Lines weren't a problem at the branded food stands like Big Mario's Pizza and Noah's Famous Rolled Pretzels.

FORBES: Sports Business

Despite this, Ebro's sales increased in Spain in 2012, suggesting that the domestic appetite for branded food is finally returning.

CNN: Ebro CEO: Strong euro is 'major concern' for business

Premier, which is the country's largest branded food producer, is also simplifying its bread distribution network by cutting some 130 routes.

BBC: Hovis factory sign

Consumers increasingly balk at the premium prices charged by branded-food makers and opt for cheaper private-label goods.

FORBES: Green Giant And Betty Crocker Can't Risk Raising Prices

The result: a quiet long-term decline, in the multiples of branded-food biggies like General Mills, ConAgra ( CAG) and Kraft ( KFT).

FORBES: Green Giant And Betty Crocker Can't Risk Raising Prices

One of the first food-branded mobile games sprang out of a 2009 brainstorming session at a small design firm in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

WSJ: Child's Play: Food Makers Hook Kids on Mobile Games

Neonicotinoids were recently branded an 'unacceptable' danger to bees by the EU Food Safety Authority.

BBC: Week ahead in committees