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Tesco interactive virtual grocery store at Gatwick

Coming home from holiday is bad enough, without the added hassle of returning to an empty fridge. Today at Gatwick Airport, Tesco is revealing a new solution, by opening the UK’s first interactive virtual grocery store in Gatwick’s North Terminal.

The Gatwick opening builds on Tesco’s launch of the world’s first virtual store in South Korea last year, an innovation which generated 25 million online posts around the globe. The Korean virtual store allowed commuters to shop in subways and at bus stops by pointing their mobile phones at billboards. Tesco is now trialling the concept for the first time in the UK, but this time using interactive digital displays...

Jamba Juice Make It Light

OK, you could argue that smoothies are healthy aren’t they? Yes, but whilst they have a lot of fruit in them, they also contain quite a bit of sugar. That’s why Jamba Juice Company, a leading healthy, active lifestyle brand, continues to demonstrate its strong commitment to provide refreshing and great-tasting, better-for-you solutions with an all-new Make It Light™ option for its line of "Classic" smoothies in all of its stores. The Make It Light™ smoothies taste just as delicious as the original recipes but contain one-third fewer calories, sugar and carbohydrates...

Live Ants at 'A Taste of Noma at Claridge's'!

We mentioned a while back that Rene Redzepi was bringing the coveted Noma to London’s Claridges Hotel for a pop venue during the London Olympics; what we didn’t know then was that live ants would feature on the menu!...

Red Mango Debuts Frozen Coffee Chillers

Red Mango, America's 2011 #1 Zagat-rated frozen yogurt and smoothies chain, is making "some little coffee bean's dream come true." That's the message adorning Red Mango store windows across the country in what the company considers one of its biggest product introductions: the debut of its first coffee-based beverage – the signature all-natural and nonfat Frozen Coffee Chillers – now available nationwide at participating locations...

McDonald's New Menu Puts Calories Front and Centre

McDonald's USA is introducing "Favorites Under 400 Calories" – a new menu platform featuring existing popular food and beverage choices at counters and drive-thrus nationwide. Select items from the new menu are also spotlighted in McDonald's "Win When USA Wins Gold" promotion which brings customers the fun of the London 2012 Olympic Games through a unique online experience...

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