Federal Court Rules Trump’s Tariffs Illegal!
A US Federal Court this past Friday ruled US President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Tariffs are illegal. But the Tariffs saga isn’t over, yet. Trump can still appeal to the US Supreme Court. And the current Tariffs remain in place…Read More →
Can One Mega-Merger Make Keurig World’s Largest?
I was incredulous when I first read the news. But once explained, the idea of all the billions of dollars involved stopped popping in my poor little brain like out-of-control fireworks. And I could just about envision the reality the Keurig’s / Peet’s merger…Read More →
Newstalgia Feature: Sloppy Joe’s For The 2020s
Sloppy Joe’s were a reasonably new ‘thing’ with the masses when I was a a kid. Families loved them so much, everybody had their own recipe – some of which were as simple as a can of ready-made ‘sauce’ from the store…Read More →
Sunday Musings: Can Boiling Water Beat Microplastics?
Chinese scientists have declared that boiling your drinking water can remove microplastics. The idea seems sound. But do you believe the solution to microplastics is as simple as that? And what about the micros and nanos already in our bodies?Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant and Snacks News!
On the doorstep of Labour Day – and unof-ficially, Fall – the Fast Food Week menu features a grab bag of Desserts and Snacks. What better way to mark the cusp of two ‘seasons’? How about Gold Sauce from McDonald’s?Read More →
Sneakflation: Hiding The Effects of Trump’s Tariffs
Uncertainty continues about how US bus-inesses will cope with Trump’s Tariffs as time goes by. In the short term, official economic figures show consumers have been paying a little more here, a little more there… But what happens when the dam bursts?Read More →
A Ridiculously Simple Solution To The Microplastics Issue
A team of researchers from Guangzhou Medical University and Jinan University in China have solved a problem others had declared unsolvable – how to remove microplastics from drinking water… Alas, It can’t remove what’s already in your body…Read More →
The Pickle’s Progress: A Craze ‘By-The-Numbers’
Thanks to Instacart for it’s fascinating sales/orders analysis – this time focusing on the apparently unstoppable Pickle-everything craze. One thing is for sure: Americans are either with the Pickle fad or against it… And The Premium Pickle is hitting it’s stride…Read More →