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2012년 유통솔루션 컨퍼런스의 할인 적용기간이 10월31일부로 종료 되었습니다. 현재까지 약 130개 유통 기업 및 제조기업이 등록하였고, 143개 기업이 전시를 할 예정입니다. Today is the Early Bird Registration deadline for the 2012 Distribution Solutions Conference, taking place October 29-31 in Las Vegas. While there is still plenty of time to register, by registering today you can save $100 per person. Currently, more than 130 distributor and manufacturer companies have registered for the conference, and 143 companies are exhibiting at the SOLD OUT Exposition. Come join other industry leaders "Where the Industry Talks!" For full conference information, click here.

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Red Lobster는 해산물 외에 추가 메뉴 및 15불 이하 저가 메뉴를 제공할 예정이다. Red Lobster plans to revamp its menu on Oct. 15 to include more dishes that appeal to diners who do not want to eat seafood, according to The Associated Press. The chain is also boosting the number of dishes that it offers for less than $15 to appeal to customers who have cut back on spending. The chain says a quarter of the items on its menu will be non-seafood dishes, up from 8%. And the number of lower-cost entrees will rise to about 60% from 40%, reported Boston.com. Full Story

유력 외식설문기관인 Zagat에 따르면 웬디스를 패스트 푸드 중에서 높게 평가했다. Wendy's emerged as the favorite overall fast food chain among Zagat readers. In a survey in which 10,554 Zagat readers weighed in on everything from their favorite burger and fries to salad and fast food chain, Wendy's was ranked the top overall chain after taking the No. 1 position for both food and decor, and taking the second-place spot for service. Subway was voted the most popular mega chain and also provides the best service, according to the survey, reported New York Daily News. Full Story

2011년의 지진 이후로 일본 소비자들의 외식비중은 줄어든 것으로 나타났다. Since the earthquake in March 2011, Japanese consumers began eating out less, while having meals at home more. This led to an increase in the Home Meal Replacement (HMR) sector, as well as the frozen food sector. Second, Japanese consumers are more attentive to products with longer shelf life, in case of future emergency situations. USDA Report

맥도날드는 자체 브랜드로 유통 커피시장에 진출을 준비하고 있다. 다른 패스트푸드 기업들의 참여가 예상된다. McDonald's filed a trademark using its name for ground and whole-bean coffee, signaling that the fast-food chain might be entering the bagged coffee market under its own brand. The trademark registration, filed last month with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, means McDonald's could be looking for a spot next to Dunkin' Donuts on grocery-store shelves. However, the trademark could also be designed merely to prevent a competitor from using it for coffee, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required)

스타벅스의 뉴 컨셉 스토어… Starbucks has reimagined the coffee hut as a "modern modular," LEED-certified drive-thru and walk-up shop, with no room for customers. The core of each of these new, small Starbucks locations will be a prefabricated, modular set of rooms. At a mere 500-sq.-ft, they have just enough space to squeeze in three to five employees along with all of the coffee making apparatuses necessary to execute a full Starbucks menu, reported Fast Company Design. Full Story

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사람들은 신선 식품을 점점 선호하며, 소규모의, 공공시장 형태를 선호한다. Urbanites and developers keen on fresh food and a more personal shopping experience are rediscovering smaller, public markets and reviving them, reported NPR. Farmers markets are proliferating with impressive speed, and old indoor markets are also getting facelifts. In Washington, D.C., the old Centre Market reopened this month as Union Market, featuring high-end vendors selling everything from homemade kimchee to smoked fish. And some cities, like Oxnard in California, are building indoor public markets from scratch. Full Story

Supervalu사는 억만장자인 Ronald Burkle과 사모펀드인 KKR의 관심을 받고 있으며, 그들은 전체 보다는 부분 인수를 검토하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다. Supervalu has attracted interest from billionaire Ronald Burkle and buyout firms KKR & Co. and TPG Capital, claimed people with knowledge of the matter. Burkle and the private-equity firms are looking at parts of Supervalu rather than the whole, stated the sources, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story

