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Consumer Trends

Seventy-nine percent of Americans say world's best restaurants in US, according to fine-dining survey released by S.Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water; 30% say Italian is their favorite cuisine, followed by American at 27%

Fifty percent of US mothers, 34% of US fathers say offering of toys, games for children very well received when it comes to family-dining experiences at restaurants, Technomic says

Fifty-two percent of UK consumers spending 'about the same' on in-home food in beginning of 2013 as they were in year-ago period, Mintel says; 34% cooking, baking more from scratch

Restaurant visits by US Hispanics fall 1% year-over-year in 2012, a drop of 86 million visits, with declines steepest among less bicultural Hispanics, NPD Group says; high unemployment rate contributing factor

Forty-three percent of US women ages 40-60--including more than 50% in that age group who are obese--report eating higher-protein diet to prevent weight gain, researchers say

Market Trends

NRA's RPI at 100.6 in March, up 0.7% from February amid positive sales results, more optimistic outlook among restaurant operators

Turnover for restaurants, cafes, bars in Russia up 3.9% year-over-year in Q1 to 243.5B rubles, government statistics show; turnover up 4.1% in March, 4.2% in February, 3.5% in January

Cracker Barrel, Red Lobster, Chick-fil-A among US chain restaurants using Orlando, Florida, as testing ground for new products amid city's diverse population, millions of annual visitors

Russian nuts, seeds market expected to exhibit steady growth during 2009-2014 period, while India set to be most lucrative investment destination for this market in the future, new report states

Some US states considering legislation that would ease restrictions on alcohol sales in effort to increase tax revenue

Packaged Foods, Meats & Fresh Produce

John B. Sanfilippo & Son reports fiscal Q3 net earnings of US$300,000 on net sales of US$163.8M, compared with year-ago earnings of US$1.4M on sales of US$153.8M

Mead Johnson Nutrition names Kasper Jakobsen president, CEO, succeeding Stephen W. Golsby, who previously announced retirement

Hershey announces quarterly dividends of US$0.42/share on common stock, US$0.38/share on Class B common stock, both payable June 14 to shareholders as of May 24

USDA to relax decades-long ban on importation of many Italian cured-pork meat products from some regions of Italy starting May 28, including such sought-after staples as salami

Heinz shareholders overwhelmingly approve acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway, 3G Capital; transaction remains subject to certain customary closing conditions, expected to close in late Q2 2013 or Q3 2013

Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Cott's UK/Europe reporting segment signs agreement to acquire Cooke Bros Holdings, which includes UK-based soft drinks business Calypso Soft Drinks; financial terms not disclosed, transaction expected to close in June

Jones Soda announces launch of poutine-flavored soda in Canada for limited time

Jones Soda announces launch of Natural Jones Soda in California, containing sweeteners including pure cane sugar, organic agave syrup, stevia; product available in green apple, orange mango, cherry, lemon lime flavors

PepsiCo declares quarterly dividend of US$0.5675/common share, payable June 28 to shareholders as of June 7

Monster Beverage suing San Francisco's city attorney over demands that energy drink maker reduce amount of caffeine in its drinks, change its marketing practices, says it's being unfairly singled out

Alcoholic Beverages

Anheuser-Busch reports Q1 net earnings of US$2.53B, up 15% from year-ago period despite revenue falling nearly 1.8% to US$9.17B

Diageo fails in open offer to buy 26% stake in India-based United Spirits and gain majority control of company, but development unlikely to derail Diageo's plans to acquire company, according to source

Ambev reports Q1 net earnings of 2.34B reais, compared with year-ago earnings of 2.31B reais; beer sales drop in Brazil, leading company to revise downward its outlook for rest of 2013

Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice Committee holds hearing on proposed legislation that would privatize state's liquor industry; governor says bill calls for increased enforcement, enhanced penalties for selling to minors, public intoxication

Constellation Brands planning to sell US$1.55B in two parts to help fund its intention of becoming sole US importer of Corona beer, company says in regulatory filing

Foodservice

Starbucks announces launch of new Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino beverage, return of Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino to kick off its summer menu offerings

Bloomin' Brands reports Q1 net earnings of US$63.2M, compared with year-ago earnings of US$50M, as total revenues rise 3.5% to US$1.1B

Denny's reports Q1 net earnings of US$7.1M, up 20.7% from year-ago period as franchise and license revenue rises 2.7% to US$33.5M

Jamba reports Q1 net loss of US$1.2M on revenue of US$55.1M, compared with year-ago loss of US$1.5M on revenue of US$53M

Wingstop reports 13% increases in same-store sales in Q1; chain opens 14 restaurants during quarter, signs development agreements to result in additional 70 locations

Retailing

Online grocer FreshDirect adding more than 90 ZIP codes in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to its delivery area as part of expansion in New York City, Philadelphia metro areas

US consumers to spend average of US$168.94 on Mother's Day, up 11% from a year ago, with total spending reaching US$20.7B: NRF

US Mother's Day spending to rise 0.2% in 2013 from a year ago to total of US$17.1B, with flowers, gift certificates expected to experience the highest growth: IBISWorld

Amazon accounted for 15.4% of all US e-commerce sales in 2012, reports Internet Retailer; online giant's total sales grew 27% year-over year, North American sales climbed 30% year-over-year

US mobile Internet users expected to outnumber desktop users in 2014 amid growing adoption of mobile devices; trend should benefit mobile-savvy companies such as Amazon.com: Turner Investments report

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