Tag: Food and Beverage

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Beltway Confidential

A Canadian chef just gave masterclass in trolling

Tom Rogan · March 28, 2018 8:31 pm

In this 2014 photo, a central Illinois farmer uses a John Deere combine to harvest his soybean field in Loami, Ill.

Agriculture industry lobbies against steel, aluminum tariffs

Sean Higgins · March 27, 2018 9:57 pm

Afternoon Links: Grocery Wars, Female Clubs Under Attack, and Baseball, the One Constant

Jim Swift · March 27, 2018 9:41 pm

A Russian River Brewing Company customer takes a sip of the newly released Pliny the Younger triple IPA beer on February 7, 2014 in Santa Rosa, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Heineken removes ad with ‘Sometimes lighter is better’ tagline after racism accusations

Melissa Quinn · March 27, 2018 5:11 pm

Aluminum Bud Light beer bottles move along a conveyor inside a facility that makes 16-ounce aluminum Budweiser and Bud Light bottles for Anheuser-Busch.

NIH sought donations from alcohol industry for study on moderate drinking: Report

Kimberly Leonard · March 17, 2018 3:43 pm

Labor groups have popularized the idea that tip-pooling regulations will cause restaurant owners to pocket tips instead of redistributing them. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Labor unions’ self-interested scheme to abolish tipping

Jennifer Schellenberg · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

The beer lobby has warned that a 10 percent tariff on aluminum enacted by President Trump would amount to a "$347 million annual tax on America's brewers and beer importers." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Beer lobby asks Trump for aluminum tariff exemption

Sean Higgins · March 8, 2018 10:35 pm

In this 2017 photo, dairy cows eat hay at the University of New Hampshire's Organic Dairy Research Farm in Lee, N.H. Those who wish to reduce the amount of antibiotics in the meat supply are eyeing on a set of bills that would speed up the approval of medicines for animals. They wish to attach language to the law that would restrict or add more reporting requirements on the use of antibiotics in livestock.

Stricter rules for antibiotics eyed for bills on animal drug fees

Kimberly Leonard · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

Whether to automate depends upon the relative costs of the two things: the wages paid to labor and the interest paid to capital. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Meet Flippy the burger flipper, the solution to the minimum wage

Tim Worstall · March 5, 2018 6:48 pm

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Andrew Ferguson · March 3, 2018 2:16 pm

President Trump has taken up a healthier diet since his first presidential physical. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump shakes McDonald’s diet for soups and salads: Report

Katie Leach · March 3, 2018 12:04 am

Us dogs can also play a very important role around vineyards - in fact, many vineyard owners keep us around to help scare away deer and other animals who may get into the vines. (Photo courtesy R.J. Lehmann, R Street Institute)

Beltway Confidential

Rejoice, dogs! Man’s best friend may soon be able to join owners when they visit wineries, breweries, and distilleries in Virginia

Murray Rothbark · March 2, 2018 4:37 pm