The increase in portion size is directly linked to an increase in obesity in the U.S. Duh! The ‘Calorie Control Council’, an international association representing the low- and reduced-calorie food and beverage industry (A real council) reports that the average American will consume more than 4,500 calories and enough fat to make three sticks of […]
Election season ends, Figgy pudding on the horizen
What is longer than an elephant’s pregnancy and just as painful? It’s an American election cycle and it feels like a mental ‘wedgie’ on steroids. When we say the words ‘election season’ do we get that burning feeling in the pit of our stomach as if it were a side effect from some drug we […]
An appropriate Thanksgiving prayer for the harried shopper
Will the traditional Thanksgiving dinner turn out to be a breakfast on the run if America shops the malls on Thursday instead of ‘Black Friday’? Big box retailers are moving their holiday sales earlier to grab the consumer dollar. Is it going to stop with an ‘end of year clearance’ in May? We’ve just moved […]
Thanksgiving turkeys smaller this year. Why?
Butterball, the US’s top maker of Thanksgiving turkeys, is having problems delivering large birds to stores around the country. It says “There may be limited availability on some larger sizes of fresh turkeys” “We experienced a decline in weight of the turkeys in some of our facilities and didn’t know why” said a spokesperson for […]