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With tons of media messages bombarding your customers daily, even hourly, it's hard to determine the next great trend that will capture their attention.  »

It was a sad day when my mother switched from butter to margarine. She said it was a cost-cutting decision. After all, with two growing boys who already consumed gallons of milk (which she doubled in volume by adding powdered milk), cottage cheese, butter, and any other dairy product that came into the house, thinking about cost was justifiable.  »

Stupidity pays. In fact, stupidity has paid well over the years. So well, in fact, that it is an important source of what passes for corporate profitability these days, at least for consumer businesses and probably for a lot of other businesses as well.  »

December is Bingo¿s Birthday Month, Christmas New Orleans Style, National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month, Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. »

The Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert profiles specialty food winners and losers. »

Of all the most cherished traditions of our culinary landscape, surely the Jewish delicatessen ranks very near the top.  »

Cheese lovers can have a grand time when traveling in Paris or other cities in France. Almost every restaurant or bistro of note offers some level of cheese course, usually in the form of a cheese cart or tray that is proffered to the diner from which to select whatever and how many cheeses one would like.  »