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Big food is going small. Sometimes too small. Within the span of a few months last fall, General Mills Inc.,  Hostess Brands Inc. and PepsiCo Inc.’s Frito-Lay unveiled mini versions of their iconic snacks and cereals, including pee-wee Trix, Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Doritos. The diminutive treats kept coming this year, with the debut of mini wafers from Hostess’s Voortman and McCain Foods USA’s bite-size mashed-potato puffs for restaurants.  Big food is going small. Sometimes too small.…

The Federal Trade Commission warned approximately 670 companies of the penalties they could face if they mislead consumers with unsubstantiated product claims, part of a continuing effort to re-establish the agency’s authority to penalize brands that engage in deceptive marketing practices. The warnings follow a December update to the FTC’s guidance on advertising health-related products that emphasized the need for concrete substantiation for claims. The new warnings aren’t limited to…

Bud Light’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has led some conservative critics to call for a boycott, generating headlines and social-media posts including a video of musician Kid Rock shooting a rifle at cases of the beer, but such campaigns often have failed to deliver a meaningful blow.Many social media-fueled boycott efforts do no material damage to the businesses in question, studies suggest, and may even have an opposite effect by increasing awareness and briefly…

John R. Tyson began Nov. 5 running 7 miles in a weighted vest. In the wee hours of the next morning, he was arrested by four police officers and taken to jail in his underwear.Since his arrest, the family-controlled Tyson Foods Inc. TSN 2.26% has stood by its chief financial officer, who is also the great-grandson of the company’s founder and son of its current chairman, as Mr. Tyson’s case played out in court and the media. Now, with his…

Conagra , which makes Hunt’s tomato products, attributed its most recent quarterly results to inflation-driven price increases. Photo: ANDREW KELLY/REUTERS…

The growing popularity of crispy chicken sandwiches has left restaurants chasing a relatively rare bird: small chickens. Restaurant companies, including KFC and Chick-fil-A Inc., have come to prize chickens that weigh about 4 pounds, a slimmer bird than the big-breasted varieties that have come to dominate the U.S. chicken industry.  Some fast-food chain executives say the smaller-size birds that are often used for sandwiches and chicken-on-the bone offerings are more tender and flavorful than their bigger counterparts.…

Diageo DEO -0.27% PLC named Debra Crew as its next chief executive, tapping an internal candidate to succeed longstanding leader Ivan Menezes at the helm of the alcoholic beverage company. The London-based maker of Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky, Guinness stout and Smirnoff vodka said Tuesday that Ms. Crew, currently Diageo’s chief operating officer, would take over from Mr.…

Steep price increases for food and supplies are affecting Petco and Chewy. Steep price increases for food and supplies are affecting Petco and Chewy. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your…

General Mills Inc. GIS 2.82% boosted its outlook after revenue rose 13% in its latest quarter, as consumers continued to buy the food maker’s products despite higher prices. The fiscal third-quarter sales gain was primarily from higher prices, which General Mills and other food companies have been pushing through to offset higher costs. The amount of food that the company sold globally was flat, including declines in its North American…

WASHINGTON—A trademark case put the Supreme Court’s humor to the test Wednesday, as the justices heard a distillery’s plea to stop a novelty company from selling a dog toy shaped like a bottle of Jack Daniel’s. Phoenix-based VIP Products LLC markets squeaky toys that mimic beverage bottles, including a 10-inch-tall item with a black label reading “Bad Spaniels: The Old No. 2 on Your Tennessee Carpet” for $16.49. Among those unamused was Brown-Forman Corp.’s BF.B 1.00%…