The much-awaited (by some) healthier Prebiotic Pepsi bevs are premiering today. Piggybacking on the traditional Black Friday retail sector chaos. When it’s time to relax… Seek one out, kick back, and see what you think…Read More →
It’s been a scant three years since Jack In The Box bought Del Taco for a whopping $585 million. Now, JITB selling off Del Taco for a scant $115 million. That translates to a loss of about $200,000 for each of the chain’s 550 locations…Read More →
The ‘Short Squeeze’ is a tactic the stock-savvy sometimes use to boost the price of shares in a company that’s not doing so well. After such a squeeze recently, Beyond Meat shares rose 1,300 percent – for a day, at least… Was it a meme event or a pump-and-dump?Read More →
Starbuck’s is offering a bear-shaped cup as a Holiday merchandise item. But the move backfired when the ‘collectible’ went viral, triggering long lines, fights and $300 online resale asks. Just adding to the coffee shop’s recent troubles…Read More →
We’re all aware of the strict Italian Denomin-azione d’Origine Protetta (Protected Desig-nation of Origin) laws for foods. Now, Italian lawmakers are up in arms about a ‘fake’ Car-bonara Sauce being marketed across the EU by a Belgian company…Read More →
As faithful followers will have guessed, I’m a big movie fan. One of my all-time fave flics is The Shawshank Redemption. But I discovered there was a lot I didn’t know about the aca-demy-award-winning film when I came across a post at Explored Planet (EP) the other day…Read More →
US President Donald Trump told reporters during a scrum on Airforce One last week, told reporters he’s single-handedly lowered the price of food by as much as 25 percent. Trump also renamed the traditional Thanksgiving ‘fixings’ to ‘surroundings’.Read More →
Duane Roberts passed away this past week. He is credited with inventing the world’s first-ever mass-marketed frozen burrito. Roberts was just a teenager when he began his career, working at his parents’ meat company, Butcher Boy Food Products Inc.Read More →