Venezuelan food company opens Puerto Rico plant
January 20, 2015
Industrias Alimenticias Alto de San Juan, owned by two Venezuelan companies, announced Monday plans to manufacture its products in Puerto Rico.
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Stack Sandwich Factory urges ‘eating with a purpose’
August 11, 2014
Philanthropy and the private sector are two concepts that pretty much go hand-in-hand, as companies constantly seek to align themselves with the communities they serve.
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Puerto Rico has big potential as food mecca
May 2, 2014
Positioning Puerto Rico as a gastronomic tourism destination could yield more visitors, grow agriculture to make the island more sustainable and create jobs, food and hospitality industry professionals said ahead of the first Conference of Gastronomic Tourism of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean to be held next week.
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PRHTA heralds holiday season at ‘Saborea Winter Party’
December 11, 2013
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association officially kicked off the holiday season this past weekend with the culinary celebration of Saborea Puerto Rico Winter party at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in Isla Verde.
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PRHTA welcoming the holidays with Saborea event
November 15, 2013
The Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association announced Thursday details of the event through which it will officially welcome the holidays, the “Saborea Puerto Rico Winter Party.”
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MIDA warns national tax will hike prices, end businesses
October 1, 2013
Thousands of jobs, businesses and consumer pockets are being threatened by a new national tax included in the Tax Burden Redistribution and Adjustment Law, which the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber warned Monday could have “devastating effects.”
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1st ‘pop-up’ restaurant opens in Ponce this week
September 17, 2013
Latitud Sur, a “pop-up” restaurant that will open in Ponce as part of the North to South Gastronomic Fair taking place Sept. 19-22, will gather some of the island’s best chefs who will offer contemporary Puerto Rican food during the eatery’s short stint in front of Sears Home Life at the Plaza del Caribe mall, organizers said.
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Saborea nets $1.7M for Puerto Rico economy
April 12, 2013
Last weekend, Puerto Rico became the mecca for some 7,000 food enthusiasts who descended upon a beachfront bluff at Escambrón beach to savor the best dishes and drinks from the island’s culinary elite who gathered for Saborea de Puerto Rico.
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Foodies take note: ‘Saborea’ culinary fest is this weekend
April 5, 2013
Food enthusiasts from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean will be able to take a bite out of the island’s best dishes this weekend, during the 6th edition of the Saborea Puerto Rico culinary fest, which will feature a constellation of local and international chefs.
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Saborea Puerto Rico ’13 set for April 4-7
February 8, 2013
The sixth edition of the Caribbean’s most important culinary event, Saborea Puerto Rico, a Culinary Extravaganza, will take place April 4-7 at Escambron Beach in San Juan, gathering the best in local and international cuisine.
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Op-Ed: Demographics changing what, when, how food is consumed
December 19, 2012
MIDA, the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber, recently offered its members the results of a study on the situation of the industry. The study included a survey of 28 industry leaders who delved into the impact that demographic changes are having on the purchase and consumption of food.
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Saborea Puerto Rico bringing ‘foodies’ together in April
February 8, 2012
The fifth edition of the “Saborea Puerto Rico” premier culinary tourism event is gearing up to take center stage at the Escambrón Beach once again this year to bring together the best of food and wine from Puerto Rico and the world on April 21-22.
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Food industry needs to reorganize to avoid collapse
November 10, 2011
Puerto Rico consumers spend $8.5 billion in food annually, an amount that represents 15 percent of their total expenses, making the sector one of the most important components of the local economy.
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MIDA balks at proposed Closing Law regulation easing drugstore food sale rules
July 20, 2011
The Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber expressed its opposition Tuesday to a proposal by Consumer Affairs Secretary Luis Rivera Marín to approve a regulation related to the Closing Law to allow pharmacies to sell more food items on the days that supermarkets must remain closed.
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