세븐일레븐과 펩시사는 업계 최초로 Koupon Media의 디지털 캠페인 플랫폼을 활용하여 캠페인을 시작하였다. 7-Eleven and Pepsi are among the first to launch campaigns with Koupon Media's Digital Campaign Management (DCM) platform, which unifies the creation, distribution, redemption, and analysis of digital coupons, offers and loyalty programs. Retailers, brands, and grocery and convenience stores can use the cloud-based DCM platform to immediately deploy digital campaigns, reach customers on any platform, and analyze essential data to understand buying behavior in real time, stated Koupon, reported Convenience Store News. Full Story

테스코사는 감소하는 매출을 회복하기 위해 투자를 집중하면서 약 20년 만에 처음으로 이익 감소를 나타냈다. Tesco reported the first profit drop in almost two decades after increasing investment to halt declining supermarket sales. Meanwhile, about 230 stores have undergone modernization work. In South Korea, Tesco's second-largest market after Britain, profit was hurt by restrictions to store opening hours. All of its stores, including convenience outlets, are now closed for two Sundays a month, the peak trading day which typically accounts for 20% of weekly revenue, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story

타겟의 9월 매출은 식품과 개학용품 준비에 영향을 받아 증가하였다. Food and other key consumables gave Target a revenue rise in September, according to The Associated Press. A key revenue figure rose 2.1% last month as shoppers picked up groceries and back-to-school items. Analysts expected a 2.2 increase for revenue in stores open at least one year. Total sales for the five weeks ended Sept. 29 rose 2.6%, to $6.08 billion. The strongest categories were food and health and beauty, reported The Washington Post. Full Story

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소셜 미디어의 중요성이 점점 강조되면서, 플로리다의 농가도 그 효과와 영향력을 경험하였다. Social media is becoming more prevalent in Florida's agricultural industry as farmers realize the importance of communicating to a younger generation, according to a communications specialist for the Florida Farm Bureau. The King family in East Bradenton, which runs a farm and farmer's market in East Manatee, has used Facebook to market their products and claim social media helped interaction with consumers over the past year. The AgChat Foundation, created two years ago, also holds annual conferences and teaches farmers, ranchers and anyone in industry how to use social media and target an audience, reported The Bradenton Herald. Full Story

금주 사업실적 발표 기업은… Companies expected to release sales and earnings this week include: Leading Brands, Cal-Maine Foods, Family Dollar Stores, Marriott International, Monsanto, Constellation Brands and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

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많은 기업들이 무글루텐 식품의 커지는 시장을 실감하여, 관련 대응을 하고 있다. More food companies are recognizing the need to inform and serve the segment of the market that needs or wants gluten-free products. From gluten-free flours to gluten-free restaurant menus, the prevalence of these products is expanding. In the U.S. alone, sales of gluten-free food and beverages hit $2.64 billion in 2010, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30% over the 2006-2010 period, according to Packaged Facts. Sales are expected to continue growing, even exceeding $5 billion by the year 2015, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan, reported Celiac.com. Full Story

코카콜라는 Interbrand가 주관하는 글로벌 브랜드 시상에서 13년 연속 1위를 차지했다. Coca-Cola ranked No. 1 on the list of Interbrand's Best Global Brands for the 13th consecutive year, which ranks the 100 most valuable brands on criteria that include financial performance, the role the brand plays in influencing the choices made by consumers and the brand’s ability to help its parent’s earnings. Interbrand estimated Coca-Cola's brand value at $77.8 billion, up 8% from the 2011 report, The New York Times on the web reported. Full Story (NYT Subscription Required)

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Glencore는 타만항의 러시아 곡물 수출 터미널 중 약 50%를 확보하였다. Glencore bought a 50% stake in a Russian grain export terminal, alongside Ukrainian agricultural producer Kernel. The terminal in the port of Taman, one of the largest deep-water grain export terminals on the Black Sea coast, is close to southern Russia's main grain producing region, providing a platform for Kernel's Russian export business and extending Glencore's reach, reported Reuters. Full Story

