Irene Rosenfeld says she is closely watching the rise in commodities prices. We’re exposed there in most of our categories, she said. The company, she says has been focused on investing in its franchises to cut costs and improve margins. Part of that process has been introducing smaller packages, smaller serving sizes and lowering costs [...]
College students might think their dining hall food tastes like prison grub. In Ohio, that could become reality. Looking for ways to save money, the state’s correction department and Ohio State University are exploring whether to buy food jointly and in bulk. Budget woes have cash-strapped states such as Ohio searching for extra bucks. In [...]
People living in certain areas of the United States are more likely to develop diabetes, according to a new government analysis. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered that a wide swath across mostly southern U.S. states has diabetes rates above 11 percent, compared to 8.5 percent for the rest [...]
