"When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country," said comedian Elayne Boosler.

When formulating children’s beverages, less (in terms of unnatural ingredients) and more (in terms of natural ingredients) is more desirable to moms, and those manufacturers who take that advice have great opportunities ahead.  

When the ghouls, goblins, pirates and princesses take to the streets on October 31, chances are their booty won't be up to par this year. Fewer people plan to hand out candy and decorate their home or yard, according to a survey of 8,526 consumers from Sept. 1 to Sept. 9. by the National Retail Federation, a Washington- based trade group and conducted by BIGResearch. 

In an effort to buy Cadbury PLC, Kraft Foods Inc has an ally of sorts in Great Britain's legal framework for takeovers, reports the Chicago Tribune. 

Arlington, Va.-based The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and GS1 US today announced the launch of Rapid Recall Exchange, an online service to enable prompt and accurate information exchange between retailers/wholesalers and suppliers about food and product recalls and withdrawals.

America's leisure time is shrinking by 10 hours per week, a new low, and how we spend that time is changing too.

Women should consume no more than 100 calories of added sugars per day (six teaspoons), and no more than 150 for most men (nine teaspoons), according to a statement by the American Heart Association (AHA), in the Aug.24 on-line edition of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Exxon surveyed 1,000 drivers and discovered more than 70 percent eat while driving and 83 percent drink beverages. Eating while driving is one of the most distracting things you can do, according to a study released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. In fact, 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involve driver distraction.