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It's not just Taco Bell and McDonald's who are duking it out to win over America's early diners. Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Jack in the Box, Hardee's and Carl's Jr. have all stepped up to the plate recently with new marketing campaigns or menu items
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Changing the world, a few hundred calories at a time! Olive Garden customers have spoken, and the struggling casual dining chain, understandably concerned about losing some of its most loyal patrons, has listened. A few...
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Pizza may have peaked. Pizza consumption in the U.S. has increased year after year, but forecasts indicate that we may not be able to stomach much more. Americans eat an astonishing amount of pizza. That’s...
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Total Wine & More, a rapidly expanding megastore chain with cheap prices, huge selection, and a reputation as "Toys R Us for adults," understandably has mom-and-pop liquor shop owners feeling like they could use a...
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Based on their labels, and even by the long histories detailed on their websites, you'd never know some seemingly independent, seemingly craft beers are owned by gigantic corporations. Thanks to rounds of industry buyouts, combined...
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It's debatable whether the $4 million spent to advertise during the Super Bowl is actually worth the money. This year, what with an awful, blowout of a game, it seemed like there were surely better,...
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Consumers have gotten so used to hearing about "New!" and "Exciting!" products that marketers are resorting to extreme, bold, bizarre -- and perhaps even unappealing -- flavors to pique their curiosity. Toothpaste is not a...
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Last fall, when Blockbuster announced it would close the last of its storefronts, it seemed to officially end the era of the physical video rental model. Family Video, the country's largest operational video rental chain,...
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As the meat industry again makes news thanks to an endless stream of articles about horse meat masked as beef popping up all over Europe, the “pink slime” story is still playing itself out in courthouses, law offices and the one BPI plant still in operation.
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