I love my morning coffee. With breakfast – never by itself. Too many years as a frontline journalist – all too often making coffee a ‘meal’ – turned me off on excess. But I also love it when science vindicates my special soft spot for Java…Read More →
It’s not often you see such a bold, confident, impactful headline as the one above on a serious, peer-reviewed scientific journal re-port. But the team behind a new study on obesity says it’s fully justified! They may have uncovered an obesity ‘on-off switch’…Read More →
A major Canadian dairy company has decided to offer a new form of milk, to answer con-sumer demand. Sealtest is now selling ‘6%’ milk in the Ontario region, where perceived demand is greatest. But what is this ‘more-than-whole milk’?Read More →
The buyer ignored key conditions of Ben & Gerry’s merger deal. Now the founders and former owners of the Ice Cream icon are suing Unilever’s Magnum Ice Cream spin-off for violating two clauses of the original merger agreement…Read More →
I haven’t run a comparison of the top Can-adian Fast Food chains’ coffee offerings for quite a while. I haven’t needed to. After the big showdown over takeout coffee a few years ago, I decided that McDonald’s ‘Premium Blend’ was ‘IT’…Read More →
Chick-Fil-A makes no secret that it was found-ed and still operates on Christian principles. But one franchisee is now being sued by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commis-sion – for allegedly discriminating against a Christian believer…Read More →
If you’ve been huffing and sneering and pooh-poohing me for harping about the inevitable, imminent switch we all have to make to Plant-Based diets… Here’s a pooh-pooh back at you: Plant-based foods may help de-age you! – In combination with higher carbs…Read More →
A new bank is making operating capital avail-able to Italy’s cheese makers, accepting young cheese as collateral on loans. Rising costs and slowing sales have producers on edge. But the Parmigiano industry is breathing a big sigh of financial relief…Read More →