We looked briefly at the current upheaval in the Snacks Space earlier this week. Now, it appears this summer will see an all-out pro-mo war between eternal rivals Coke and Pepsi… In the hard-pressed, dramatically upheaved fizzy beverage space…Read More →
In the snack sector, Frito-Lay’s rules the roost. So… When the Pepsi-owned brand or it’s sis-ters show signs of distress, folks sit up and take notice. Now, Lay’s is closing a 55-year-old chip plant plant in CA – triggering concern across the whole sector…Read More →
I don’t believe in medical or nutritional ‘magic bullets’ or ‘on/off switches’. But… Many of his-tory’s greatest discoveries do seem to have been made at the same time, in different pla-ces, for different reasons: Evolution. Calculus. Powered flight. The telephone…Read More →
Nobody knows how the Trump Tariffs Saga will play out. Or how long it will take. Much less what the soft drink sector may look like when the… fizz dies down. But one issue with long-range global repercussions is already bubbling up…Read More →
Omega-3 fatty acids have been getting a lot of media play over the past few years. Almost exclusively associated with how they’re linked to ‘good’ cholesterol and fighting cardiovas-cular disease. But did you know there’s a global shortage of Omega-3s?Read More →
It’s one of the largest US egg recalls thus far this year as a result of mass disease crises. This time, it’s a salmonella scare, not another flare up of the avian flu. But the AF still out there, too. Roots of this new scare date back to January…Read More →
It used to be that the annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ (DD) list update didn’t reveal much in the way of changes over the preceding year. But this year’s edition brings some surprises… Pota-toes and Blackberries are new on the ‘worst of the worst’ list…Read More →
No fewer than 8 specials and new releases headline our Mains section this week. Many are Value Wars ‘volleys’. Most are summer-themed. Summer movie collaborations are now coming in fast and furious. And Liquid Death heats up Sparkling Water…Read More →