Pig Out With The Get Well Soon Swine Flu Gourmet Food Hamper From Real Food Direct

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 6th, 2009 HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - Cotswold Fayre is introducing 'Fayre Rewards': a reward scheme to thank its loyal customers who have given the gourmet food supplier (www.cotswold-fayre.co.uk) continued support over the last ten years. The scheme will be run on a 'by invitation' basis, and rewards customers for: - VOLUME i.e.

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.

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 15th, 2009 LONDON - - MediChecks.com is the First Company in the UK to Make Available a Swine Flu Test to Individuals and Companies Nationally The swine flu test which can be purchased online costs GBP125 is carried out on two swab samples and results are available with 2-3 days. The test kit is posted to the patient's home.

July 9th, 2009 LONDON - Travel company DialAFlight have announced plans to offer Free Child places to Dubai this summer. The offer, in conjunction with Emirates, includes flights, hotels and food.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

May 8th, 2009 Budget would boost flu preparations, food safetyWASHINGTON — With the swine flu still claiming victims, President Barack Obama's 2010 budget would devote an additional $584 million to pandemic flu preparation efforts. That's on top of $1.5 billion Obama requested from Congress for this year when the flu first emerged.

February 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's first mega food park is to come up at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yog Peeth said Friday. The Patanjali Food and Herbal Park will be inaugurated by Union Minister for Food processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahai Feb 25, a press statement said.

April 10th, 2009 LONDON - Ever since Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson ate dog biscuits on a German TV show, sales of dog food in Europe have seen a real upsurge. And, thus, Swiss families have started to store of dog biscuits in their homes, instead of buying more expensive dishes.

June 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are changing the world's food culture, says food and wine expert Ted Allen. Allen, 44, had been the food and wine expert on Bravo's "Queer Eye", and he now hosts two programs on the Food Network, "Chopped" and "Food Detectives".

April 22nd, 2009 CANBERRA - In the times of a great economic slump, when Australians are struggling to make both ends meet, hundreds of thousands of dollars of Oz taxpayers money are going into Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's three-course gourmet meals on every RAAF VIP flight. The catering overhaul was introduced last month after an angry Rudd reduced a RAAF flight attendant to tears over food provisions.

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.

May 3rd, 2009 UN-WTO: No need to ban pork due to swine fluROME — The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no evidence the virus is spread by food.