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1972–1974 famine in Ethiopia
The 1972–1974 famine in Ethiopia struck Wollo and Harerghe after drought, killing an estimated 50,000 to 200,000 people and contributing to Haile Selassie's overthrow in 1974.
1973 famine in Senegal
The 1973 famine in Senegal was a food crisis during the 1972–73 crop year, when the worst rainfall in decades cut agricultural production nearly in half.
1984 Dominican Republic riots
The 1984 Dominican Republic riots, known as La Poblada, were three days of nationwide protests in April 1984, triggered by price increases under an IMF austerity program.
1984 Tunisian bread riots
The 1984 Tunisian bread riots, known as the Bread Revolution, were protests in Tunisia against ending bread subsidies, ended by President Bourguiba in January 1984.
2007–2008 world food price crisis
The 2007–2008 world food price crisis was a steep global surge in staple food prices, peaking in mid-2008 and causing riots in poor and rich countries alike.
2008 Chinese milk scandal
2008 Chinese milk scandal (2008年中国奶制品污染事件), also called the Sanlu or tainted milk scandal: melamine was added to infant formula to fake protein tests, sickening about 300,000 infants, killing six, and triggering China's 2009 Food Safety Law.
2008 Haitian food riots
The 2008 Haitian food riots were violent April protests over food prices that rose up to 65 percent, killing at least five people and forcing Prime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis to resign.
2011 East Africa drought
The 2011 East Africa drought was a severe drought in the Horn of Africa that culminated in famine in southern Somalia, the first famine declared in the twenty-first century.
2013 horse meat scandal
The 2013 horse meat scandal, or horsegate: European food fraud in which beef products contained undeclared horse meat, up to 100% in Findus lasagne, triggering EU-wide DNA testing, recalls, and food-crime reforms.
2016–2017 Nigerian famine
The 2016–2017 Nigerian famine was a likely famine in the IDP enclaves of Bama and Banki, Borno State, northeast Nigeria, between April and August 2016, driven by the Boko Haram insurgency.
2020 Indian agriculture acts
2020 Indian agriculture acts (farm laws): three Acts of 27 September 2020 liberalizing farm trade outside APMC mandis, enabling contract farming, and easing stock limits. Sparked yearlong farmer protests; suspended by the Supreme Court and repealed by the Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021 (Act 40 of 2021).
2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest (Kisan Andolan): Samyukta Kisan Morcha-led sit-ins at Delhi's Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders against three 2020 farm laws, ending with their repeal in November 2021.
2021 Kellogg's strike
The 2021 Kellogg's strike: 1,400 BCTGM workers at Kellogg's four U.S. cereal plants struck October 5 to December 21, 2021 over the two-tier wage system, rejected a tentative deal, faced permanent-replacement threats, and ratified a five-year contract.
2021–2023 global supply chain crisis
The 2021–2023 global supply chain crisis: pandemic-driven disruption of shipping, ports, and manufacturing, with the GSCPI peaking 4.3 standard deviations above its mean in late 2021, cutting global value added by 0.5–1.2 percent and adding about 1 percent to core inflation in 2021.
2022 West Africa food crisis
The 2022 West Africa food crisis was a record episode of acute food insecurity in West Africa and the Sahel, affecting roughly 38 million people during the 2022 lean season.
2025 radioactive shrimp recall
2025 radioactive shrimp recall: US recalls of Indonesian frozen shrimp from PT Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS Foods) after cesium-137 (Cs-137) detection; 68.48 Bq/kg found, below FDA's 1200 Bq/kg limit; led to Import Alerts 99-51/99-52 and first FSMA import certification use.
21 Club
The 21 Club ('21'), 21 West 52nd Street, Manhattan: American restaurant and Prohibition-era speakeasy founded by Jack Kriendler and Charlie Berns, opened January 1, 1930, known for its secret wine cellar, jockey statues, '21' Burger, and presidential clientele; permanently closed December 2020 under owner Belmond/LVMH.
5-hour Energy
5-hour Energy is an American energy shot launched in 2004 by Manoj Bhargava through Living Essentials LLC, a 1.93 oz sugar-free caffeine and B-vitamin supplement that dominated the energy shot market.
7-Eleven
7-Eleven, founded 1927 as Southland Ice Company in Texas and named for 7 a.m.–11 p.m. hours in 1946, is the world's largest convenience retailer with 86,000+ stores in 19 countries, owned by Japan's Seven & i Holdings.
99 Flake
99 Flake: the half-length Cadbury Flake bar made since 1930 for soft-serve ice cream cones, and the British "99" cone itself; name origin unknown despite Cadbury's Italian guard story.
A. A. Gill
A. A. Gill (Adrian Anthony Gill, 1954–2016), British Sunday Times restaurant and TV critic, travel writer and memoirist (Pour Me, AA Gill is Away); famed for acid wit, dictated copy due to dyslexia, and died of lung cancer at 62. Not the music critic Andy Gill.
A.1. Sauce
A.1. Sauce, an American brown steak sauce created in the 1820s by Henderson William Brand, chef to King George IV, sold in the US since 1906; tomato, raisin, orange, vinegar based; dropped "Steak" from its name in 2014.
A&W (Canada)
A&W (Canada), A&W Food Services of Canada Inc., is a North Vancouver-based Canadian burger fast-food chain, separate from the US A&W since 1972, with 1,000+ franchised restaurants, TSX listing AW since October 2024, and Burger Family menu and root beer.
A&W Restaurants
A&W Restaurants: American quick-service chain founded 1919 in Lodi, California by Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright; first US franchised restaurant chain, known for fresh-made root beer; franchisee-owned since 2011, separate from A&W Canada.
A&W Root Beer
A&W Root Beer is an American root beer soft drink created in 1919 by Roy W. Allen in Lodi, California, and named for Allen and Frank Wright.
Aarti Sequeira
Aarti Sequeira, Indian-American chef and TV personality born 1978 in Mumbai, raised in Dubai; won The Next Food Network Star season 6 (2010), hosted Aarti Party, wrote Aarti Paarti cookbook.
AB InBev
AB InBev (Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV), Belgian brewer headquartered in Leuven, formed from Interbrew, AmBev, Anheuser-Busch (2008, $52 billion) and SABMiller (2016); world's largest brewer with about 26% global beer volume share and brands including Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois.
AB InBev brands
AB InBev brands: the 500+ beer and non-beer trademarks of Anheuser-Busch InBev of Leuven, from global names Budweiser, Corona, Michelob Ultra, and Stella Artois to local brands, Beyond Beer RTDs, and licensed or divested territorial rights such as Corona in the US.
Absinthe
Absinthe, also known as La fee verte, is a strong unsweetened spirit flavored with wormwood and aniseed, diluted with water, and banned for most of the 20th century.
Absolut Vodka
Absolut Vodka: Swedish premium vodka produced only in Åhus, Sweden, from winter wheat and deep-well water, launched in New York in 1979, famous for the Andy Warhol art campaign and owned by Pernod Ricard since 2008.