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The Twinkie Maker, Hostess, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Guess who’s back in Chapter 11! The Twinkie maker, Hostess is preparing to cut down its high costs as it reverts back into bankruptcy protection for the second time in almost less than a decade. It has been just three years that the Twinkie maker emerged from an earlier restructuring.
Frozen Haute Chocolate: World’s Most Expensive Dessert
This one is for all those of you who cannot resist a deliciously blended scoop of cold delight. The Frozen Haute Chocolate, (right) made by New York City eatery, Serendipity 3 and priced at a mind-blowing $25,000 has claimed a spot in the Guiness World Records as The World’s Most Expensive Dessert. Made from a [...]
Mars Incorporated
New Mars Chocolate Factory in Kansas Earlier in July, Mars Incorporated announced plans of building a brand new “state-of-the-art”, 350,000 square feet chocolate manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kansas – the first Mars Chocolate site built in the U.S. in thirty-five years. The new facility, which Mars expects will be completed by late 2013, is expected to [...]
Push Button, Feed Baby. Nestle’s New Luxury Baby Formula BabyNes
The Nespresso for Babies After their single serve coffee concept having become one of the fastest growing of Nestlé’s billionaire brands, the company is looking at extending this success formula by introducing a luxury baby formula called BabyNes that follows a similar operational method as Nespresso coffee machine and capsules do. Promising six consecutive formulas [...]
Molecular Gastronomy not just for Top Chefs anymore.
What’s been the hottest buzz word in haute cuisine of late? If you’re thinking ‘molecular gastronomy’, you’re spot on. Revered by some as an art that endows the process of cooking the respect it deserve by treating it as science, and disliked by others – including top New York chefs like Dan Kluger, Daniel Boulud and [...]
Little Lady Foods Inc.
Expanding faster than a waistline Little Lady Foods was founded in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago by the Esposito family in 1961. The small company was then purchased in 1984 by restaurateur, Angelo Geocaris, whose family had deep roots in the restaurant industry, with the vision to take his Barnaby’s pizzeria recipe into grocery stores [...]
Starbucks says TATA to old logo; next chapter Or the New GAP?
After 4 decades, Starbucks has now taken a brave move to re-design their logo, which of course the entire North America is well aware of. The logo not just brought on mass anger, but also a new hope for Howard Schultz, CEO, calling it as “Starbuck’s next chapter”. The loyal customer base seems to have [...]
