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Consumer Confidential: Wal-Mart cuts gas prices, Toyota's new recall, pricier cereal
Money & CompanyHere's your what's-going-on Wednesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --It may be little more than a PR stunt, but it's good news nevertheless. Wal-Mart is cutting gas prices by 10 cents a gallon for three months to...... -
Orlando Chamber Soloists in residence at South Dakota Chamber Music Festival
Orlando Arts BlogMusicians from Central Florida are among those spending part of the summer educating and entertaining residents of the economically depressed regions of South Dakota's Black Hills and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Harpist Dawn Marie Edwards is the the... -
Consumer Confidential: New limit on food ads, 'cramming' is costly, Spotify arrives
Money & CompanyHere's your throw-me-a-bone Thursday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --The country's biggest food companies are trying to head off stricter regulation of their activities by voluntarily cutting back on marketing unhealthy foods to children.... -
Parent wins 100,000 box tops for Bridgewater Middle School
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThat's a whole lot of Cheerios. Windermere resident Steven Myers won General Mills” Box Tops for Education sweepstakes at Publix, garnering $10,000-worth of box tops for his daughter's school, Bridgewater Middle School in Winter Garden. The school... -
Food companies sign up for war on salt
For decades, people have been ignoring advice to eat less salt — in large part because it's hard to avoid. Processed and restaurant foods are simply loaded with sodium.
Now, under growing pressure from doctors, consumers, states, advocacy groups...Tags: New York City, Wisconsin, Health Organizations, Los Angeles Times, Restaurants
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The Interview: Jeremy Kugel
Social shopping is the new trend in Internet commerce these days.
Websites have sprouted up, promising great discounts if a certain number of people sign up to buy. Groupon and LivingSocial are some of the most prominent, but a small Maryland startup...Tags: Marketing, Twitter, Inc., Business, New York, Facebook
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This is not Buzz Aldrin's space chow
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMichele Perchonok sat contemplating a shrink-wrapped brick of freeze-dried mac and cheese just outside the test kitchen at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The dish has been served countless times on the space shuttle and International Space Station. When...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Science, Lifestyle and Leisure, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Buzz Aldrin
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Trying to outrun the food police
There was the assault on trans-fats. A new law requiring calorie counts on menus. A county in California that banned toys in too-fatty kids' meals. And now there's a war on sodium. It's no wonder the food industry is hurrying to outrun the increasingly...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, White House
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Children's Cereal with less sugar, but is it really any better?
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterThe Big Cereal makers are cutting down on added sugar in many popular children's cereals. General Mills, the maker of Lucky Charms and Trix, is cutting sugar levels in all its children's cereals from 13 or more grams per serving to 9 grams or less. Post...Tags: Grapes, Foods and Beverages, Bananas, Ice Cream, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Middlebury Food Pantry offers, needs gluten-free foods
Gluten-free foods are available through the Middlebury Food Pantry for those who have restricted diets.
Pantry officials announced the addition of gluten-free foods for the community and also encourages the public to donate those special foods to the...Tags: Human Interest, Middlebury
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Sticker shock showing up at the grocery store
In nearly every supermarket aisle, food prices are starting to rise. General Mills just announced higher prices for breakfast cereals, Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley granola bars. Last month, it raised prices on flour, pizza rolls and Green Giant...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Riots, Renewable Energy, Politics, Elections
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WHO recommends food marketing curbs for child obesity
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - Governments must work with industry to restrict advertising of foods high in salt, sugar and dangerous fats targeted at children to tackle an epidemic of obesity and other diseases, health officials said on Friday. The call is part...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Health Organizations, Overweight, McDonald's, Diabetes
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