Pass the chicken nuggets please! And hold the hormones and antibiotics
Free Bird Chickens Hit the Shelves As regular readers know NBN eats the occasional Oreo, buys a late night Kit Kat now and then after a night on the town (translation: we’ve had too much to drink) and yes, though we don’t indulge very often, loves Fresca too. Yet NBN has NEVER EVER eaten a […]
Stacy and Izze Meet Colonel Sanders and Taco Bell
Two Big Moves of Last Year Which Might Not Pay Off If the folks at Izze and Stacy’s Chips, two big winners in 2006 of the “who wants to buy my company” contest have any sense of the twists of fate, they’ll thank their lucky stars for BOTH their own forward thinking efforts to get […]
So Long Red Bull Hello Cocaine
A December 16 New York Times story noted the outcry over the new energy drink called Cocaine. Its website is at drinkcocaine.com. Meanwhile at the same time anyone who isn’t blind has been bombarded by advertisements with that Chernobyl greenish-yellow butterfly, the iconic image for the new sleeping pill Lunestra. And over at MTV a new […]
Tom Collins: Confessions of a Holiday Glutton
“HAVE ANOTHER SHRIMP, DEAR” or CONFESSIONS OF A GLUTTON’Tis the season folks, the season of overindulgence and regret. Here are the gritty bloated details of my latest battle with a tasty holiday buffet, and some suggestions on ways to ease the stomach pains which plague folks who frequent the hors d’oeurves table too many times […]
May Your Yule Log Burn Bright with Coffee?
WWSD? What Would Santa Do? NBN loves coffee and lately our passion for java has turned to flames. We’re burning up the eco-friendly Java Log in the fireplace at our home office. Check out www. Java-log.com for more information on this fuel-efficient green product that the manufacturer claims and we believe, burns better than Duraflame […]
Anyone Want to Buy A Bridge–And How About Wal-Mart Going Green
Supermarket News reported yesterday that Wal-Mart is incorporating experimental green design elements in a new superstore that it is building in McKinney, Texas. While the company failed to provide further Supermarket New with further details, the story reports that Wal-Mart states that it “will incorporate experiments from 21 companies involving new equipment and technology on […]
No Surprise As Odak Leaves Wild Oats
New Move Conistent with Burkle Consolidation Wild Oats CEO Perry Odak, whose current contract expires March 19, 2007 will not have his contract renewed, the company stated in a regulatory filing this week. Despite statements to the contrary in a July conference call NBN sees this move as a clear indication that things are changing […]
Strangest Promotion in Baltimore
Foods Market in town to promote it. The title of the book:HOW DOG FOOD SAVED THE EARTH. Despite our cynicism and annoyance with the smugness of the title a quick look at Amazon.com showed favorable comments, most noting the book’s chronicle of how like-minded people can come together and make a difference that few thought […]
Hershey Expands Its Reach, Acuqires Dagoba
We love Dagoba founder Frederick Schilling and his chocolates are NBN’s favorites. So news that Hershey has added his terrific line to its stable mad us glad for Schilling but worried a bit about quality. Hershey bought Joseph Schmidt and another of our favorites, Scharffen Berger earlier this year. In a press release Schilling lauded […]
Spinach Investigation Continues As Media Gets It Wrong Again
Word is out that the FBI raided both National Selection and another grower, reportedly Green Giant Foods. The two companies were investigated, said sources, for their role in the E Coli incident. Meanwhile another TV ‘personality’, this time Dr. Drean Edell proved the media’s lack of knowledge, unless of course it is sourced by PR […]
