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We’ve posted in this space before about the marketing phenomenon known as ‘product downsizing’. That’s what they call it when they reduce the amount of product but keep the package the same size. It started decades ago with candy bars and breakfast cereals, but folks caught on…
We all know that folks in the western world – where food is relatively plentiful – tend to waste a lot of food. But I wonder if the current movement toward consolidating food production on mega and factory farms is also contributing to the food waste problem. Last week produced two object lessons…
We’ve all seen the commercials featuring Captain Obvious, the spokes-character for hotels.com. Now, I’ve discovered there’s an equivalent sage in the food science arena who collects research studies that prove what we already knew. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Doctor Obvious…
Here we go, cruising the main and dropping in at some of the biggest and most-loved Fast Food joints to find out what’s new. We have news from Costco and Kraft Heinz on the spread/condiment front, KFC, Burger King and Taco Bell on the Chicken front, and Cocoa Cola on the beverage front…
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve mentioned Home Economics class in high school to young people and they’ve given me back a blank stare. Life skills in general, and food preparation in particular, are not being taught in school, anymore, and that’s contributing to a generation of badly fed teens…
I recently saw a web post about the recall of 200 million Eggs being recalled and I thought, “Wow! That must have caused a major Egg shortage in the U.S. Why haven’t I heard about that?” But it turns out that’s just a drop in the bucket. Egg production is a huge industry we all just take for granted!