네덜란드 생선공장의 훈제연어를 먹고 많은 수의 네덜란드와 미국인들이 살모넬라에 감염되었다. Hundreds of consumers in the Netherlands and the U.S. have been sickened by salmonella after eating smoked salmon produced at a Dutch fish factory. In the Netherlands "some 200 people have fallen ill through contaminated salmon" while in the U.S. about 100 people were infected "by the same type of salmonella," stated the National Institute for Public Health in the Netherlands. "The real number of infected people (is) likely to be higher," the RIVM added in a statement, stating smoked salmon made by Dutch fish producer Foppen has been taken off the shelves and removed from storage fridges, reported AFP. Full Story

그리스 요거트 시장에서 Fage는 약 25% 시장점유를 나타내지만 미국에서는 약 14%를 나타낸다. 현재 Chobani가 약 47% 시장점유를 나타내며 1등 브랜드가 되었는데, Fage의 상대적 약세는 시장의 대세 보다는 특수시장에 집중함에 따른다. Fage is the leading producer of Greek yogurt in Greece with more than 25% market share, but only holds 14% of the U.S. market. Chobani, the major U.S. brand, holds 47%. Fage arrived in 1998, nine years before Chobani hit supermarket shelves. The reason for its failure to take control of the U.S. market, claims Advertising Age, is that it focused too much on a "niche" approach. Full Story (Free Registration Required)

페이스북의 사용자가 드디어 지난 달 10억 명을 돌파하였다. Facebook reached the one billion active monthly users threshold last month, and is up by 45 million users since June. The company also added 600 million mobile users and has seen 1.13 trillion "likes," or endorsements by users, since the company launched the feature in February 2009, reported Reuters. Full Story

Mondelez International은 OREO와 Ritz 전통 브랜드의 모바일 마케팅 강화 전략을지원하기 위해 IT 벤처기업으로부터 신선한 아이디어를 얻고자 한다. Mondelez International is looking for fresh ideas from tech startups as the marketer seeks to boost its mobile marketing budget for big snack and candy brands such as Oreo, Trident and Ritz. The program, called "Mobile Futures," begins next week with an open call for "shovel-ready" mobile technologies that the marketer plans to launch within three months in support up to 10 brands. In a second phase, Mondelez will pair brand teams with the selected startups to create new mobile ventures from scratch within 90 days, reported Advertising Age. Full Story (Free Registration Required)

유니레버는 북미 땅콩버터 브랜드인 Skippy의 매각을 검토 중이다. Unilever is considering the sale of its North American peanut butter brand, Skippy. "As part of a recently completed strategic review, we have decided to explore various options for our Skippy business in the U.S. and Canada including, but not limited to, a potential sale of the business," according to a spokesman for the company. "The ultimate objective will be to identify the best way forward for Skippy's continued growth and profitability," the spokesman added. The Anglo-Dutch company stated it "cannot speculate" on the outcome of the internal review, reported The Wall Street Journal. Full Story (WSJ subscription required)

전세계 식품 가격은 9월 상승하여 2008년 식품 위기 수준에 가깝게 머물고 있다. World food prices rose in September and are seen remaining close to levels reached during the 2008 food crisis, the UN food agency stated, while cutting its forecast for global cereal output. The worst drought in more than 50 years in the U.S. sent corn and soybean prices to record highs over the summer, and, coupled with drought in Russia and other Black Sea exporting countries, raised fears of a renewed crisis, reported Reuters. Full Story

글로벌 농업 시장이 현재는 적절히 돌아가고 있어 G20 국가의 긴급미팅은 열리지 않을 것으로 보인다. Global agricultural markets are working properly and G20 countries have agreed that an emergency meeting of the Rapid Response Forum under the agriculture body AMIS is not necessary at the moment, the U.S. Mission to the UN agencies in Rome stated. The U.S. currently is chair of the G20 body AMIS, reported Reuters. Full Story

