After a gloomy forecast for Hallowe’en 2024 just a few days ago – and October hauntings to come – it may seem odd for me to plug a major candy maker’s Hallowe’en ‘party’ out-look. But as it turns out, Mars’ view isn’t really so different from mine…Read More →
It’s about time. And let this be both a lesson and an example for other snack and packaged food makers to heed! PepsoCo – owner of Lays, Ruffles, Tostitos, Doritos, Cheetos and other major snack brands – is ‘coming clean’ on shrinkflation…Read More →
A new survey reveals the fattest and leanest States in the Union. And you might just be surprised, especially about where your home place sits on the map. Chances are, more than 1 in three of you or the people you know are not just overweight but obese…Read More →
Do the latest numbers indicate a surprising trend? Or is it just a statistical ‘blip’? Data from two long-term official surveys seems to show the adult obesity rate in the US dropped by 1.6 percent between 2021 and 2023. But it’s way too early to declare the crisis over…Read More →
We’ve were warned – given ample cues years in advance. But some folks out there are still expressing shock and alarm at the continuing increase in coffee prices. Time for an update on the global coffee market. And what to expect in the foreseeable future…Read More →
Where I live, the ‘kids’, as such, are almost exclusively high school seniors or older. And they’ve left Trick-or-Treating behind them. Meanwhile, multiple factors are putting pres-sure on supplies and prices of treats this Hallowe’en…Read More →
We just got over the market-disrupting launch of In Tansan therapeutic appetite suppressant soda in Japan. And along comes Pop Jones ‘Prebiotic Craft Soda’, billed as a ‘functional beverage with cleaner ingredients’ and lower sugar…Read More →
I was flabbergasted when I read the headline. But subsequent Googling revealed it was a real story. And McD’s is serious. Are the largest meat packers in the US fixing prices? Or are high beef prices the result of a ‘perfect eco-nomic storm’?Read More →