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Kraft Stole Idea For "Bagelfuls" From "Bagelers"

As several readers have pointed out, Kraft's new "Bagelfuls" (aka Bagel Twinkies) are not without precedent: A small New York company has been making the same thing, called "Bagelers," since at least 2003. As depicted in the picture at left, (the...

8:14 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 38 comments

Kraft Invents The Twinkie Of Bagels: "Bagelfuls"

Ever toast, spread cream cheese on, and eat a bagel, and be like, damn, this is taking too long? Kraft's Bagelfuls, essentially, a bagel Twinkie, are for you. A "Bagelful" is a frozen bagel tube with cream cheese inside. They're kept in the...

2:56 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 69 comments

Wegmans' New Metal Spring-Flavored Bagels Recalled

Wegman's is recalling all in-store made bagels and bialys (flattened bagels) sold between August 24th and September 9th "because the bagels may contain pieces of a metal spring from a mixer that entered the dough." If you have some, return them to...

3:40 PM on Wed Sep 10 2008, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 26 comments

Panera Bread Burns Kansas City

A deluge of baseball fans trying to collect free bagels has led Panera Bread to cancel a promotion with the Kansas City Royals. Under the promotion, ticket stubs from a home game in which the Royals won with thirteen or more hits could be redeemed...

4:10 PM on Sat May 5 2007, by Carey, 0 views, 30 comments

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5:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008, 0 views

Anti-Fraud Organization Says Weight-Loss Company Pumped Up Its Own Stock

The Fraud Discovery Institute says diet food company Medifast's outside accounting firm, Bagell, Joseph's & Levine & Co. LLC — which runs its own money management firm — recommended the company's stock to clients, creating a conflict...

9:47 AM on Wed Jun 10 2009, by Phil Villarreal, 0 views, 8 comments

See Maddoff's AMEX Bills

Wanna see the Maddoff clan's AMEX statements? They're online here. 2 grand Giorgio Armani in Paris, 8 grand at a hotel, 10 grand to charity, $441 at a bagel store, the garners of unlawful gains really know how to live it up. But you gotta give the...

7:08 PM on Fri May 15 2009, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 52 comments

Hotels: Nature's Free Blogging Oases

PINEVILLE, NC - This morning we blogged from a Best Western just down the road Best Buy. The hotel came in really handy, as our diagram illustrates.

9:19 AM on Fri Nov 24 2006, by Ben Popken, 0 views, 12 comments

Morning Deals

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10:21 AM on Thu May 7 2009, by Chris Walters, 0 views, 7 comments

Krispy Kreme To Celebrate Inauguration With Donut Giveaway

Hey there true American, Krispy Kreme wants to help celebrate the inauguration of your new President by giving you a free donut. Or as Krispy Kreme, defender of America as the land of the obese would probably prefer to rebrand them, freedom...

3:10 PM on Thu Jan 15 2009, by Carey, 0 views, 55 comments