Few sectors were hit as hard by the COVID-19 pandemic as the hospitality industry, with restaurants and bar closures serving as a frontline defense against social mixing. And yet, many of these businesses have struggled to get relief funding. As Food and Wine reports, despite multiple iterations, the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program proved problematic and controversial. And more recently, […]
As consumers continue to feel the crunch at the grocery store checkout, eggs are the latest product predicted to surge in price. Prices are expected to climb amid the seasonal demand during Easter and Passover with the outbreak expected to make prices even more expensive. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant […]
Part of the appeal of Pabst Blue Ribbon is the brand’s underdog story. Practically forgotten by the turn of the millennium, a groundswell of support helped bring the brand back to its current prominence. Among Pabst many innovations over the past few years — including hard coffee, hard seltzer, hard tea, and whiskey (no “hard” […]
Last week, four plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Burger King, alleging that the fast food chain exaggerates the size of its burgers in its advertisements. The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Miami, is asking for damages for the plaintiffs and for anyone else who fell for the allegedly inflated […]
You probably don’t need the USDA to tell you that food prices are up: You’ve likely been seeing it in the news and paying for it when you go to the grocery store or dine out. But if you’re wondering just how bad things have gotten, the USDA is here to offer some perspective — […]
Beyond Meat’s first foray into replacing meat was hamburgers. But from the beginning, the company’s larger mission has been to shift society away from eating animals in general, and thus other products have followed: sausages, meatballs, chicken. Now, for the first time, Beyond wants you to look at (and eat) meat-based snacks in a different way by launching Beyond Meat […]
Le Creuset launched its signature Flame color in 1925. Now, if you check out the site, you’ll find Flame – as well as two additional red-ish-oranges, at least five blues, a yellow – a whole rainbow of hues to jazz up your kitchen! Now the cookware brand has teamed up with the folks at Williams […]
CNN reports that alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains. The highest levels of indicators for PFAS were found in food packaging from Nathan’s Famous, Cava, Arby’s, Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Stop & Shop and Sweetgreen, according to […]
If you were shopping in a Trader Joe’s and saw “Purple Rain Wine” on a label, your first instinct might be to think there’s a connection between it and the late pop megastar. But according to an ongoing lawsuit between Ohio-based winery L’uva Bella and Prince’s estate, the brand — which not only shares a […]
This week, Starbucks doubled down on a commitment it’s been working on for years: reducing cup waste by ending disposables over the next three years. After helping to launch the NextGen Cup Challenge in 2018 (and trailing a bevy of beverage options in the ensuing years like reusable cups and compostable cups) Starbucks has just pledged that they will be […]