Time to check your freezer, Aldi shoppers: The grocery chain is recalling frozen peas that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne bacteria that can survive freezing temperatures. [More]
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Season’s Choice Frozen Sweet Peas Sold At Aldi Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
By 4.6.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
Delta Throws Multi-Airport Pizza Party After Canceling 300 Flights Due To Weather
By 4.6.17
No one likes it when their flight gets canceled. But if there’s anything that can alleviate that annoying experience, it’s the healing power of pizza. Delta Air Lines knows this, which is why it hosted a multi-airport pizza party after canceling 300 flights. [More]
Taco Bell Continues Assault On Definition Of ‘Taco,’ Now Using Fried Egg As Shell
By 4.6.17 — Updated: 4.7.17
Taco Bell’s apparent longterm goal of proving that any item in your pantry can be turned into a taco shell continues. After folding Doritos, waffles, biscuits, croissants, and fried chicken into shell-like shapes, the fast food chain is now bending the definition of “taco” by putting some stuff inside a fried egg and calling it a Naked Breakfast Taco. [More]
Stranger Buys McDonald’s Worker A New Bike So He Won’t Have To Walk 20 Miles To Work
By 4.6.17
A McDonald’s worker who had to walk 20 miles to and from work every day now has a new bike, after a customer learned he had no other means of transportation. [More]
When Does The Extra Space In Your Potato Chip Bag Go From Annoying To Deceptive?
By 4.5.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
If you have two bags of potato chips with the same size packaging, containing the same weight of potato-based snacks, does it matter if one of those bags also contains more empty space? It does to two customers who have accused Wise of misleading shoppers by selling bags of snacks with lots of air. [More]
People Eat In Supermarkets Now, But Please Stop Calling Them ‘Grocerants’
By 4.5.17
Supermarket delis have expanded in size and broadened their offerings, and there’s apparently a term for this in the food industry. It’s “grocerant.” You know, grocery store + restaurant, where you can combine picking up dinner and doing your shopping. [More]
Clearly Canadian Promises Remaining Preorders Will Ship… Eventually
By 4.5.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
Two years after fans of Clearly Canadian helped crowdfund an effort to bring the beverage back from the dead, and more than a year after the company finally started shipping out preorders to those who backed it, some customers say their orders still aren’t complete. [More]
Today In Badvertising: Pepsi Solves Social Strife With Soda; Nivea Says “White Is Purity”
By 4.5.17
Two major brands — Pepsi and Nivea — are under fire this week on social media for ads that some say are offensive and tone deaf. [More]
The Hottest Kitchen Gadget Of 2014 Is Finally Shipping To Pre-Order Customers, Maybe
By 4.5.17
It was almost three years ago that the company behind the Mellow smartphone-enabled sous vide cooker began taking pre-orders for the kitchen gadget, which promised to do amazing things like keep food in ice water all day, starting to cook it when you activate the device from a smartphone app. Almost three years later, though, customers don’t have their cookers. [More]
Mars Inc. Lawsuit Claims Consumers Might Confuse Chocolates For Supplements Brand
By 4.5.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
My, what a difference a few letters can make: Mars Inc. — maker of candy bars, chewing gum, and dog food — is suing Wisconsin chocolate company CocoVaa, claiming its brand could “confuse and deceive” consumers into thinking it is related to CocoaVia, a line of cocoa extract supplements and snacks produced by Mars. [More]
Gillette Lowers Prices By 20%, Hopes Customers Come Back
By 4.4.17
The razor brand Gillette wants its market share back. The company, part of the Procter & Gamble consumer goods conglomerate, isn’t fighting years of falling sales by adding blades and features to its razors for once. It’s cutting prices by as much as 20%. [More]
Ben & Jerry’s Is Giving Away Free Ice Cream Today
By 4.4.17
If you missed free cone day at Dairy Queen last month, don’t fret, you still have time to score a free scoop from Ben & Jerry’s today. [More]
Governors Ask Attorney General To Leave Their Legal Marijuana Alone
By 4.4.17 — Updated: 5.10.17
While federal lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are pushing for legislation to reform marijuana laws, the executive branch of the government has given every indication of a coming crackdown on recreational marijuana, even in states where it’s now legal. The governors of the first four states to legalize pot are now asking the White House to respect their states’ voters and not return weed to the dark ages. [More]
Report: Panera Looking At Possible Sale To Starbucks, Domino’s, Others
By 4.3.17
Want a Panera sandwich with a Starbucks coffee? Right now, you’ll have to go to two different stores, but in the future they could be one and the same: Panera is reportedly looking for a buyer, and the coffee giant is apparently on the shortlist. [More]
Bad News: Your Tuna Lawsuit Check Won’t Be Coming For Months Or Years
By 4.3.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
Back in 2015, we shared the news that people who had recently purchased cans of Starkist tuna could file claims in a class action lawsuit against the company that alleged the company deliberately under-filled tuna cans. Those consumers still don’t have their payments, which were to be either checks or vouchers for free tuna. [More]
Ronco, Maker Of Veg-O-Matic & Mr. Microphone, Giving Away Rotisserie Ovens To Investors
By 4.3.17
For half a century, Ronco products — like the Veg-O-Matic, the Beef Jerky Machine, and Mr. Microphone — have been filling cheap, late-night and mid-afternoon commercial space on American TVs. Now the company that introduced “But wait — there’s more!” to the world is hoping it can sell the public on investing in the company by offering discounts and free stuff as rewards. [More]
Menu Del Sol Burritos Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
By 4.3.17 — Updated: 5.9.17
Frozen burritos are a pretty innocuous food, but danger may lurk inside some bean and cheese burritos currently on the market. Frozen bean and cheese burritos from the brand Menu Del Sol have been recalled because random tests turned up Listeria in a sample. [More]
8 Things John Oliver Wants You To Know About Marijuana
By 4.3.17
Each year, more and more states continue to legalize medical and even recreational marijuana use for their residents. But the drug remains illegal at the federal level, and conflicts abound, confusing consumers, businesses, and law enforcement alike. John Oliver shared some thoughts this week about how we got into this mess, and how we can get out. [More]
