Food & Drink
March 8, 2018 at 2:02 pm
When a company has plied its trade for a considerable amount of time, it might find difficult the task of taking on a novel business approach no matter what the competition is doing. Having achieved global renown, McDonald’s, which dates back to 1940, could simply say it has engaged in enough culinary experimentation to remain…
March 6, 2018 at 2:25 pm
When I was coming of age, I developed an obsession with pizza, but I never gravitated toward the pies from Pizza Hut, whose appearance, texture and taste led me to dub the chain “Grease-a Hut.” Fast forward a few…
February 28, 2018 at 12:46 pm
It’s not as if Diageo didn’t have any recent examples to look toward as warnings against such marketing. The Doritos debacle isn’t even a month old at this point, and if anything was made clear by the outrage following the suggestion by PepsiCo’s CEO that “lady Doritos” could become a thing, it’s that women don’t like to be told that they are dainty or delicate or in any way at all any different from men with regard to how and what they eat...
February 22, 2018 at 2:35 pm
Chocolate Chocolate, Blaine, Wash., announced the recent hire of Chris Dollar and team at Chris Dollar Marketing Group LLC (CDMG) as its new multi-line agency in New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. CDMG will help them in continuing to provide customers with quality custom molded chocolate throughout these territories. Dollar and his team…
February 22, 2018 at 12:34 pm
Wondering what makes up the Canadian government's promotional product spending? So were we! Luckily, courtesy of iPolitics, we have a list of dollar figures, items and quantities. And you better believe there's maple syrup involved...
February 9, 2018 at 2:48 pm
Did you see the $10K Big Mac ring McDonald's is giving away? Either the fast food chain has severely upped its Happy Meal prize game, or something is afoot. Unfortunately, your kids won't be getting incredibly valuable jewelry with their chicken nuggets anytime soon, but McDonald's is celebrating the launch of two new Big Mac…
February 6, 2018 at 1:12 pm
On Instagram and Twitter, NFL Fan Style posts both original content and influencer-created posts designed to promote the league’s status as a lifestyle brand. The posts vary in style and content, from professionally shot photographs of models and social-media influencers to tongue-in-cheek photographs of dogs wearing NFL-branded gear...
January 3, 2018 at 2:39 pm
Single-use water bottles have been a contentious issue lately, as cities and parks have moved to stop selling them or ban them altogether. Companies have started making new types of water bottles that are more…
December 14, 2017 at 12:33 pm
2017 has yielded numerous significant popular culture anniversaries, but it has definitely not found itself falling short in marking notable historical occurrences, too. Often lost in the latter because of the far-reaching severity that the other events hold, the centennial celebration of Finland’s declaration of independence from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic nonetheless has…
December 11, 2017 at 2:24 pm
NC Chocolate Manufacturing LLC (NCCM), parent company of Chocolate Inn/Taylor & Grant, acquired the assets of Lanco, Ronkonkoma, N.Y. The acquisition, which is NCCM's sixth in the promotional products industry and its largest to date, was finalized on Dec. 8. "We are excited to announce the acquisition of Lanco," Lance Stier, managing member of NCCM,…
