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Junk Food Makers Market Look-Alike ‘Smart Snacks’ In Schools To Mislead Kids, Study Claims

Posted September 2, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Junk Food Makers Market Look-Alike ‘Smart Snacks’ In Schools To Mislead Kids, Study Claims Forbes Nancy Fink Huehnergarth A study published in Childhood Obesity on Wednesday found that junk food makers might be deliberately deceiving...

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Lawsuits Claim “100% Natural” Label On Nature Valley Granola Bars Is Deceptive

Posted August 26, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Lawsuits Claim “100% Natural” Label On Nature Valley Granola Bars Is Deceptive Consumerist Mary Beth Quirk What exactly constitutes a “100% natural” food is a matter of much debate, but four new lawsuits argue that granola shouldn’t claim to be...

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Dropping the plan to ban junk food ads in prime time was a bad move – the UK will regret it

Posted August 24, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Dropping the plan to ban junk food ads in prime time was a bad move – the UK will regret it The Conversation Gillian Hopkinson The government’s Childhood Obesity Plan has been met with widespread anger from numerous health organisations. This was...

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Coke and McDonalds Host Carnival of Junk Food Marketing At Rio Olympics

Posted August 17, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coke and McDonalds Host Carnival of Junk Food Marketing At Rio Olympics Corp Watch Pratap Chatterjee Every four years, billions tune in to watch the Olympics on television. And every four years, major corporations pay millions for prime...

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Coke Is Using the Rio Olympics to Target Latinos — And It’s a Huge Problem

Posted August 16, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coke Is Using the Rio Olympics to Target Latinos — And It’s a Huge Problem Food Mic Alex Orlov Food advertisers are thirsty for attention during the Olympic Games, and a recent interview with a Coca-Cola spokesperson reveals that the brand...

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Kids’ food choices influenced heavily by advertisements

Posted August 16, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Kids’ food choices influenced heavily by advertisements Consumer Affairs Christopher Maynard A new study conducted by the University of Kansas Medical Center and University of Missouri-Kansas City has found that children’s food choices are...

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Food industry under fire over Olympic sponsorship deals

Posted August 10, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Food industry under fire over Olympic sponsorship deals Food Navigator David Burrows The Olympic Games in Rio has been branded a “carnival of junk food marketing” as campaigners published new research on advertising tactics used by Coca-Cola...

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Coca-Cola Breaks Pledge Not to Advertise to Kids (Again)

Posted August 2, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coca-Cola Breaks Pledge Not to Advertise to Kids (Again) Union of Concerned Scientists Genna Reed Coca-Cola has pledged globally not to advertise to children under 12 since 2013 and has even included its pledge in the headlines of its own press...

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Coalition battles to ban all food and drink advertising to kids in Canada

Posted August 2, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

Coalition battles to ban all food and drink advertising to kids in Canada Metro David P. Ball They’re calling junk food the “new tobacco” war. Some of Canada’s largest and most influential health charities — led by the...

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Pokémon Go criticised for ‘luring’ kids to McDonald’s

Posted July 27, 2016 / Food Marketing, News, Public Spaces in Food Marketing, News, Public Spaces 0 0 0

Pokémon Go criticised for ‘luring’ kids to McDonald’s Apps Playground Stuart Dredge Pokémon Go is a bona-fide mobile games craze, with more than 75m downloads so far. But a new partnership in Japan between the game and McDonald is proving...

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Pokémon Go Shouldn’t Be Used To Sell Fast Food To Kids, Say Advocates

Posted July 26, 2016 / Food Marketing, News, Online Advertising in Food Marketing, News, Online Advertising 0 0 0

Pokémon Go Shouldn’t Be Used To Sell Fast Food To Kids, Say Advocates Consumerist Ashlee Kieler Last week, Niantic, the company behind the wildly popular Pokémon Go app, unveiled its first sponsored partnership with McDonald’s in Japan, turning...

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With more men in the kitchen, marketing may shift

Posted July 21, 2016 / Food Marketing, News in Food Marketing, News 0 0 0

With more men in the kitchen, marketing may shift Food Dive Carolyn Heneghan Women had been the primary home cooks and household grocery shoppers for decades, but men are increasingly assuming these roles. Another report last year found that men...

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