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Sarah Palin and the inflation myth
Sarah Palin is in the current Newsweek griping that the price of a Slim Jim snack has gone from 99 cents to $2.69, proving that, as her husband puts it, "the dollar’s worth nothing anymore." Well, not quite. It turns out that the product we all...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Federal Reserve, Prices, Consumer Confidence
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Burger King makes cage-free eggs, pork promise
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam. On Wednesday, the world's second-biggest burger chain...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Foods and Beverages, Food Industry
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Teens' work to end local hunger commendable
Thumbs up - To a bunch of Brawley teens who helped raise awareness and plenty of food to help the less fortunate. To paraphrase one 17-year-old, hunger in America is bad enough but hunger in your own backyard, a backyard that raises more than $1...Tags: USA Today, Facebook, Prosecution, Judges, Defendants
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Drought gave S.D.-headquartered CSS farms a boost
WATERTOWN - The bag of chips in your pantry may have a Watertown connection to CSS Farms, a company that grows and provides chip potatoes to Frito-Lay. "We got in with Frito-Lay somewhat by accident," CSS President Milt Carter said. "We grew some chip...Tags: Food Industry, Marketing, Sweet Potatoes, Corporate Performance, Natural Disasters
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Study: 22 percent of area children in risk of hunger
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. and Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, Thursday released a new study which reveals in 22 percent of children under the age of 18-years-old are struggling with hunger.
The study,...Tags: Volleyball, Politics, Charity, Relief and Aid Organizations, File Sharing
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Company Gives $2.5M to Garner After 2009 Plant Explosion
The town of Garner has received a check for $2.5 million from the company that once operated a Slim Jim plant there.
ConAgra Foods gave the check to Garner as seed money for a community center. ConAgra also has donated the Garner plant, the surrounding...Tags: Plant Closings
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Joseph Francis Imbs II
Joseph Francis Imbs II, fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, died on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital, at the age of 90. Beloved husband of Helen Cole Imbs and the late Jeanne Muckerman Imbs; dearest father...Tags: St. Louis, Georgetown University
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Desks: Dirtier than toilet seats
The last time you wiped down your desk and shook crumbs from your keyboard was — yep, a year ago, when you knocked over a latte while munching a turkey croissant sandwich. Or was it after crunching through that bag of Cheetos? That's not good news...Tags: Arizona, Career and Workplace, Employees, Electrical Appliance, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Food companies take veggie cue from sneaky trend
It looks like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, and Kraft says it tastes just like the original. But a new ingredient is lurking inside this version of the American family dinner staple — cauliflower. Don't tell the kids! Kraft Foods Inc. is the latest...Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Foods and Beverages, Recipes, Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries
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Companies propose curbing junk food ads for kids
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.
A...Tags: Physical Conditions, Food Industry, Tom Harkin, Marketing, Standards
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Awards
Sisters Ada and Jocelyn Truong, of Clarksville, both won first place in their age categories in the Howard County Bird Club's 2011 student art contest. Ada, 10, a fourth-grader at Centennial Lane Elementary School, drew an Overbird using pastels. Jocelyn,...Tags: Elementary Schools, Mike Harper, Clarksville, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Peanut butter prices about to soar amid poor harvest
Money & CompanyPeanut shortage causes peanut butter prices to rise...
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