유럽연합에서 생산된 약 50%의 과일과 야채가 소비되지 않는다는 통계가 나왔다. Almost 50% of fruits and vegetables in the EU are not consumed, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. The main losses are connected to the production of fresh produce, with 20% of the fresh produce lost due to: accidental damage during threshing or fruit picking, damage by insects, mechanical damage and/or spillage during harvest operation and crops sorted out post-harvest following quality requirements by supermarkets and other companies. The lack of tuning between supply and demand is another reason for losses, reported Science Daily. Full Story

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노인과 당뇨 환자에게 적당한 음주도 심방 이상증세를 일으킬 수 있다는 연구가 나왔다. Moderate drinking could increase the risk of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder, in older adults with heart disease or advanced diabetes, according to a new study. Moderate drinking was defined as up to two drinks per day or one to 14 drinks per week for women. For men, moderate drinking was three drinks per day or one to 21 drinks per week. Atrial fibrillation is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that affects about 2.7 million people in the U.S., and is a risk factor for stroke, HealthDay reports. Full Story

규칙적으로 생선을 섭취하는 것이 심장질환을 감소할 수 있다는 연구가 나왔다. Eating fish regularly was linked to a lower risk of heart failure, but researchers found mixed results when it came to omega-3 supplements, claims a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. According to the study's senior researcher, the results are consistent with the American Heart Association's recommendations, reported Reuters. Full Story

비타민 D의 최근 연구에 따르면 일반 감기를 막는데 효과가 크지 않은 것으로 나타났다. The latest research on vitamin D supplementation has found that it will not help ward off the common cold in otherwise healthy adults who have normal vitamin D levels, reported HealthDay. Results of the study are published in the Oct. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Full Story

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FDA는 추가적인 식품 가공시설에 대한 인가 연장을 보류하고 있다. FDA is currently not accepting food facility registration renewals, with the Biennial Registration Renewal for Food Facilities delayed past the Oct. 1 FSMA date. FDA advises industry to check FDA's website at http://www.access.fda.gov for updates. Full Story

축육 및 계란 등의 식품 문제와 사고에 대한 클레임을 할 수 있는 온라인 클레임 장이 생겼다. FSIS unveiled a new online Electronic Consumer Complaint Form where consumers can report problems with meat, poultry and egg products. Consumers can use the form to report illnesses, allergic reactions, injuries, improper labeling and issues with foreign objects to the Consumer Complaint Monitoring System (CCMS). Once an incident is reported to CCMS, the agency can determine what public health implications are associated with the incident, and on a case-by-case basis may conduct additional follow up with complainants. Full Story

Kraft Foods Cadbury 부문은 네슬레와의 쵸콜렛 포장 색깔과 관련한 분쟁에서 승소했다. Kraft Foods' Cadbury unit won a trademark case brought by Nestle over purple packaging for chocolate, after a London judge found the color was distinctive to the maker of Dairy Milk bars. Nestle challenged a trademark ruling from December 2011 covering chocolate bars and drinks, claiming a color should not be protected, reported Bloomberg.com. Full Story

USDA는 약 1,000억불 규모의 자금으로 미국의 스페셜티 농작물 농가를 지원키로 했다. USDA will give $101 million in grants to support America's specialty crops producers. Approximately $55 million of the total will be invested in 56 specialty crop block grants to states that fund 748 initiatives across the country to strengthen markets and expand economic opportunities for local and regional producers. An additional $46 million will go to support new and continuing research and extension activities to address challenges and opportunities for growers and businesses that rely on a sustainable, profitable specialty crops industry. Full Story

시중에 유통되는 수십여 개의 체중감소 및 면역보강제들의 포장설명은 법의 허용범위를 넘어서는 것으로 나타났다. Dozens of weight loss and immune system supplements on the market are illegally labeled and lack the recommended scientific evidence to back up their purported health claims, according to a report from the HHS Inspector General. Some 20% of 127 weight loss and immune-boosting supplements investigators purchased online and in retail stores carried labels that made illegal claims to cure or treat disease, with some products stating that the supplements could cure or prevent diabetes or cancer, or that they could help people with HIV or AIDS, reported the Associated Press. Full Story

