Frito-Lay Knows Exactly How You Shop For Snacks, And Has Put You Into One Of...
Behavioral researchers are always watching what we do in stores. They're logging our movements, purchasing habits, and much more to figure out what we really do -- not just what we say we're going to...
View ArticleGuess Which Cities Spent The Most On Snacks In 2011
Americans spend more than $50 million on food during the week leading up to the Super Bowl, according to Alice.com, an online marketplace for household goods. In honor of the upcoming event, the site...
View ArticleDiamond Foods May Have Blown Its Only Chance To Diversify
Procter & Gamble is trying to terminate the planned $1.5 billion sale of its Pringles snack line to Diamond Foods after an accounting scandal, reports Bloomberg. P&G and Diamond, which sells...
View ArticleForget Three Meals, Snacking All Day Is The Hot New Trend
NEW YORK (AP) — Sometimes one breakfast isn't enough. So why not sneak in a second or a third? On-the-go Americans increasingly are consuming their morning calories over several hours instead of...
View ArticleMichigan Man Sues Movie Theater For Overpriced Snacks
Moviegoers might have found themselves a real life hero in Joshua Thompson, a Livonia, Michigan resident who has filed a class action lawsuit against his local AMC theater for their overpriced snacks,...
View ArticleKraft Changes The Name Of Its Global Snack Business And Confuses Everyone (KFT)
March 21--Kraft Foods is proposing to change the name of its global snacks business to Mondelez International Inc. when it splits into two companies this year. Pronounced moan-duh-leez, the name is...
View ArticleFor $20 A Month, This Former VC Wants To Change The Way You Snack
Gautam Gupta, 26, was an overweight kid who struggled with obesity for years. So when he left his job as a VC at General Catalyst Partners last year to found his own startup, he decided to focus on...
View ArticleThe Most Popular Snack Food In America
Even though Ritz Crackers have been around for almost 80 years, they are still #1 in Americans' hearts—and stomachs. YouGov BrandIndex polled U.S. consumers to discover which chips or crackers are the...
View ArticleWalmart Is Much Cheaper Than CVS And Walgreens
Retail giant Walgreens has nearly 8,000 locations in the U.S., and CVS has approximately 7,400. With so many stores nationwide, it’s no surprise that both chains are raking in sales. CVS rang in $107...
View ArticleHere Is The 'Next Frontier' For KFC
During the summer, KFC starting selling Original Recipe Bites. Then came Chicken Littles. Now, KFC's going with Dip'ems — a repackaged version of the fast food brand's Extra Crispy chicken tenders....
View ArticleSchools Are Trying Hard To Ban 'Highly Addictive' Flamin' Hot Cheetos
Some school districts in California and New Mexico are trying to ban Flamin' Hot Cheetos, reports ABC News. Why are they doing it? There's a concern about nutrition since each bag contains 26 grams of...
View ArticleThe Most Expensive Snacks In America
Obesity is sometimes blamed on the high price of healthy foods compared to junk food. But it may be time to stop complaining.The USDA's economic research service has put together a handy presentation...
View ArticleDoctor Goes On An Epic Rant Against The Food Industry
When Yoni Freedhoff, a doctor and professor at the University of Ottawa, was uninvited to a food industry breakfast three days before it was slated to happen, he got a little upset.So, instead of...
View ArticleThe Psychological Secrets Behind Nacho Cheese Doritos
In 1966, Frito-Lay launched the first tortilla chip brand nationwide. Back then, the salty snack market was dominated by potato chips and pretzels.Now, Doritos are everywhere, led by Nacho Cheese, Cool...
View ArticleWhy Popcorn Pops
First off, popcorn isn’t just any old corn. It’s a cultivated strain of flint corn known as zea mays everta. Its kernel is also a whole grain—it consists of the bran (the hull or outer covering), the...
View ArticleThis Is The Best Vending Machine Ever
This corporate vending machine offers all products for a quarter. "Nobody believed me about my wife's 25-cent vending machine at her job," a man wrote on Reddit, posting a photo as proof. Others chimed...
View ArticleFrito-Lay Has Created The Most Meta Snack Ever
Doritos has gone unbelievably meta with its new chip flavor.Behold, the Doritos Locos Tacos-flavored Doritos.They're Doritos chips that taste like the Doritos Locos Tacos at Taco Bell that have shells...
View ArticleThere's An Easy Way To Stop Eating So Much Fattening Food
Eating before shopping could be an easy way to cut down on your high-calorie food consumption.A new research study found that people who snack before a shopping spree buy fewer unhealthy food...
View ArticleFrito Lay Releases A Steak-Flavored Potato Chip
It’s a wonder we even eat anything other than steak in the first place.Costs aside, wouldn’t you rather enjoy a nice juicy cut of Filet Mignon for lunch instead of that awful Lean Cuisine Chicken...
View ArticleNow There's A Map Of Every Urban Plant You Can Snack On
Last summer, Ethan Welty stopped buying fruit. He didn't need to pay for it anymore; he could pick nearly everything he needed from the trees on the streets of Boulder, Colorado.At first, he scanned...
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