A mid-November announcement of Walmart CEO succession took the food industry by surprise. A report by AP News suggests that Doug McMillon, the CEO of the retail chain for 11 years, will step aside on January 31, 2026. His successor, John Furner, a Walmart insider currently leading the US arm of the business, will become…
Gluten-free cookies, pasta and bread have now featured prominently on food aisles, but are gluten-free products healthier? ‘Gluten-free’ has served as a selling point for many food brands; meanwhile, some people don’t understand its meaning. Medical research has confirmed the existence of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Consequently, that some categories of people are…
When people recount stories of how they moved away from a place that was formerly ‘home,’ the tale often features titbits on the interplay between migration and food culture. One of the first things the average migrant is likely to recollect about the early days of relocation is their culinary acclamatization. How they learned to…
You don’t have to be sold on a climate-friendly Thanksgiving recipe to experience changes on your table during the annual celebration. American families, particularly boomer parents, will attest to the marked shift in what lines the Thanksgiving table over the years. Inflation is a demon that can hardly be tamed, so food cost keeps rising…
Food label greenwashing often misleads grocery shoppers because of its underlying subtleties. From ‘carbon neutral’ to ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘all natural,’ more groceries are coming with sensational labels that may not mean what you think. Greenwashing is false claims, knowing or unknowing, that manufacturers make about the environmental friendliness of their products. Sometimes, these claims are…
