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Casual Dining – one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated trade event launches – proved a big hit with buyers last week. The two day show, which opened at the Business Design Centre in London on 26-27 February, attracted 3,655 attendees (excluding revisits) from across the casual dining sector.

Combining a bustling central trade exhibition with a packed programme of standing-room only Keynotes, Casual Dining delivered on its promise to be the dedicated event that this dynamic sector had been waiting for. Offering established and new casual dining operators the opportunity to meet up with existing and potential suppliers, to network, discover new products, and keep up with changing market trends, Casual Dining was hailed as a significant and overwhelming success by its organiser, Diversified Communications UK. More importantly, feedback from across the show floor has been full of praise for the launch...

The Oscar Mayerbrand is breaking new ground with the first-ever iOS device that allows early risers to wake up to the delightful smell of bacon without lifting a frying pan. The device, aptly named Wake Up & Smell the Bacon, syncs with theOscar MayerWake Up & Smell the Bacon iPhone application to emit the scent and sound of sizzling bacon when the rooster crows...

SodaStream International, Ltd., the leading manufacturer of home beverage carbonation systems, today announced a strategic agreement with Sunny Delight Beverages Co., a leading producer of juice-based drinks, to co-develop SunnyD Tangy Original Orange, Orange-Strawberry and other flavours exclusively for the SodaStream home beverage carbonation system...