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Local Expert Tells Us Where The Berries Are This Season And Includes A Great Recipe Too [GALLERY]

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.

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Category: Food, Lifestyle
Source:  Ary_l via flickr
Source: Ary_l via flickr
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Fast Food Companies Market To Their Demographic With An Increase In Ads Targeted At “Late Night Munchies”

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

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Source:  Alachia via flickr
Source: Alachia via flickr
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New Owner For Bertolli And P.F. Chang’s Frozen Foods

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

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Stuff Your O-Face With ‘Adults Only’ Marshmallows

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.

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Source:  Roxanne Cooke via flickr
Source: Roxanne Cooke via flickr
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Cola Companies Look For The Ultimate Recipe: No Calories, No Artificial Sweetners, And No Aftertaste

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.

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Source:  ricardodiaz11 via flickr
Source: ricardodiaz11 via flickr
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Food Trucks Okayed In Windy City

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

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(Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
(Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
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New Diarrhea Treatment, Use Medical Marijuana; In A Related Story More Musicians Getting Diarrhea

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?

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Source:  Jenniferworthen via flickr
Source: Jenniferworthen via flickr
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The Changing Business Model Of Greek Yogurt

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

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Source:  lokenrc via flickr
Source: lokenrc via flickr
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Drought Shouldn’t Affect Junk Food Prices

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

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Source:  nist6dh via flickr
Source: nist6dh via flickr
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7-11 Introduces Self-Serve Mashed Potato Machine

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

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YouTube
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Any Interest in Trying Mashed Potatoes From a Vending Machine?

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.

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Category: Food, Video
Source:  Walmart Stores via flickr
Source: Walmart Stores via flickr
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Endless Drought Means Rising Prices At The Grocery Store

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

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