‘We made every mistake’: This Brooklyn couple churned up a $40M ice cream business before tumbling into bankruptcy
At Ample Hills Creamery, you could order a pint of The Dark Side — a decadent dark chocolate ice cream mixed in with espresso fudge brownies and cocoa crispies and studded with white chocolate pearls — and ponder over fighting The Resistance, or your deep-rooted dislike of sand. But this was back…#amplehillscreamery #darkside #disney #amplehills #briansmith #jackiecuscuna #nonebig #nonemillions #asapnoneworried #brooklyn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More chocolate products found to contain heavy metals, Consumer Reports says
With Halloween just around the corner, Consumer Reports has some scary news to relay about many treats typically found in trick-or-treat bags, as well as in the kitchen cupboard. From cocoa powder to brownie mixes, the consumer advocacy group found "concerning" levels of lead or cadmium in a third…#consumerreports #consumerreport #hersheyco #brianronholm #hershey (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Halloween chocolate is pricier this year as El Ni ño hits cacao bean crop
Halloween candy is for sale at a CVS store on October 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. Cocoa, a vital ingredient for chocolate, is more expensive than its been in decades, as hotter and drier weather patterns stunt the cacao bean crop's growth. Cocoa futures surged to $3,786 per metric ton on Monday,…#cvs #washingtondc #cacao #cacaobean #westafrica #davidbranch #wellsfargo #agrifoodinstitute #ivorycoast #ghana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Whole Foods Market Forecasts Top 10 Food Trends For 2024
Whole Foods Market’s Trends Council has unveiled their top 10 anticipated food trends for 2024 in the retailer’s ninth-annual trends predictions report. Each year, the collective of more than 50 Whole Foods Market team members, including foragers, buyers and culinary experts compile trend…#trendscouncil #cathystrange #wholefoods #cacao #bluestripes #earthuniversity #costarica #complex #scorpionpeppers #hungariangoathorns (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chinese state-owned lender sues its Canadian law firm in fight over Sam Mizrahi and Jenny Coco ’s luxury condo tower
The Chinese lender that provided early financing for The One, Sam Mizrahi and Jenny Coco’s luxury condo development in Toronto, is suing its Canadian legal counsel for negligence and a breach of fiduciary duty, according to court documents. China-East Resources Import & Export Co., or CERIECO, a…#sammizrahi #jennycocos #cerieco #dentonscanadallp #philiprimer #dentons #ottawa #ontario #superiorcourt #yorkville (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chocolate Could Get Even Pricier If Africa ’s Cocoa Crop Flops
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Some soft commodity prices are surging, adding to consumer woes
The S&P GSCI Softs index , a sub-index of the S&P GSCI commodities index that measures only soft commodities, has jumped more than 18% so far this year. Futures contracts on orange juice, live cattle, raw sugar and cocoa each hit their highs for the year this month. All are in "supply-driven bull…#gscisofts #paulcaruso #ancora #florida #orangejuice #brazil #mexico #midwest #thailand #darweikung (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.”
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Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a si...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature Source Type: news
Cocoa Rally Takes Breather as Risk-Off Mood Sours Sentiment
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From coca to cocoa: Conflicts, violence and hegemonic compromises in the turbulent Peruvian Amazonia settlement process: The case of Tocache - Coq-Huelva D, Higuchi A, Arias-Guti érrez R, Alfalla-Luque R.
This article analyses the role of conventions, compromises and even violence in the intricate bio-social construction process of cocoa cultivation in the province of Tocache in the Peruvian Amazonia. This article discusses the different phases of the settl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Coco Gauff is a perfect representation of how Gen Z acts at work, says a recruiter with 25 years of experience. Just look at how she confronted the U.S. Open …
Gen Z, who are between the ages of 11 and 26, will make up nearly one-third of the U.S. workforce by 2030. And they’re already shaking up the workplace, from demanding their companies take a stand on societal and environmental issues, to the way they dress in the office. And then there’s Coco…#cocogauff #grandslam #gauff #genz #tiktokers #ellenweinreb #weinrebgroup #atlanta #genzers #espn (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than a fifth of UK shoppers ’ favourite grocery items at climate breakdown risk
More than a fifth of UK shoppers’ favourite grocery items are at risk from climate breakdown, a new report has found. Consumers could also face shortages of bananas, grapes, avocados, cashews, cocoa, peas, canned tuna and tea in the coming years, as the countries they come from are hit by changing…#christianaid #brazil #southafrica #vietnam #peru #colombia #ivorycoast #kenya #spain #morocco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana hikes 2023/2024 cocoa farmgate price as supplies tighten
Cocoa beans are pictured next to a warehouse at the village of Atroni, near Sunyani, Ghana April 11, 2019. Picture taken April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Ange Aboa/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights TEPA, Ghana, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ghana raised the state guaranteed cocoa price paid to its farmers by more…#atroni #sunyani #ghana #nanaakufoaddo #akufoaddo #westafrica #ivorycoast #leticiaaduyankey #fiifiboafo #cocobod (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Analysis: Chocolate makers' prospects sour as cocoa prices spike
LONDON/NEW YORK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - (This story has been corrected to clarify that Europe has seen chocolate price increases of 13%, not 20%, over past two years, while the United States, not North America, has seen price increases of 20% in paragraph 3; sourced data to Nielsen IQ, not Nielsen, in…#nielseniq #chocolate #hershey #dirkvandeput #cadbury #mondelez #milka #belgian #colruyt #patrickfolan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas judge blocks state ban on gender-affirming care for minors
A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at the Cacao Cinnamon coffee shop in Durham, North Carolina, United States on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 25 (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Friday blocked a Republican-backed state law banning so-called…#cacaocinnamon #durham #northcarolina #kenpaxton #supremecourt #mariacantu #traviscounty #austin #democrat #gregabbott (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
