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Alison Roman is stirring the pot. The “Nothing Fancy” author had some choice words about Chrissy Teigen‘s trajectory in the food world. “What Chrissy Teigen has done is so crazy to me,” Roman recently told The New Consumer. “She had a successful cookbook. And then it was like: Boom, line at Target. Boom, now she …

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day… but no one is buying it. The restaurant and fast-food industries have faced many struggles during the coronavirus pandemic and breakfast may be the toughest, according to new reports. Those reports say people aren’t buying breakfast during lockdown or periods of social distancing as much as …

A shortage of beef and pork could be a plus for two of the largest makers of plant-based meat. Beyond Meat Inc. and privately-held Impossible Foods Inc. are likely benefactors in the wake of closures of major meat-packing plants hit by coronavirus outbreaks. The evidence was on vivid display Tuesday, after Beyond Meat reported fiscal …

Unscripted shows from TV channels like Food Network, TLC and HGTV helped Discovery beat Wall Street’s profit expectations despite a slight revenue dip fueled by the coronavirus. The broadcasting giant said its portfolio of TV brands lost 6 percent of its total subscribers from the first quarter of 2019. Among its biggest channels, including Discovery, …

Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network. The Food Network’s overall ratings in April were up 25 percent over the same month last year, while HGTV was up 22 percent, the Nielsen company said. …

Impossible Foods isn’t going to let a nationwide meat shortage stop Americans from making burgers. The maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger will start selling its signature patties in Kroger’s 1,700 supermarkets across the US, with the announcement coming a day after Kroger posted an alert on the meat section of its website warning that …

A South Dakota pork processing plant took its first steps toward reopening Monday after being shuttered for over two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak that infected more than 800 employees. As two departments opened at the Sioux Falls plant operated by Smithfield Foods, employees filed through a tent where they were screened for fever …

Nearly 5,000 workers at the country’s meat processing plants have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. The US agency tested workers at more than 100 meat processing plants in 19 states and found that nearly 3 percent of them had the virus that has killed more …

Business for Uber’s food delivery app is surging in New York City since the coronavirus lockdown started — and nearly all the growth is coming from hungry customers in the outer boroughs and lower-income neighborhoods, The Post has learned. Food orders for the Uber Eats app are “way up” overall in the Big Apple, according …

President Trump plans to sign an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to remain open during the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg first reported Tuesday. The order would classify meat processing plants as essential infrastructure, with federal government officials providing protective gear and guidance to workers. Government officials have reportedly estimated …