July 31, 2012 According to the blueberry expert of Lake Nebagamon there are no wild blueberries this year due to the excessive rain followed by the excessive heat. The blueberry expert knows all the best spots for wild blueberries in the area and was disappointed not to find her annual crop.
July 31, 2012 The fast food industry knows it's demographic well - probably more than any other service sector. That's why it should come as no surprise that their use of mass media marketing directly targets their audience
July 31, 2012 As Unilever looks to get out of the frozen food market, two of their signature brands have found a new owner. ConAgra has agreed to buy the venerable meal makers for $265 million dollars.
ConAgra said it is acquiring the Bertolli and P
Kraft is generally considered to be a family-friendly brand that errs on the side of being tame (read: lame), but the food and beverage conglomerate has turned that approach upside down down under with this Australian TV spot featuring what appear to be naked bodies and a line worker calling out in ecstasy.
July 27, 2012 These truly are hard times to be a cola; With the size-limit regulation war raging in New York City and the constant barrage of health-related news about calories and sugar content, Coca Cola and Pepsi - the industry leaders of the cola market - are on the search to please everyone.
July 26, 2012 The other day I left the office for lunch to run errands and was surprised to see a food truck in downtown Duluth. Wondering if the lunch-on-the-run fad was making it's was to the Northland, I finally put two and two together to realize it was there for the farmers market
July 24, 2012 Ok, so I made up the second part of that headline, but I found a story that talks about actual research. (yeah, right, I know a friend that does constant research.) Does Marijuana work on curing diarrhea?
July 24, 2012 For a product category that wasn't even around a year and a half ago, Greek-style yogurt has run away with the dairy case in most grocery stores. It seems like everyone has jumped on the Greek yogurt bandwagon
July 24, 2012 Market analysts are watching this summers drought with caution. Corn - the crop most affected by the lack of rain this season - is one of the building-block ingredients in a lot of foods. Being so ingrained in our diet, most food executives have predicted rising prices at the grocery store
July 19, 2012 Folks probably thought the first Slurpee or Big Gulp machines were strange, too! The 7-11 convenience store chain is set to roll out a self-serve mashed potato machine.
For just $2, you can get yourself a bowl of mashed potatoes and a giant tub of soda
To paraphrase a wise hitman, they have the same kind of stuff in Singapore that they have over here. There are, however, little differences. For example, in Singapore you can walk into a 7-Eleven and buy a serving of mashed potatoes — from a vending machine.
July 16, 2012 Shoppers looking for relief at the grocery store check out lane will have to keep watching the weather forecast. The historically-dry conditions in the Midwest are setting the food industry up for non-stop, record-setting high prices
