Making a meal of it

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Many companies in the food industry are trying to capture the pre-prepared meal market for time-poor consumers. Yet success has been hampered by insufficient research into the importance of brand name trust, competitive pricing, packaging, and nutrition. Increased attention to the demands of the consumer may result in the growth of a major new-food category.

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The seven year itch

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Australian investors are enjoying a booming economy from retail earnings to the sale of horses, but to some market observers such profits are uncomfortably reminiscent of the unstable market that crashed in the 1980s. Such fears are dismissed by some economists who maintain this boom is built on a solid foundation.

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The meal thing

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The new types of health hazards faced by Australians due to malnutrition and overweight or obesity are discussed. National Obesity Taskforce was established at the Australian ministers conference in November to tackle the overweight and obesity epidemic, which is spread all over Australia.

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