신용카드 수수료와 관련한 약 72.5억불 규모의 소송 조정이 고소자들의 합의 반대로 연기되거나 위기상황을 맞을 수 있다고 알려졌다. Final approval of a proposed $7.25 billion legal settlement over credit card "swipe fees" could be in jeopardy, or at least delayed, as six of the 19 plaintiffs in the case now oppose the deal reached in mid-July. The six retail organizations claim the agreement does not prevent Visa and MasterCard from increasing swipe fees whenever they want. "There is strong concern that the proposed settlement agreement will not achieve the litigation's most critical goal – to fundamentally change a broken marketplace in which swipe fees are set," stated the president of the National Restaurant Association, reported NBCNews.com. Full Story

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베이컨 및 돈육 가격이 내년에는 약 10% 이상 인상 가능성이 있다. Bacon and pork products prices will likely rise next year, by as much as 10%. But U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage. "Pork supplies will decrease slightly as we go into 2013," Farm Bureau economist John Anderson stated. "But the idea that there'll be widespread shortages, that we'll run out of pork, that's really overblown," reported The Washington Post. Full Story

바다 온난화 및 이상기후로 인해 물고기의 크기가 작아질 수 있다. Changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. The study provides the first-ever global projection of the potential reduction in the maximum size of fish in a warmer and less-oxygenated ocean. The researchers used computer modeling to study more than 600 species of fish from oceans around the world and found that the maximum body weight they can reach could decline by 14% to 20% between years 2000 and 2050, with the tropics being one of the most impacted regions, reported Science Daily. Full Story

워싱톤 사과 업계는 새로운 지표 기준으로 중국 대상 사과수출량이 감소될 수 있다고 전했다. Washington apple industry leaders expressed concern about new measures that might limit U.S. apple exports to China as agriculture leaders from China and the U.S. discussed trade issues. Discussions between plant health officials of China and the U.S.were expected to cover U.S.-China agricultural trade relations, including China's interest in exporting apples to the U.S. and U.S. concerns about China's import policies. Reports from traders there indicate import permits in mainland China have not been issued for U.S. apples since August, according to an export representative for Washington Apple Commission, reported The Packer Online. Full Story

미국 농가는 잡초와 병충해에 대항하기 위해 더욱 강력한 농약을 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. U.S. farmers are using more hazardous pesticides to fight weeds and insects resistant to the chemicals after heavy adoption of genetically modified crop technologies in agriculture, according to a report published in the journal Environmental Sciences Europe. The paper, authored by a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University, found GE crops led to a 404 million-lb. increase in overall pesticide use since their introduction in 1996 through 2011, reported NBCNews.com. Full Story

캘리포니아의 포도수확이 전년보다는 많이 향상된 결과를 보이고 있다. The California grape harvest is moving well, much better than last year. Growers are reporting clear and warm harvest weather, good yields and the highest harvest time prices in decades, reported Western Farm Press. Full Story

멕시코와의 토마토 무역협정의 마지막 결정을 위한 약 270일 카운트다운 상황 속에서 미국의 지지자들은 그들의 입장을 고수하고 있다. With the clock ticking on a 270-day countdown to the final decision about the tomato trade agreement with Mexico, supporters of the agreement reiterated their stand as the Commerce Department officially posted its intent to end the agreement. In a Federal Register notice on Oct. 2, the Commerce Department laid out the timetable for the process. But U.S. produce and business leaders stated during a media teleconference the same day that the department's intended action is based on erroneous information from the Florida tomato industry and USDA, reported The Packer Online. Full Story

하와이에서 소비되는 소고기의 약 95%는 미국 본토에서 수입되었다. Nearly all the beef eaten in Hawaii, or 95%, arrives packaged on container ships from the U.S. mainland, according to The Associated Press. At the same time, Hawaii cattle ranchers ship 40,000 live cattle each year to California, Kansas and other states, while just 4,000 are slaughtered for meat sales in Hawaii. National interest in locally grown food and grass-fed beef have caught on in Hawaii, offering ranchers plenty of reason to get out of this paradox. But the opportunity comes as crushing drought has made it difficult to keep enough cattle here to capitalize on the demand. Full Story