McDonald’s Introduces Fresh, Whole Fruit Option in Happy Meals

McDonald’s Introduces Fresh, Whole Fruit Option in Happy Meals

Post by McDonald’s. McDonald’s USA is making nutrition choices fun and easy for families with the introduction of its fresh, whole fruit side option in kids’ meals — Cuties California Clementines. Starting in December at participating restaurants nationwide, kid-sized Sun Pacific Cuties will join McDonald’s lineup of Happy Meal and Mighty Kids Meal side choices […]

Florida Citrus Launches America’s Newest Hero

Florida Citrus Launches America’s Newest Hero

Armed with super powers and a knack for making smart choices, the world’s newest comic book hero is traveling from Florida to schools across the country to help teach children about nutrition. The Florida Department of Citrus, together with Marvel Custom Solutions, unveiled the redesigned Captain Citrus Tuesday at Heroes’ Haven Comics in Tampa. Transformed from life-sized […]

Uncle Ben’s Inspires Families Everywhere To Connect In The Kitchen

Uncle Ben’s Inspires Families Everywhere To Connect In The Kitchen

The Uncle Ben’s Brand, the number-one selling brand of rice in the United States, has teamed up with New York-based celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson to announce the third annual Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest, designed to inspire healthy lifelong eating habits by encouraging parents and kids to cook together. Parents with children in grades K-8 can […]

Children Who Cook Eat More Greens, Nestlé Study Reveals

Children Who Cook Eat More Greens, Nestlé Study Reveals

Children who help to prepare their own meals eat significantly more vegetables than those who are not involved in cooking, a Nestlé study published in the journal Appetite suggests. The research, carried out by the Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, compared what children chose to eat when they helped cook their own meal with what […]

Wendy’s Launches Marketing Campaign to Give a Voice to Foster Care Adoption

Wendy’s Launches Marketing Campaign to Give a Voice to Foster Care Adoption

Wendy’s believes every child deserves a family – especially the more than 134,000 children waiting in foster care. That’s why Wendy’s is launching its first-ever national fully integrated cause marketing campaign to raise awareness for foster care adoption to help children find families and to highlight Wendy’s long-term commitment to the issue. The year-long marketing […]

No Kid Hungry Campaign Launches National Breakfast Challenge in US

No Kid Hungry Campaign Launches National Breakfast Challenge in US

The No Kid Hungry campaign challenged America’s leaders to connect 1 million more low-income children in this nation to school breakfast over the next two years. Currently, just over half of our nation’s kids who need a free or reduced-price breakfast are getting one. “Eating a healthy breakfast dramatically changes kids’ lives,” said Academy Award-winning […]

It’s Time to Try School Breakfast

It’s Time to Try School Breakfast

Although the majority of Americans feel breakfast is important, hectic mornings make it difficult to fit the meal in every day. In fact, 40 percent of moms say that their child does not eat breakfast daily, according to Kellogg’s Breakfast in America survey. To garner increased participation in the School Breakfast Program, schools throughout Minnesota […]