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Tall, grande or venti: How full is Starbucks’ marketing cup over…
Brie Ragland MarketingAh, November. The unofficial start to the holiday season. The creepy costumes and shelves of candy are gone from the supermarkets, and instead the aisles are filled with enough Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations to make your head spin. With the start of November, we also get the annual reveal of the new Starbucks holiday cup. Consumers eagerly await the new design of the Starbucks cup each year, flooding Instagram with pics of when and where they got their first Peppermint Mocha of the season.
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Blue Bell returns to stores, but can it make a full comeback?
Bambi Majumdar RetailKroger's warm message for Blue Bell ice cream said it all: "Welcome back Blue Bell, you are not just an ice cream, you are family!" Fans and stores across North Texas waited with bated breath for the Blue Bell comeback on Monday, Nov. 2. A trip to the grocery store early that morning showed buyers already lining up and getting multiple tubs of their favorite ice cream, which had been taken off the shelves for months following a listeria scare.
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If processed meats cause cancer, what should the food industry do?
Linchi Kwok Food & BeverageHere is the biggest news I heard last week: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that processed meats — such as bacon, sausage, ham, and hot dogs — can cause colon cancer. Now, for the first time processed meats are considered as dangerous as tobacco and asbestos. Red meats in general, including beef, pork and lamb, are also found to be "probably carcinogenic" to people.
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Burgers and booze: Fast food joints are adding alcohol to their menus
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageTimes are changing, and so are the choices on popular fast food menus. We all love a good beer-and-burger combo, but until recently that could only happen if you had it at home or in an upscale eatery. Well, not anymore. An increasing number of fast food as well as fast-casual brands are opting for alcoholic additions to their menus.
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Chile or bust: Time to get your pepper fix in New Mexico
Heather Linderfelt Food & BeverageAutumn is here, and the harvest is coming in. Now is the perfect time to visit New Mexico. Apples and pears are the fruits most expected this time of year. Is there anything more delicious than a farm-stand apple or pear? Yes, yes there is — the chile.
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Instacart vs. Amazon: Delivering groceries to your home
Bambi Majumdar RetailTarget's partnership announcement with Instacart has taken the grocery wars to the next level. The market has already been abuzz with the changes Amazon is bringing in its own grocery delivery service, which is poised for major expansion. Now Target customers can have groceries delivered to their doorstep for as little as $3.99 per order.
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The heart-healthy benefits of beer
Dorothy L. Tengler Food & BeverageAmong the many attractions, the "liquid gold" is probably the most important thing at Oktoberfest. But aside from this annual celebration, beer accounts for 67 percent of the alcohol consumption reported in the United States. It remains the preferred beverage of choice among Americans who drink alcohol — as it has every year since 1992, except for 2005 when wine edged into the top spot.
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Breakfast battle: Restaurants fighting over first-meal dominance
Suzanne Mason Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementAt some point in your life, you've heard the saying that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day." Restaurants are now taking heed to the adage and are expanding their business to cater to the first meal of the day.
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How can we make school lunches both healthy and tasty?
Bambi Majumdar EducationA recent article in The New York Times — "Why Students Hate School Lunches" — has sparked off quite a debate in the education world. Thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in 2012, and other similar strategies, 30 million kids have access to healthy school lunches every day.
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How to make money in a new regulatory hospitality environment
Karen Hall Leimkuhler and Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementThe new Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI) guidelines are in response to Americans being more overweight than 20 years ago. As a point of reference, these new guidelines are the first revision since 1998. This is not more government regulation.
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