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A new report published by Realtor.com found that the share of available home listings that saw a price cut in July rose to the highest level in two years.

Home prices are finally starting to fall – and they dropped the most in these 3 cities

McDonald's is revealing more details about the beefed-up burger it is now testing in a few countries outside the U.S., with plans to roll it out internationally.

McDonald's is testing a new, bigger burger: Here's what's on it

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Lisa Zarza and Bill Hupp, both former Minnesota bar owners, criticized Tim Walz's policies concerning COVID-19 and riots for hindering small businesses.

Ex-Minnesota bar owners say 'evil' Tim Walz's far-left policies ruined small businesses

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M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion in an effort to broaden its snacking portfolio and expand globally. Kellanova was created last year when the Kellogg Co. split into two companies. Chicago-based Kellanova sells many of the former company's most profitable brands, including Pringles, Eggo, Town House, MorningStar Farms and Rice Krispies Treats. It had net sales of more than $13 billion last year and has about 23,000 employees.

Sweet and salty deal worth $30 billion would put M&M's and Snickers alongside Cheez-It and Pringles

As more consumers reach for generic labels to save on money groceries, M&M's maker Mars is spending big bucks on a new acquisition to gain even more shelf space in the snack aisle. The candy bar giant, known for brands such as Snickers and Twix, is gearing up to purchase...

Mars shakes up snack industry with $36B food merger to acquire Pringles maker

Mars has agreed to buy Kellanova in a deal that values the maker of Cheez-It and Pringles at almost $29 billion.

Mars agrees to buy Pringles maker Kellanova in $36 billion deal

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Herbie J Pilato

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

McDonald's is extending its popular $5 meal deal as the value meal battle between fast food chains wages on. In a company memo obtained by ABC News, McDonald's executives said most U.S. locations will extend the deal through August. The deal that first launched June 25 was only supposed to...

McDonald's extends $5 meal, Wendy's adds $1 breakfast sandwich

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Pizza Hut franchisee EYM Pizza filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, according to court records from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The operator listed Manufacturers Bank and Pizza Hut as its top unsecured creditors with respective claims of over $21 million and $2.2...

Pizza Hut franchisee declares bankruptcy

Oreo has been on another level with its launches lately. So far this year, it’s mostly been about the mint chip flavor of the iconic cookie—even bringing it to the cereal aisle—but we can’t forget about the “Star Wars” cookies and the (slightly unhinged) Sour Patch Kids release from the spring.

Oreo and Coca-Cola Are Joining Forces on 2 New Products

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Mars, whose brands include M&M's, Snickers and Skittles, is buying food company Kellanova in a deal worth nearly $30 billion, giving it access to a huge portfolio of consumer brands from Cheez-It to Pop-Tarts.Kellanova was created when the Kellogg Co. split into three companies last year. Kellanova, based in Chicago, houses many brands, including Pringles, Town House, MorningStar Farms and Rice Krispies Treats. It had net sales of more than $13 billion last year and has approximately 23,000 employees. Mars Inc. said Wednesday that it will pay $83.50 per share in cash. The company put the total value of the...

Mars, maker of M&M's and Snickers, to buy Cheez-It owner Kellanova for nearly $30 billion

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Chocolate giant Mars announced that it was acquiring rival snack company Kellanova in a deal valued at nearly $30 billion — the largest ever acquisition in the packaged food industry.

The privately held maker of popular chocolate bars including Snickers, M&Ms and Milky Way said it has agreed to pay $83.50 a share — or a 33% premium to its closing price on Aug. 2 — for Kellanova in an all-cash deal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kellanova, whose portfolio of brands includes Cheez-It, Pringles and Eggo, closed at $74.50 a share on Tuesday. The stock was up by more than...

Chocolate giant Mars to acquire Kellanova, maker of Cheez-Its and Pringles, in $29B deal

The Shade Room

Former PepsiCo janitor turned exec Richard Montañez is suing the company for denying that he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The Associated Press reports the lawsuit states that his career was destroyed after the food giant questioned his claim. RELATED: Mountain Dew To Release New Malt Liquor Version ‘Hard Mountain Dew’ Early Next Year Richard Montañez [...]
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A Spicy Dispute! Former PepsiCo Janitor Sues Company After Alleging He Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Business Insider

Some fast food chains are struggling to boost sales, but Taco Bell is going from strength to strength.

Taco Bell is giving customers exactly what they want right now: cheap fast food

OLIPOP, a single-serve soda that is relatively new to the market, recently managed a noteworthy feat when it crushed the competition, including Coke and Pepsi, and became the No. 1 best-selling brand of fizzy drinks at a number of household name grocers across the U.S.

The naturally sweetened pop brand is on track to double sales from 2023 and draw in $0.5 billion in sales for 2024.

“It’s mind-blowing, and it’s amazing,” CEO and Co-Founder, Ben Goodwin, told FOX Business during a phone interview. 

“For better or worse, sometimes I can be a little stoic about it, because, for me, it means we...

Single-serve soda brand outperforms Coke, Pepsi, outsells eggs at various household retail locations

Followers of Donald Trump are calling for a boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts after the chief executive of Rumble claimed that the coffee chain refused to advertise on the conservative video platform because of its “right-wing culture”. Rumble has joined Elon Musk’s X in a lawsuit against a...

MAGA fans call for boycott of Dunkin Donuts: ‘The Bud Lite treatment’

Burger King first opened in 1954. By the 1980s, the fast-food chain had a well-established brand identity.

Vintage photos show what it was like to eat at Burger King in the 1980s

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Whiskey Riff

The Bud Light backslide continues. Prior to the spring of 2023, the light beer brand was the best selling in all of the land. Bud Light, which is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, was the undisputed leader in beer sales for years. But then that title went away in matter of months, and it all traces back to the partnership Bud Light did with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Bud Light Sales Continues To Slip, Now Surpassed By Modelo & Michelob UItra As America’s Best-Selling Beer

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The 45-Calorie Diet Coke 'Sweet Treat' Fans Are Calling 'Genius'

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Mars to acquire Pop Tarts, Pringles maker Kellanova in $36B deal

The move to acquire Kellanova will help Mars lean further into the snacking category as it seeks to \"double Mars Snacking in the next decade,\" the...

The move to acquire Kellanova will help Mars lean further into the snacking category as it seeks to "double Mars Snacking in the next decade," the...

Mars to acquire Pop Tarts, Pringles maker Kellanova in $36B deal

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