FOOD CHANGES APPROACH WARP DRIVE 

Two years ago I noted out that there will be as big an explosion in the food business as has occurred during the past decade in the consumer electronic field. Even more changes are en route.

The advantages of "going vegetarian" are going mainstream. Expect to see restaurant menus to start listing "Vegetarian dishes" right alongside the familiar "Fish, Steaks, Pasta and Dessert" selections. Space taken up by hard liquor on the shelves and menu will continue to diminish, and wine, especially red wine will become more popular as more medical reports tend to show that red wine helps prevent heart attacks.

Regular readers have read several columns suggesting that the pharmacy and the grocery shelf are merging. Watch for "pharmafoodicals" or some derivation of that name to appear soon in advertisements and promotions.

Shelves will be flooded with every drinky and kinky health combination you can pay for. Foods that supposedly improve memory, drinks that wake you up so fast you will compare the old "Jolt" to hot chocolate.

Just as Mexican food has deeply penetrated the American meal schedule expect more of it and others from two dozen other latin countries. Containers that mimic the edible wrapper around ice cream will soon appear around other foods. Think this won't happen? A decade ago North Americans wouldn't eat "raw fish". Now it's often hard to find a table in the best sushi restaurants.

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