatch the barista tip jar from the counter.

The Dispatch reported that Kreutz chased the man, later identified as Aaron Poisson, out of the coffee shop and the two had a physical altercation near the thief's car. Kreutz was thrown to the ground after Poisson, in his rush to escape, hit him with his car.

Kreutz later died from head injuries related to the incident.

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Poisson, of Cumming, Ga., was later arrested in St. Louis, and eventually pleaded guilty of involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to one year in prison.

Now, Kreutz' family has filed a wrongful-death suit against the coffee giant, blaming Starbucks for inviting criminal activity by leaving tip jars near customers.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by the Dispatch, Starbucks "did not employ security to prevent the perpetration of such crimes" and that it "invited the act of perpetration of said crime" by having a tip jar.

Starbucks has not come forward with a comment regarding the lawsuit. Poisson is also not named in the lawsuit.






 

Jamba Juice has made an announcement that, in addition to the Nestlé USA retail launch in the Northeast, which began in February 2011, they will begin selling Nestlé Jamba All-Natural Energy Drinks in almost 600 Jamba Juice locations across the Nation starting on March 15.

The Nestlé Jamba All-Natural Energy Drinks will be available in three great-tasting, fruit flavors: strawberry banana, crisp apple, and pomegranate blueberry. The energy drink beverages do not contain artificial preservatives, flavors, or colors, 0g of trans fat, or high fructose corn syrup. Additionally, each 8.4 ounce can contains 70 percent real fruit juice, 80mg of caffeine derived from natural sources, is fat free and 90 calories per serving.

“The Nestlé Jamba Energy drinks are the result of an outstanding collaboration with Nestlé USA and we believe they will provide a meaningful point of difference in the $8.5 billion energy drink category,” said James D. White, chairman, president, and CEO, Jamba Juice Company. “These beverages are a great fit with our growing portfolio of health and wellness products and we are thrilled to be able to offer them to our customers in our stores.”

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In February 2011, Nestlé began the sell-in of the Nestlé Jamba All-Natural Energy Drinks to retailers in the Northeast, including grocery, mass, and convenience retailers in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. “The retail receptivity to the products has been better than we could have imagined and speaks to the untapped demand that retailers feel consumers will have for a more health-oriented energy beverage, made without artificial ingredients,” said Chad Patterson, marketing manager, Nestlé Jamba Energy, Nestlé USA.

Since announcing their intent to build a licensing growth platform, Jamba Juice has made significant progress in developing licensing alliances to manufacture, market, and distribute Jamba-branded offerings through grocery, convenience, and other retail channels. Both Nestlé USA and Jamba Juice Company continue to explore a number of other joint opportunities to extend the Jamba brand.




 

Hershey and Kellogg’s were the strongest packaged food companies according to a Nielsen report on sales through so-called Food, Drug and Mass (FDM) channels, including Wal-mart.

Hershey topped the list with sales up 4.0 percent, giving it the best FDM+WMT growth in large-cap branded food. Kellogg's posted sales growth of 2.2 percent in FDM+WMT channels.

Citigroup analyst David Driscoll noted Kellogg’s growth over the latest 12 weeks represents a 120 basis-point acceleration sequentially from last month, and a 340 basis-point acceleration from three months ago.

Kellogg is Citigroup’s top pick in branded food.

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As has been the case over the last 12 weeks, FDM channels are growing faster than FDM+ Wal-Mart, Driscoll noted.

“Following last month where FDM+WMT channels saw growth accelerate significantly, total food sales growth in FDM+WMT weakened with a sequential decline of about 80 basis points,” Driscoll wrote. “This was mainly driven by volumes, which saw a sequential decline of about70 basis points.”

But, he added, branded food manufacturers are producing better volume trends than private label in FDM+WMT. Branded volumes declined 1.2 percent, compared to a 4.6 percent decline for private label.

Still, private label is producing better sales growth (+1.7%) than branded (+0.5%) as private-label prices are up (+6.6%) to a greater extent relative to branded prices (+1.7%) over the latest 12 weeks.



 

Wow, I never thought I would have to jump on the bandwagon just like everybody else and write about Charlie Sheen, but now that he’s launching his own cooking show, I don’t think I have a choice.

I have actually seen the video for myself and I must admit it’s pretty hilarious. The saddest part about this whole situation is that Charlie Sheen is famous for a reason, he’s quite the performer and had me entranced by his comedic actions in this clip.

