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Jungle Ventures on Tuesday said it invested $20 million in Walko Food, an ice-cream brand and quick-service restaurant company. The investment is in line with a broader trend that the food-linked startup ecosystem is witnessing.The Singapore-based venture capital firm is focussed on companies in the early growth stage in India and Southeast Asia. This is its second investment in Walko Food in less than 12 months.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced…

Anyone who's experienced the heartbreak of a relationship ending knows it can be emotionally devastating. But scientists have found that a breakup also has physical effects on our brains — and our bodies. In Love Hurts: The Science of Heartbreak, a documentary from The Nature of Things, Anthony Morgan speaks with researchers and scientists to discover the biological effects of a broken heart. In the documentary, Morgan meets a team researching Takotsubo syndrome, where the stress of heartbreak or loss can actually change…

Did your favorites make the cut? On Monday, Trader Joe’s announced the 15th Annual Customer Choice Awards. The only products not eligible for these honors are the ones that won so often over the years that they’ve been installed in the TJ Hall of Fame. (Hello, Mandarin Orange Chicken.) This year’s winners are: Favorite overall: For the second consecutive year, it’s the Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips, Chili-Lime flavor. (The Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings took second place.) Favorite beverage: Spiced Apple Cider, a seasonal…

After a decade of selling ice cream with wacky toppings and in all kinds of shapes and sizes, Denver’s Ice Cream Riot, 1238 E. Colfax Ave., has announced that it is closing soon. The store was known for its breakfast cereal-inspired ice creams, like Fruity Pebbles, along with Pop-Tarts ice cream sandwiches and of course, cannoli-stuffed ice creams. “Well friends, I’m here to break the news that like Boyz II Men, we’ve come to the end of the road here at Ice Cream Riot,” owner Jim McNutt posted on Instagram. “A few weeks…

The consumer-goods giant—a bellwether for the global economy and consumer sentiment—boosted prices to make up for soaring commodities and other costs. The consumer-goods giant—a bellwether for the global economy and consumer sentiment—boosted prices to make up for soaring commodities and other costs. 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.…

A judge denied a court petition by Ben & Jerry’s independent board members that sought to stop parent Unilever UL -0.95% PLC from transferring assets to a local licensee in Israel—a setback for the ice cream brand in an unusual legal fight between a wholly owned subsidiary and its corporate owner. A judge for the Southern District of New York ruled Monday that Ben & Jerry’s had failed to demonstrate irreparable harm in its…

A request by Ben & Jerry’s to block parent company Unilever UL -0.72% PLC’s sale of the ice-cream brand’s Israeli business is set to be heard by a New York court Monday in what lawyers say is a first-of-its-kind case.At the heart of the case is what powers Ben & Jerry’s independent board, a unique corporate-governance arrangement Unilever granted when buying the brand, has in practice. Under the 2000 acquisition agreement, Unilever agreed to allow Ben &…

UnileverPLC said it has sold its Ben & Jerry’s business in Israel to the local licensee, seeking to end a controversy that has buffeted the company since last year, when the brand said it would stop selling its products in Jewish settlements located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested East Jerusalem.The move is the latest development in a public rift between the ice-cream brand’s independent board and its corporate parent. It could relieve pressure Unilever has faced from politicians and investors over…