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In Breve
■Domino’s sandwiches
In the US, Domino’s Pizza recently announced a
nationwide roll-out of hot, oven baked
sandwiches that will be delivered to customers’
doorsteps. Priced at $4.99, flavours include Philly
cheese steak and chicken bacon ranch, but
although Domino’s in the UK say they will be
keeping an eye on progress, there are no
immediate plans to offer similar here.
■Sentino’s for sale
A Birmingham pizzeria which has been voted as
providing the best pizza in the city by BRMB
Radio has been placed on the market through
the Birmingham Office of business agents,
Christie + Co (0121 456 1222).
Forever young at Casa Mia!
■New variant
Kepak Convenience Foods, the company The Leeds-based Italian restaurant chain, Casa Mia, has launched a menu which it says
behind the successful hot snacking sector contains a series of dishes designed to help turn back the clock.
launch of Ugo’s Deli Café panini, have added a The chain’s new Forever Young menu has been created using foods proven to help slow
new variant to the range – Four Cheese and down the aging process and each dish contains a potent combination of ingredients that
Sweet Red Onion Chutney. promise to promote youth and vitality, say the company. With 14 different dishes to choose
from, diners can now pick their cuisine based on their anti-aging requirements.
■Pizza with balls!
For youthful skin customers can opt for roast salmon, avocado and pepper salad or grilled
A recipe for "Testicle Pizza" is among 31 dishes
tuna steak topped with cherry tomatoes and white wine sauce – both rich in Omega 3 and 6
to be served up in what is claimed to be the
fatty acids that are essential for maintaining skin suppleness. Those looking to increase brain
world's first testicle cookbook (The Testicle
function can choose the honey-roasted apple and smoked chicken salad or chicken and
Cookbook: Cooking With Balls,
broccoli stir-fry, both rich in antioxidants and proteins designed to improve mental
(www.yudu.com/testicles). Ljubomir Erovic, the
performance. For supple muscle joints, there’s homemade ravioli filled with chicken, turkey
book's author, is a testicle cook and gourmet
and cheese.
from Serbia, where testicles are a traditional
“Eating the right foods is essential in helping to keep the years at bay and we have
delicacy.
designed the ‘Forever Young’ menu to make choosing the right anti-aging foods easy for our
customers,” said Francesco Mazzella, owner of Casa Mia. “Many people spend hundreds of
■Roll-out continues
In a statement, Piccolino, which is owned by the
pounds on anti-aging creams and serums, but fail to eat the types of food that help to
Individual Restaurant Group (IRG) says that it
promote youth from the inside out. Our menu contains foods rich in vitamins and minerals
will continue its roll-out programme of new
proven to slow down the aging process and the wide array of dishes on offer is guaranteed
outlets and remains committed to six new
to help diners look and feel younger for longer.”
restaurants in 2009, despite the challenging
consumer outlook. The restaurant group
opened four restaurants in the six months to 29
June taking its current total to 31 sites.
Calorie
■Trade Days
The BBC Good Food Shows are introducing
information
Trade Days at their 2008 autumn shows. Trade
Day for BBC Good Food Show Scotland will be
request
31 October and Trade Day for the BBC Good
Food Show Birmingham will be 26 November The lobby group, the Food Commission, is
(members of the trade wishing to attend should calling on Pizza Hut in the UK to provide
telephone the ticket hotlines on 0870 906 3709 calorie information on their menu boards,
(Scotland) or 0870 906 3802 (Birmingham) and saying that without it consumers are failing
quote TRADE to qualify for the special £5 to make healthy food choices.
general admission offer). In the US, the calorie content of different
products will appear on menu boards in
■Leo Ugo
company-owned stores, say the campaigners.
It is sadness that Pizza Pasta & Italian Food
However, Pizza Hut reports that nutritional
magazine must announce the death of the
information about its products in the UK is already available
former chairman of Ugo Foods, Leo Ugo, who
in stores and online, but that it is always reviewing the best way to impart this
took over the running of Ugo Foods from his
kind of information to its customers.
father and company founder, Luigi Ugo.
In the US Yum! Brands, the company which owns Pizza Hut, has asked the US
Instrumental in the expansion of the company
Congress to enact federal legislation so as to create a uniform style of menu
during the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s and early 80’s, Leo
board guidelines for all restaurants selling preparing food, but a similar
Ugo helped to turn it into the successful family
request has yet to be put to the UK government.
orientated business that it is today.
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