The Tablesetter – September 26
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The Tablesetter – September 26

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Happy Monday CFIN members!

Here's your weekly heads up on what’s happening on YODL and around the food world this week.

The YODL Menu

Did you notice we added a YODL Menu widget to our homepage? Now you can easily access all of our articles and keep track of what’s coming up.

Monday: The Tablesetter – September 26

Tuesday: Guest Blog: Unique Challenges of Packaging Design

Wednesday: Top YODL Discussions from the Past Month

Thursday: When Plastics are the Best Solution – Part 1

Friday: News File

Something to Celebrate

September 29 is National Coffee Day! Canadians love coffee, but the amount we’re drinking is declining. It’s estimated that Canadians will consume more than five million 60-kg bags of coffee this year, or 2.7 cups of coffee per day each. That compares to about 3.6 cups per day in 2008. The hot coffee market in Canada is a US$18-billion business, according to a 2022 Statista report, with the single-cup pod market comprising 31 per cent. Most of our coffee is imported from Columbia and Brazil.

Food Facts

A cup of coffee and your favourite chocolates – what could be better? A recent Prodege survey asked consumers their opinion of popular chocolate brands. Here are the brands which rated “excellent” or “very good” with respondents.

  • Hershey’s – 86%
  • M&M’s – 84%
  • Reese’s – 81%
  • KitKat – 79%
  • Snickers – 74%
  • Nestle – 73%
  • Lindt – 71%
  • Butterfinger – 59%
  • Cadbury – 58%
  • Ferrero Rocher – 57%

Happy YODLing!