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Soda Tax
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Berkeley’s Soda Tax Appears to Be WorkingA new study charts a 21 percent drop in consumption after it went into effect.
By Clint Rainey
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health concerns
England Orders Food Industry to Slash Added Sugars by 20 PercentIt’s the U.K.’s most serious effort yet to curb childhood obesity.
By Clint Rainey
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The World’s Leading Health Experts Want Countries to Start Taxing SodaAnd other sugary beverages, too. But the science on “sin taxes” so far is complicated.
By Tanya Basu
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Coke and Taxes
By Hugh Merwin
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Berkeley Vows Its Soda-Tax Vote Is Going to Be Big Soda’sThe beverage industry disagrees but has invested $1.4 million just in case.
By Clint Rainey
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the third terminator
By Margaret Hartmann
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No Taxation Without Carbonation
California Edges Closer to a Statewide Soda TaxSacramento lawmakers are currently considering a measure to tack a one-cent surcharge on to every fluid ounce of sugary drink.
By Hadley Tomicki
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The Food Police
City of Richmond To Be The First to Vote on a Soda TaxA penny-per-ounce penalty seeks to help fund playgrounds, sports fields, and an anti-obesity program for kids.
By Hadley Tomicki
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Soda Tax: Still Not Fizzled Out; Curry Can Combat Blood Triglyceride LevelsPlus: Freebirds burrito chain scores 27 new locations in the Midwest; and North Philly club-goer gunned down, all in our morning news roundup.
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Research Shows Soda Taxes Can Save Lives; Sushi Makes Men for FertilePlus: Quizno’s expands to the Philippines; and Food Lion will close more than 100 stores nationwide, all in our morning news roundup.
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Nutter Sticks to His Guns and Turns Down ‘Big Soda’ MoneyThe administration said it will combat the obesity program in its own way.
By Collin Keefe
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Soda Tax Goes Flat; Police Arrest NFL Star Raheem Brock After He StiffedPlus: Lady Gaga’s meat dress lands at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame; and Ferran Adria shills for Pepsi, all in our morning news roundup.
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Foodies With Benefits
Georges Perrier Lays Some Heavy Bread on West Catholic’s Culinary ProgramThe Le Bec-Fin owner gave the kids some cues on cooking and dug deep to help keep their culinary program afloat.
By Collin Keefe
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‘Big Soda’ Pours Millions Into Efforts to Block Proposed Soda Tax;Plus: President Obama raffles off an opportunity to enjoy dinner with him; and chain restaurants are stepping up their smartphone apps, all in our morning news roundup.
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Soda Industry and City Council Members Oppose Funding Schools With Soda Tax;Plus: Sleepiness makes fatty foods more tempting; and a Georgia woman calls 911 because she received the wrong Chinese-food order, all in our morning news roundup.
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Soft Drink Tycoon Proposes Taxes on All Sugary Foods; Food Trucks Grow UpPlus: Mothers suffer the most in families that go hungry; and apples rank highest in produce contaminated by pesticide, all in out morning news roundup.
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Nutter’s Ultimatum: Soda Tax or Increased Property Taxes; Too Much CoffeePlus: Scientists are very close to producing “super wheat”; and McDonald’s in Europe gets hip to sustainable fish, all in our morning news roundup.
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Beverage Industry Launches a Campaign Against Mayor Nutter and Calls For SodaPlus: Restaurants cater to anti-social patrons with online ordering; and the U.N. says high food costs are here to stay, all in our morning news roundup.
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Nutter Proposes Soda Tax to Close City Schools’ Budget Gap; Was Bin LadenPlus: Kids in California spend 24 hours in a Denny’s to set a Guinness World Record; and fast food jobs become desirable in the tough economy, all in our morning news roundup.
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Philly Takes Its ‘War on Soda’ to the Next LevelThough the proposed tax on soda is long dead, the city’s Department of Health is behind a new fight against sugary beverages.
