What if we could become smarter … just by owning a smartphone?There’s no denying that today’s technologies present so much opportunity (capability) and information.
In trying times, people look for distractions. They might find relief in enjoying a classic film with family or they might dig into a big tub of ice cream pulled from the freezer. The movie world and the food world both provide an escape from everyday life.
On MTV’s hit reality TV show “Made,” coaches and mentors help teenagers set lofty personal goals and attain them through hard work, training and dedication.
Put together one very flat fresh-cut salads category, a deserving group of consumers and several opinionated processors - what do you get? The answer is “Extreme Makeover: Home (meal) Edition.”
Sweet, natural and cheesy with a healthy dose of indulgence could describe the new cultured and cheese products that hit retail shelves this past year - or it could sum up an episode of “The Hills,” MTV’s reality show that follows twenty-something Californians through their love lives, friendships and careers.
On MTV’s Road Rules, a group of strangers is stripped of its money and loaded into an RV to embark on a mysterious journey. The team receives messages about where to go and what to do while in transit.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods turns
to American Frozen Food Institute President
and CEO Leslie Sarasin for a Washington, D.C., insider’s view of ethanol
subsidies and the “food-versus-fuel” debate.
Market researcher Packaged Facts, New York, recently projected that the U.S. market for ice cream and related frozen desserts will grow by $4 billion and reach $27.6 billion by 2012.