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You're Not Crazy, Halloween Candy Prices Soared This Year
30.10.2024
As we all prepare to buy extra bags of our favorite candy this Halloween, knowing full well that trick-or-treaters will only see a fraction of the bowl because your partner ate most of the fun-size bars the night before, it’s dawning on many that the cost of chocolate is exorbitantly high this...
Japanese Fast Food Chain Giving Away Half-Assed "Chocolate Burgers" For Valentine's Day
4.2.2022
Ah, yes. It’s that time of year again. Time for eateries in Japan to slather things with chocolate in the name of Valentine’s Day, commerce, and science. Last year, we got chocolate ramen. And this year? Japanese fast food chain Lotteria has what it’s calling a choko baagaa (チョコバーガー) or chocolate...
In Japan, Snacks Keep Getting Smaller And It Sucks
3.12.2021
In fall 2020, Kit-Kats were released in Japan at a smaller size. At the time, as YouTuber PDS points out, Nestle said the smaller size was for customers worried about sugar and calories. Maybe that’s true, but in Japan, snacks have been getting smaller and smaller for years, while prices haven’t...
Wisconsin curdfluencers deliver the high-octane Midwestern enthusiasm I crave
2.2.2021
Food influencing has morphed from flat-lay latte shots into something extreme: the relentless promotion of “must-try” items that offer little in the way of taste or soul. Influencers travel in packs, battling it out for primo Instagram Explore placement: health-conscious content creators...