Yogurt

If you asked who one of the heroes at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos was, I would say Hamdi Ulukaya, who was able to make the yogurt brand "Chobani," which he founded in the U.S. in 2007 and became the fastest growing company in history.

Greek yoghurt exports to the United Kingdom amounted 28.76 million pounds in the January-November period in 2015, up 24.35 pct from the previous year, ranking Greece second after France in yoghurt supplies to the UK.

Turkey's Customs and Trade Ministry has fined a state-owned firm 220,000 Turkish Liras for "insulting ayran" in an advertisement for iced tea.

In addition to the fine, the ministry also decided to halt advertisements of Didi, an iced tea product produced by the state-owned Çaykur. 

The latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, showed that Bulgaria registered a monthly inflation of negative 0.1 % in September.

Since the beginning of the year Bulgaria recorded a deflation of 0.5 %, while the annual inflation stood at 0.1 %.

The Airline Meals site offers a huge photo archive of inflight meals, documented since 2001, to show the history of flight food. Already there are 35,000 images from 700 airlines from around the world as well as reviews. A sneak sample of some dishes:

From Spain to United Kingdom, Economy Class, BA

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has opened a three-day tourist fair in the French capital Paris. The official slogan of the event is ''Bulgaria - Culture and Traditions''.

Danone is launching two new summer flavors of the Activia yoghurt in Bulgaria - Activia Raspberry and Activia Pineapple.

Raspberry flavor makes a debut in the portfolio of the brand.

The dairy group is challenging consumers to pick their favorite flavor.

Japanese dairy products maker Meiji has expressed interest in investing in Bulgaria's southwestern region of Petrich, according to a media statement of the Petrich Municipality.

Bulgaria's Deputy Economy Minister Lyuben Petrov met with representatives of Meiji in Sofia in early March.

By Dimitra Manifava

The Greek yogurt market has virtually stopped its declining course of previous years, as IRI market research data showed on Thursday that in the first 10 months of the year the total value of yogurt sales declined by just 1.2 percent year-on-year from a year earlier.

The market share of Greek-style yogurt sales in the US has shot up from just 1 percent in 2007 to 49 percent this year, according to a report by Bernstein Research. Greek consular authorities in Washington estimate total turnover in the US grew to $2.66 billion last year from just $35.4 million seven years before.