See if for yourself at FunnyOrDie.com, where the ubiquitous actor appears in a sort of mind-bending clip as he stars in his own aptly named cooking show, "Winning Recipes." There is a gross factor though, Sheen has a cigarette sticking out of his mouth the whole time, not very appetizing, although I’m thinking it’s not his intent here to actually teach people how to cook.

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Decked out in an apron and tiger-striped toque, Sheen announces: "Yes I'm doing a cooking show. Why? Because if you haven't noticed, I'm winning television right now. My plan is to be the first person to have made an appearance on every television network. Just like I was the first person to get one million Twitter followers in 24 hours. Like I was the first person to build a rocket ship to Cassiopeia using only my mind tools. Here I come Food Network."

Sheen holds out a perfectly ordinary Pyrex bowl and pronounces, "This is not a bowl; it's a cauldron...of awesomeness," or when he waxes on his superiority as a tiger-blooded predator who kills his own meat, "I'm not some mouth-breather in a drive-thru, gorging my pie hole on some mass-produced monkey grub.” His speech is amazing, definitely his own material, no one else is that twisted.

Spoiler alert: the “finished" product appears as a bloody steak topped with mashed cigarette butts, yet he somehow transforms the dish with his laser vision and turns it into a gourmet meal, complete with a tomato salad, which in Sheens world is a hothouse tomato.

So good luck to you Charlie! Maybe you actually will land a celebrity chef spot on the Food Network if you’re catering to an audience without a sense of smell, sight or taste.



 

Sorry Jen Aniston, but I ONLY enjoyed you as Rachel Greene, not anything else, so let’s stick with what works, shall we? Anyway, in what seems to be a last ditch effort on the actress’ part to call negative attention to herself, Jen Aniston appears in an ad for Smartwater on YouTube, completely intended to go viral dubbing it the “Jen Aniston Sex Tape.”

Now before you all start screaming that this is old news that came out a few days ago, that Jen Aniston would appear in a Smartwater ad/sex tape thing, I get that. But my intention here is to talk about the aftermath. Since Jennifer Aniston's new ad campaign for the company 'Smartwater' has gone viral, the video has received 2,897,953 views on YouTube right as of this moment.

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The ‘Just Go With It’ actress promotes 'Smartwater' in their latest ad, and the clip has taken the Internet by storm. Just in case you are one of the five people who has not seen it yet, prepare for this spoiler alert. In the advert, a group of 'internet geeks' are attempting to make a 'viral video' by enlisting the help of Aniston. The clip features the ‘Friends’ actress spoofing several well-known viral videos from the past, including the 'double rainbow guy,' the dancing babies' and the 'skateboarding dog.' Aniston even gets to kick a guy in the crotch, which supposedly awards her 100,000 hits. Towards the end of the ad, the team decides that calling the video 'Jen Aniston's Sex Tape' would result in maximum exposure. After seductively drinking from a bottle of 'Smartwater,’ the actress gives the idea a thumbs-up, and says, "I love it."

Really, Jen? This is what you have to reduce yourself to? C’mon you’re better than this! Well, maybe not, the video has been getting a lot of publicity and I’m sure Smartwater is paying you a pretty penny so maybe you’re laughing all the way to the bank as we’re all laughing at how you interact with the ‘double rainbow guy.’ So for those of you who really can’t resist, check out the video here.




 

Kellogg’s has plans to eliminate cereal boxes made from recycled cardboard after scientists found old ink in the packaging is linked to cancer.

The breakfast giant, which makes Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies, is now looking at alternatives for packing the its cereals in the aftermath of the warning. Kellogg’s is toying with the idea of switching to foil inner bags in an effort to keep the cereal free from the chemicals.

Weetabix is also considering new packaging after a Swiss study found that in 75 percent of boxes made from recycled newspaper, potentially toxic mineral oils could seep into cereals.

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Researchers, led by Dr. Koni Grob at Zurich’s Food Safety Lab, consider the new findings “frightening.”

Dr. Grob said studies on rats highlighted possible health dangers, adding: “One is the chronic inflammation of various internal organs and the other one is cancer.”

Kellogg’s said there was “no immediate concern,” adding in a statement: “We are working with our suppliers on new packaging which allows us to meet our environmental commitments but will also contain significantly lower levels of mineral oil.”

Weetabix said that while there was no “risk to consumer health” it was working with packaging suppliers for alternatives.