Gourmet Food Supplier Cotswold Fayre to Launch Incentive Scheme at Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2009

September 28th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - With the festive season almost upon us, Real Food Direct has put together a huge range of corporate hampers ( www.realfooddirect.co.uk/corporate-hampers.html ) to treat your employees and clients this Christmas. Each hamper has a fine selection of gourmet foods, from handmade cakes and biscuits to organic snacks and beverages.

September 2nd, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - "Organic Food Fortnight" (5th - 20th September) is a nationwide celebration of organic food and drink. It creates ideal sales opportunities for farm shops, delicatessens & fine food outlets, and organic food supplier (www.cotswold-fayre.co.uk/organic-food-supplier) Cotswold Fayre is offering new clients a 10% discount to celebrate.

August 16th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - With Swine Flu spreading like wildfire, Real Food Direct has put together the perfect Get Well Soon gourmet food hamper (www.realfooddirect.co.uk) for friends and family recovering from the illness. Tasty treats like the Fairytale Gingerbread Deluxe Iced Pig, House of Dorchester Dusted Champagne Truffles and Farmyard Friends Pig Gems are smartly presented in a traditional wicker hamper, and can be ordered online for just GBP24.95.

August 3rd, 2009 MESSINA, Italy - - Miscela d'Oro - exclusive artisan supplier to top restaurants in top metros - offers espresso connoisseurs whole bean product in new smaller package After quietly displacing better-known Italian espresso names in restaurants as distinguished as Sistina and Delmonico's Steak House in New York City, the Quattro Italian restaurant group in Vancouver and Constantino's Ristorante in Providence, RI, Miscela d'Oro's master roaster Umberto Urbano is now giving his North American restaurateurs and their customers a way to enjoy Miscela d'Oro's rare and authentic artisan espresso at home. "Two things encouraged our family to make the industrial investment required to bring our artisan espresso to North America in quality-controlled smaller format," says Urbano.

July 28th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - With the cricket season upon us Real Food Direct has put together the perfect Ashes Hamper for men, brimming with spicy snacks, it is ideal for a long day supporting the England team. Interesting and mouth watering nibbles like Chilli Jelly, Chilli Chocolate and Thai Chilli Oat Flakes are stylishly presented in The Ashes Hamper box that can now be ordered online for GBP49.95.

July 7th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - This year the gourmet, organic and fine food distributor, Cotswold Fayre, is celebrating 10 successful years in business. To mark the occasion, the company is offering a free mystery shop to all their customers.

May 3rd, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Massive logistical switch executed at 3 major hubs, other key airports Gate Gourmet, a member of gategroup, became the sole provider of catering and provisioning services for Scandinavian Airlines System in its three main Scandinavian hubs over the weekend in a massive logistical undertaking. Gate Gourmet, the world's largest independent airline catering and provisioning provider, won the SAS business last fall in a competitive tender.

April 15th, 2009 BERLIN, Germany - Problem Likely to Expand to Developed Countries - Agricultural Productivity Growth Declining - Governments and Businesses Need to Urgently Invest in Agriculture In response to the threat of global malnutrition and food insecurity, the recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled "Food First". According to the Forum, annual agricultural productivity growth has fallen since the 1960s from around four per cent to about one per cent today, due largely to an ongoing decline in agricultural research investment.

April 5th, 2009 ZURICH, Switzerland - An Invitation to the Launch of "Food First" An Urgent Call to Action by "The Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture" International Press Conference (incl. telephone conference, audio webcast) 16 April 2009, 3 PM CET Hotel Maritim proArte Friedrichstrasse 151 Berlin, Germany In response to the growing threat of global malnutrition and food insecurity, the recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture (HFFA) - a unique group of internationally recognised experts from science, civil society and industry - has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled "Food First".

March 12th, 2009 BANGKOK - Thailand is all prepared and ready to organize THAIFEX - World of Food ASIA 2009. The country is also taking this event as an opportunity to demonstrate to international visitors its capabilities to become Asia's premier center of international expositions on food-related products, services and technologies.

June 14th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Union Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies K V Thomas on Sunday said that a Food Security Act would be in place within the next 100 days. Addressing a press conference here, Thomas said the UPA Government's flagship scheme of providing 25 kilograms of rice and wheat at Rs.

August 31st, 2009 Cape May, NJ: Food & Wine Festival, Victorian WeekCAPE MAY, N.J. — The Cape May Food & Wine Festival unfolds over nine days, from Sept.

April 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - GourmetCITY, the luxury, food and grocery shopping format from HyperCITY Retail (India) Ltd, has been awarded the Coca Cola Golden Spoon "Most admired food retailer of the year - Innovative retail concept" award at the Food Forum of India, 2009 held in Mumbai. Golden Spoon Awards is one of the most eagerly anticipated awards of the food industry.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Elizabeth Hurley will join hands with Prince Charles to launch a range of organic and low fat food. Hurley was inspired to go into the catering business last year after reading dietary advice for women hoping to avoid breast cancer.

January 15th, 2009 LONDON - City of London financiers and bankers may have to do without their favourite curry outlet, after Indian-origin restaurateur Jamal Hirani was Friday reported to have quit his company with the banks set to send in administrators. Hirani's Gourmet Restaurants business owns Tiffinbites, a popular healthy Indian meals outlet, Bombay Bicycle Club and Vama, and is close to appointing Chantrey Vellacott DFK (CVDFK) as administrators, the Times reported.

July 8th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government Wednesday launched a food security scheme to provide rice at Rs.2 and Re.1 a kilogram and free salt to 3.7 million families. The new scheme has replaced the Chief Minister's Food Assistance Scheme under which rice was supplied at Rs.3 a kilogram.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Housing and Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja today informed the Lok Sabha that the government is planning to launch a new housing scheme for slum dwellers and urban poor since the scheme is aimed at providing subsidy up to five per cent on a loan of Rs one lakh availed by the poor. "Government proposes to launch 'Rajiv Awas Yojana' in the country for slum dwellers and urban poor.

March 28th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Congress party, which has promised subsidised rice in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha poll, is 'imitating' the scheme that helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retain power in Chhattisgarh, says Chief Minister Raman Singh. 'The Congress is imitating the BJP's Rs.3-a-kg successful rice scheme for electoral gains,' Singh said.

January 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Students of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh refused to eat food as a Dalit woman had cooked it, an official said Tuesday. The majority of students, belonging to the upper caste, refused to have lunch provided to them under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme by the Guraini Primary School in Khetaasrai village of Jaunpur, about 150 km from here.

January 18th, 2009 LONDON - A popular Indian restaurant group that supplied curries to London's financial district has been rescued from bankruptcy, saving up to 400 jobs, it was announced Monday. Gourmet Restaurants, which owns the popular Tiffinbites chain and last year purchased the Bombay Bicycle Club and Vama restaurants, was rescued from collapsing into administration (similar to bankruptcy) by investment vehicle V8 Gourmet, administrators Chantrey Vellacott DFK said.