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Eggs over easier
Eggs are an excellent food — nutritious, tasty, versatile, rich in protein, and largely acquitted of any role in raising blood cholesterol. The average American eats 250 eggs a year in everything from omelets to cakes. But there is a downside to...
Tags: Kraft Foods, Inc., Dianne Feinstein, Burger King, Consumers
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Jobless claims barely change; durable goods orders plunge
After jobless claims reached a five-month high in April, last week’s tiny dip came as a relief. But a heavy slide in orders for long-lasting goods is less soothing. Applications for unemployment benefits shrank by 2,000 last week to a seasonally...Tags: Labor Markets, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, Economic Indicator
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General Mills to cut 850 jobs in restructuring move
General Mills Inc. will get rid of 850 jobs in an attempt to cut costs and boost productivity as items such as Cheerios cereal, Progresso soups and Hamburger Helper become costlier to make. The downsizing will affect 2.4% of the Minneapolis company&...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Arable Farming, New Products
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Suit over fruit content of General Mills snacks to proceed
ReutersGeneral Mills Inc. must defend a lawsuit that claims the food company deceived consumers into believing its Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit by the Foot snacks are made with real fruit. Reasonable consumers might be misled by packaging that claimed the snacks...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Judges, Food Industry
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Poptent's amateurs sell cheap commercials to big brands
Build-a-Bear Workshop was introducing a line of stuffed animals called smallfrys and wanted to reach moms through Facebook. One video used in the online promotion showed a woman pulling up to a fast-food window. Her young daughter requests "a smallfry."...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Entertainment, Northeastern University, Television, Marketing
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It Figures
Number of years ago ancient Egyptians combined honey, fruit and nuts to create the world’s first candy: 3,500 Percent of American households that buy candy at least once a week:99 Year the recipe for Rice Krispies Treats was created: 1966...
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For a healthier economy, fewer Oreos, more granola
Sugar is toxic, and possibly as addictive as cocaine. Meat is laced with antibiotics. “Pink slime” is unappetizing, as is its dubious and fishy counterpart, “pink slime of the sea.” And the plastic packaging that food comes in...
Tags: Kraft Foods, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola
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Where are the black chefs?
The sausage grinder, spotless.
The stoves, spotless. The kitchen, even on a Monday afternoon, during school hours, spotless. The tables where a handful of students were making chocolate leafs, spotless-ish. Nearly every metal surface — truly, the...Tags: Entertainment, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Chicago Aviation Partners, Restaurants, Arts and Culture
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General Mills U.S. sales down on frugal consumers, Yoplait slump
The growing popularity of Greek yogurt is putting a damper on General Mills’ Yoplait brand, pushing the company’s third quarter volume sales down in the U.S.
Though General Mills’ Peanut Butter Cheerios made a strong debut at the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Money Minute: More junk mail won't save Postal Service [Video]
The U.S. Postal Service faces serious trouble in the email age -- no one disputes that. But is the answer really more junk mail? "We believe it could be a billion-dollar product for the Postal Service by 2016," says Paul Vogel, president and chief...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, Marketing, Mail Order Industry, Ed Reyes, Business
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Ship delivers largest sugar cargo ever to Domino plant
With the wind whipping granules through the sweet-smelling air, Monday could have been just another day on the Domino Sugars docks in South Baltimore.
But workers in orange coveralls unloading raw sugar from a massive cargo ship were making company...Tags: Kraft Foods, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Port of Baltimore, Ceremonies, Career and Workplace
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How to achieve your fiber goals
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Deb Schulze weighs in on fiber....Tags: Foods and Beverages, Apples, University of Maryland Medical Center, Medical Research, Health and Safety at School
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