Mars is paying 23 billion dollars for gum, but if Warren Buffet is willing to finance it, it must be a sweet deal. Julie Alexandria asks people on the street which they prefer, candy or gum? Then stick around while she answers viewers’ questions.
You're not in the aviation or shipping business so you're not expecting the near record price of oil to have much of an impact on your business. That's a mistake, according to a number of respected news outlets today. Marketwatch.com is warning that everything from cosmetics...
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. sued to stop Hershey Co. from selling Ice Breakers spearmint chewing gums, claiming the gums infringe a patent for chewing gum containing physiological cooling agents.
CADBURY ADAMS USA LLC introduces Watermelon Twist Trident, a blend of watermelon, honeydew and cantaloupe. The gum packs in the company's new envelope-style EZ Close Pack. Available in 18-piece packs, the gum has a SRP of 99 cents. They ship 12 12-ct CADBURY ADAMS USA LLC...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- The Natural Dentist announces the addition of two new, natural flavors-Peppermint Twist and Orange Zest--to its Natural Dentist Healthy GumsR oral rinse product line. Healthy GumsR is the #1, non-prescription natural oral rinse product recommended by dentists, periodontists and other dental specialists. The Natural Dentist was...
HERSHEY, PA -- Hershey Foods Corp. plans to acquire Nabisco Holding Corp.'s gum and mint business for $135 million, excluding traditional LifeSavers brands. HERSHEY, PA -- Hershey Foods Corp. plans to acquire Nabisco Holding Corp.'s gum and mint business for $135 million, excluding ...
Dental Products for Children As dental hygienists, we know the importance of educating our patients and our children about brushing, flossing and rinsing at home in order to improve oral health. However, one of our most challenging efforts will be to motivate children to want to engage in proper...
Byline: JULIE JARGON Next week, William Wrigley Jr. Co. will unveil its massive new gum laboratory on Goose Island, a setting that could prove critical as the company hustles to fend off a more innovative rival. Since 2003, when Cadbury-Schweppe Byline:...
TRIDENT TROPICAL TWIST, sugarfree gum with a blend of tropical fruit flavors, is new from Cadbury Adams USA LLC. The gum incorporates a long-lasting flavor technology, according to the company. "Trident Tropical Twist offers consumers a great-ta TRIDENT TROPICAL TWIST, sugarfree gum with a blend of...
Byline: JULIE JARGON A new rival is making trouble for Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in the gum business, compounding the candymaker's difficulties as it struggles to jump-start newly acquired mint and candy brands. Cadbury Schweppes PLC, which bought the Byline: JULIE...
Retailers like 7-Eleven, Target, Travel Centers of America, Brooks/Eckerd, WaWa and others can't all be wrong--and they are all betting on the appeal of functional foods and beverages. Late this summer, 7-Eleven made a particularly bold functional Retailers like 7-Eleven, Target, Travel Centers...
Clean, white teeth can do much more than win you compliments. New research reveals that exercising a little oral hygiene can go a long way toward protecting your overall health. LOWER CANCER RISK A study in the journal The Lancet Oncology found that people with a history of...
What will they think of next? We'll tell you what: gum that burns fat. For real. The brainchild of Professional Personal Trainers Association founder Joe Antouri, FitGum is an idea that makes you wonder why you didn't think of it first. Which means, a very good one. ...
A man has been charged with abusing his twin infant daughters after doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center found signs of "severe trauma" and "repeated physical abuse." In early June, the mother brought her twin infants to Primary Children's Medical Center and told doctors she noticed one...
Research shows chewing gum can help reduce stress, improve alertness and relieve anxiety CHICAGO, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Employees rank time pressures, deadlines, office politics and their bosses as the top stress-inducing factors at work, according to a new workplace wellness survey conducted by EclipseR gum and...
A NEW sexual health centre will open on Tyneside at the beginning of next year. Newcastle Primary Care and North Tyneside Trust PCT, in partnership with NNT Lift Co, has announced it has found a site for a multi-million-pound sexual health centre. Work has already started...
*** The Gum Thief is an epistolary novel largely consisting of the diary entries which two employees of a Vancouver branch of the office supplies store Staples leave for one another to find. Roger is a middle-aged, divorced alcoholic, who "was about as human as a...
PITTSBURG -- Delaney Williams plays hopscotch and draws with colored chalk around her house like any 6-year-old. Minutes later, she goes from jumping from square to square on the pavement, to doing cartwheels on the lawn in front of her home, laughing and smiling without a care...
Q: I love the smell of eucalyptus leaves, and would like to plant them. We have a large lot, and would like to plant them as windbreaks and screen on the south slope. Are these trees drought- tolerant? Do they have pests? A: Eucalyptus trees were introduced...
M ain Street must be insulated from Wall Street, U.S. financial rescuers assert. Everyone, from the Demo-cratic leadership in Congress to the formerly free-market gladiators of the Bush administration, has pledged to protect the lambs back home. It is an appealing idea, straight out of a...