By Collin Keefe
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Subway Employees Beat a Thief With a Skillet; Wildwood’s Boardwalk StartsPlus pork bell prices reach an all-time high, and New Hampshire’s oldest family-operated farm goes out of business, all in our morning news roundup.
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Ronaldo Seduced Local Waitress; Oldest Bottle of Drinkable Champagne FoundA one night stand in L.A. may have lead to a baby for a soccer superstar, while Baltic divers unearth 200 year-old bubbly.
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Food Politics
Beverage Lobbyists Killed Soda TaxThe health freaks had much less money to spend on ineffective advertising.
By Aileen Gallagher
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budget mess
Could the Soda Tax Trigger the Breakdown of Society?Paterson feels like he can do “whatever he wants” with the final emergency budget bill.
By Dan Amira
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Sugar BombsThe twenty worst drinks in America, per ‘Men’s Health.’
By Daniel Maurer
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Powder-Filled Balloon Didn’t Come from Food Network; Gulf Shrimpers IgnorePlus: soda makers fight taxes, and Con-Agra reinvents the sweet potato, all in our morning news roundup.
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Gulf Spill Affects Seafood Prices; Bohemian Hall Turns 100Plus: New York seafood prices rise, and soda-makers fight taxes, all in our morning news roundup.
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City Council Ignores Soda Tax; Cherry Hill’s ‘Last Real Bar’Plus: restaurants phase out discounts, and Dan Aykroyd’s vodka sells, all in our morning news roundup.
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West Village Basically a Theme Park; Louisiana Restaurants Sue BPPlus: Urbanspoon launches OpenTable competitor, and more, all in our morning news roundup.
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Soda Tax on Today’s Agenda; Louisiana Restaurants Sue BPPlus: Urbanspoon launches reservation tool, and how Nicolas Cage chooses his meat, all in our morning news roundup.
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Starbucks Launches New Frappuccino; D.C. Proposes a Soda TaxPlus: Oregon wines are sustainable, Wagyu beef can come from Belgium, KFC’s Pink for the Cure promotion offends cancer survivors.
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Jamie Oliver Praises McDonald’s; NYC Scoops Are OversizePlus: Sam Sifton’s luxuries, and D.C. mulls a soda tax, all in our morning news roundup.
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Restaurant Inspections Hit Web; Coffee Cup Icon DiesPlus: D.C. mulls a soda tax, and Oregon leads the way in green wine, all in our morning news roundup.
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Bay Staters Design Donuts; Coffee Cup Legend DiesPlus: D.C. mulls a soda tax, and Oregon makes sustainable wine, all in our morning news roundup.
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Soda Tax Dead; Companies Volunteer Salt CutsPlus: the Double Down might hurt KFC, and Top Chef comes to Canada, all in our morning news roundup.
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Soda Tax Probably Dead; A Wine Bar for Brooklyn Bridge ParkPlus: Continental charges for food, and no relief from the tomato shortage, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
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Food Politics
Sugar Lumps: Soft Drink Study Supports Soda TaxResearchers find a link between high prices for sugary drinks and health improvements
By Kirsten Henri
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death and taxes
State Lawmakers Trot Out Their Worst Slippery-Slope Arguments Against Soda TaxThere are good arguments to be made against a soda tax, but these aren’t them.
By Dan Amira
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Soda-Tax Summit Today; Produce Carts Roll Into Central ParkPlus: New York restaurants channel Sandra Lee, and Quo owner gets sued, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
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carbonation nation
Your Soda Is About to Get PricierGet ready to pay a penny-an-ounce more.
By Adam K. Raymond
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Food Politics
By Kirsten Henri
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Big Brother
Paterson Still Fighting FizzIf a new soda tax passes, you may have to cough up one cent per ounce.
By Daniel Maurer
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Cheerios Are a Drug; Senate Considers Federal Soda TaxPlus: More reasons to love the recession, and Lay’s tries locavorism, all in our morning news roundup.
By Leila Cohan-Miccio
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power of the purse
Paterson’s Soda-Tax Dream May Live OnCongress is looking into a soda tax much like the one that flopped when Governor Paterson proposed it.
By Dan Amira