Snacking Slump Causes California Chip Plant Closure
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 →
‘Brain Switches’ Turn Appetite, Cravings On And Off…
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 →
Breakfast Chili: Everything You Want Including Eggs On Top!
Here’s an ‘oddball ‘ concept I can get on board with: Chili for breakfast! Love the idea! Love the recipe. Love the potential for personal-izing. It may be just what the nutritionist or doctor ordered. And it might just change your whole attitude about mornings!Read More →
Plastics Paradox: Major Soda Bottlers Making Plastic Plans
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 Shortage A Major, Underrated Health Concern
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 →
SONIC Goes Bonkers with Pickle-Peppers-Cola Hack
I said, “You gotta be kidding me!’ But they weren’t… It’s common knowledge that ‘swicy’ is hot, the soda sector is in flux these days, and a pickle-cult craze is sweeping the Fast Food sector and the social media universe. Put ’em together and what do you get?Read More →
US Megga-Egg Recall – 1.7 M Dozen – Continues…
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 →
Dirty Dozen: Blackberries & Potatoes Now Listed
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 →