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courtesy of The Coca-Cola CompanyAmericans have become more conscious of the effects of what they drink and eat. This is particularly true with soda, a trend that is not good for branded soda...
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Chocolate prices closed just short of $3,200 per metric ton last Friday, after rising to a three-year high of $3,284 on Thursday. Hershey and Mars have raised candy prices due to commodity price...
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courtesy of Starbucks Corp.Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced its third quarter earnings its fiscal 2014. Howard Schultz and friends reported that adjusted earnings were $0.67 per share and...
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ElPolloLoco.comEl Pollo Loco Holdings has set its formal terms for an initial public offering (IPO). Be advised that these terms can change before the formal IPO, literally up until the final hours...
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McDonald's reported disappointing second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. Global same-store sales in the quarter were "relatively flat."
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ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has traded lower all day since tumbling about 0.7% in mid-morning. The index got a downward push thanks to McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) which has dropped...
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Chinese regulators have closed down a local meat supplier following a TV report that the company was mixing meat that had passed its expiration date with fresh meat and using other unsanitary...
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ThinkstockThe journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research has just published a study that concludes that combining energy drinks with alcohol tends to increase overall desire to drink...
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Jon OggHistorically, food and the prepared food markets were supposed to be recession proof. Now it turns out that consumer shifts are changing this longstanding rule. Consumers remain value...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) at noon Friday offering the agency’s latest estimates for U.S. and...
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ThinkstockThe United States is slowly reversing course on banning marijuana. Colorado led the way in passing laws that allow recreational use of marijuana and cannabis products, and now the opening...
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ThinkstockCommodity prices for corn, wheat and soybeans have tumbled in the past three months and could fall even further as plenty of rain and warm — but not too warm — temperatures have boosted...
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Agricultural products giant Archer Daniels Midland announced Monday morning that it will acquire Switzerland-based WILD Flavors for about $3 billion in cash and about $136 million in debt.
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ThinkstockIn recent years, Americans have increasingly moved away from beer consumption in favor of wines and spirits. U.S. beer consumption fell slightly from 28.3 gallons per drinking-aged adult in...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its preliminary report on June farm prices Friday afternoon. The all-products price index fell by 3 points month-over-month (2.6%) to 111,...
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