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Gus Barber started Barber Foods with one employee, a butcher knife and an old truck. He had a 1,000 square foot facility and delivered beef to restaurants and markets in Portland, Me.

Findings from the Cone Holiday Trend Tracker, a nationwide poll to determine Americans' plans for charitable giving this holiday season, show that more than half of Americans intend to purchase a holiday gift that gives back a portion of the proceeds to a cause.

Five years ago, Kellogg Company and its agency, Leo Burnett Worldwide, devised the Special K Challenge diet plan, which boosted Special K to become the company's No. 1 brand with an estimated $500 million in global sales.

Last month, Nestl FoodServices North America announced the groundbreaking of its new Culinary Innovation Center in Solon, Ohio, which will encompass 67,300 square feet, comprised of a basement, two floors and the provision for a future third floor.

The Walt Disney Company introduced new food guidelines for licensed foods and promotions aimed at children.

Last month I told you I could not believe it was fall, and now here I am thinking about winter and holidays and the New Year.

Coca-Cola Co. unveiled its Far Coast brand of premium brewed beverages to an awaiting Toronto marketplace in September 2006.

Beverage producers are continuing to focus on new product innovation as a principal way of increasing market share.