This is the first book to provide an objective review of the health and nutritional properties of chocolate and cocoa. It is a comprehensive compilation and distillation of the available technical and scientific literature. Ideal as a training and educational tool for those within the industry, and those outside with a professional or academic interest (eg nutritionists, food science students etc). Many of the authors are from the industry itself and thus provide a unique insight to the practical aspects of the subject. [More..] | |
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Food flavour technology is of key importance for the food industry. Increasingly, food products must comply with legal requirements and conform to consumer demands for “natural” products, but the simple fact is that, if foods do not taste good, they will not be consumed and any nutritional benefit will be lost. There is therefore keen interest throughout the world in the production, utilisation and analysis of flavours. The second edition of this successful book offers a broad introduction to the formulation, origins, analysis and performance of food flavours, updating the original chapters and adding valuable new material that introduces some of the newer methodologies and recent advances.The creation of flavourings is the starting [More..] | |
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Anyone Can Do It chronicles the start and evolution of a successful business dream. Beginning with the Hashemi siblings' first conversations (when the seed of the idea was planted) it follows the progress of Coffee Republic from business plan to the present day. Coffee Republic is now worth around 50m with 90 outlets around the UK. This is a start-up business book for real people. Sahar and Bobby take the reader step by step through every aspect of starting and growing a business from asking 'why?' and writing the plan to hiring staff and letting go. The book is illustrated throughout with inspirational anecdotes from their own experience. It is a very personal story of dreaming, acting and succeeding offering a myriad of lessons for aspir [More..] | |
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In the near future an inept US government plays second fiddle to powerful corporations. As these entities battle for profits, a small group of special individuals wage war for the human soul. Mia Ambrose lives a simple life with complicated hobbies. By day, she works at a gourmet chocolate shop, making deliveries to the financially elite. At night, she indulges her daredevil side by pulling off wild heists from these same customers. Sebastian Harris is a displaced soldier. Betrayed and hunted by his country, he found solace in the employ of a major corporation as a hired gun. One of the best in the business, he has no idea that his elite govermnet training had nothing to do with counter-terrorism. They might never have met without [More..] | |
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The most effective new cost management tool in years, activity-based costing enables you to eliminate hidden costs company wide and achieve remarkable new efficiency and profitability. This guide spells out how to use and profit from this powerful cost management techniques. Well-known ABC consultant Michael O’Guin shows how to cut thousands of dollars in overhead and improve your product lines. Production processes. Pricing. Sourcing. Marketing. R&D. Capital Investment decisions. Dozens of case studies show these techniques in action. You’ll find out how to set more profitable pricing policies that reflect all of your costs; the one factor that causes the majority of defect costs and how to eliminate it in your own operation [More..] | |
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Logistics is an essential introduction for any business student studying logistics or supply chain management. It takes a broad view of logistics, exploring all the main concepts within a wide business context, with a strong focus on application and practical situations. This clear and well-written text gives a very up-to-date perspective on this fast moving field. It explores the management of logistics and its strategic role within an organization, while examining new developments in the field and providing an international dimension to the subject. [More..] | |
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This book describes the technical architecture and components that can be integrated in order to provide a comprehensive and robust infrastructure on which to build successful e-Business. It is essential reading for technical and functional team leaders and strategists, who analyse the options, limitations and possibilities for new technology and place them alongside the business requirements. Whyte intends to broaden the knowledge of specialists in computing, telecommunications, internet and electronic business. He also introduces the underlying business and technical principals of e business and how they interrelate to the undergraduates and postgraduate level at technical business units.* Covers relevant and ever increasingly important i [More..] | |
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In the midst of a cook-off at a posh spa, southern PI Sarah Booth Delaney gets embroiled in a juicy murder in the latest mystery from Carolyn Haines For many years Jitty, Dahlia House’s resident ghost, has dreamed that Sarah Booth Delaney would have a child to inherit the family’s ancestral home. Sarah Booth has always had reservations about being a parent. There was her work as an actress and PI, taking care of the house, not to mention finding the right man. But when Jitty’s dream finally looks like it’s going to come true, Sarah Booth is crushed when it doesn’t. Depressed, unable to act or investigate, Sarah Booth finally allows her best friend to whisk her away for a luxurious weekend vacation at a special spa and cooking sch [More..] | |
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Written by consultants and academics from key disciplines within the food industry, this book is the first work to bring together information and techniques on the factors affecting the marketing and development of children's food. The book is designed to provide a practical insight and is of value for anyone directly involved with studying the development and marketing of children's food products. [More..] | |
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