One local company in New Jersey is selling masks with a straw flap that allows people to drink while remaining covered up. Crook & Marker, a spiked hard seltzer brand created TasteMask. The masks come in four different colorful patterns with tropical themes and all proceeds from sales will be donated READ MORE >
A petition is asking Trader Joe’s to remove ‘racist packaging’ from its ethnic food products following Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben’s and Eskimo Pie brands’ recent responses. About 2,400 want the grocery chain to rename products labeled “Trader Ming’s”, “Trader José” or “Trader Giotto’s, which refer to Chinese, Mexican or Italian food. The label READ MORE >
The maker of Oreos shared that their sales were up by nearly 30 percent in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, a major leap in the world of cookie and cracker sales. The pandemic research revealed that sheltering in our homes, where many of us will continue to work, turns our READ MORE >
Almost half of Coca-Cola’s business comes from away-from-home venues; restaurants, bars, movie theaters and sport stadiums. Although, Coca-Cola’s Fairlife milk and Simply orange-juice brands have sold well during the pandemic as people have eaten more at home, the company’s biggest soda brands have taken a hit from a steep drop-off in soda READ MORE >
A growing number of major advertisers are abandoning Facebook amid criticism the social media company is letting hateful or false posts go unchecked. Chipotle, HP, Pfizer and Puma are the latest to pull their ads from Facebook. They join a list of major brands including Adidas, Clorox, Coca-Cola, Conagra, Denny’s, READ MORE >
When FedEx issued their statement asking the team to change the NFL’s Washington Redskins name, controversary immediately surrounded the announcement. Three separate letters signed by 87 investment firms shareholders worth a collective $620 billion asked Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo to terminate their business relationships with the NFL’s Washington Redskins unless READ MORE >
The “new” normal is a good time for Tesco. For the first time in a decade, Tesco claims that it has experienced people switching from Aldi for the first time in more than a decade with the combination of its new price match scheme and shift in consumer behavior recently. READ MORE >
Lysol Disinfectant Spray has been approved to protect against COVID-19 by the Environmental Protection Agency. The spray and Lysol Disinfectant Max Cover Mist are the first two products to gain such recognition. While there are more than 420 products on the list of disinfectants that the EPA says are strong READ MORE >
Popeyes is revealing a brand refresh featuring a simplified, more mature version of its classic logo, which has only seen minor tweaks since the fast-food chain was found in 1972. The logo itself is all one color, ‘unapologetically orange’, and has a more uniform typeface that will work better on digital READ MORE >
Johnson & Johnson will have a Band-Aid – several of varying shades – for racial diversity, as it plans to launch a new multi-tone pack of bandages. “We hear you. We see you. We’re listening to you. We stand in solidarity with our Black colleagues, collaborators and community in the fight READ MORE >