McDonald’s Slow to Add Plant-Based Meat to its Menu.
The biggest food trend for 2020 is undoubtedly going to be plant-based meat in restaurants. Burger King has already rolled out their version of the vegan Whopper, and after months of hype on every media imaginable, the Impossible Whopper is now a profitable staple in their stores across the United States. White Castle recently came
New Study on Heart Health and Tea.
Your heart may benefit from drinking tea, according to a Chinese research project that studied the continuing health in fifteen Chinese provinces for the past 22 years. Included was data from a wide variety of behavioral and health information culled from over one-hundred-thousand adults — and included a detailed record of their tea consumption. Over
Experts Warn U.S. to Come Under Cyber Attack by Iran in Coming Weeks.
America can expect very serious cyberattacks originating from Iran in the coming weeks. This dismal news comes from a large majority of internet experts interviewed by reporters during the last five days. Such digital combat is likely to be aimed primarily at American oil refineries, the nation’s electricity grid, and our banking and other financial
Where do America’s Soldiers Come From?
There are hundreds of military dynasties in the United States, where serving in the Army, Navy, Marines, or Air Force, is a traditional that reaches back, on occasion, to colonial times. But in today’s military family member is more likely to join up for financial security, as a sort of family-run business. Women and men
Dairy Industry Blues.
How is the American milk industry going to do in 2020? One thing is for certain — it’s changing to keep up with consumer trends. It has to . . . otherwise, as the following news indicates, it’s headed for extinction. America’s biggest milk processor, Dean Foods Inc., had to file for bankruptcy last November.
Alcohol Continues to Take a Rising Toll on Americans.
In an alarming new study, the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Alcoholism Research reports that between the years 1999 thru 2017 annual deaths by alcohol had doubled in the United States. The researchers responsible for the article also said that this statistic was probably underreported as well. The study also showed that men had a
Macy’s to Shutter 29 Additional Stores.
The Cincinnati retail giant Macy’s, which has struggled with falling sales for the past few years while experimenting with niche concept stores like the Backstage shops, has announced that after this past year’s lukewarm sales, especially during the holiday season just past, it is going to board up a total of 28 of its own
Canadian Study Shows Whole Milk May Help Children Avoid Obesity.
A recent review of some Canadian medical studies indicate that ingesting whole milk as a young child may actually help decrease unhealthy weight gain instead of switching to one percent or skim milk — which is what many pediatricians, especially in the United States, have been preaching to mothers for the past fifteen years. The
Bernanke Sees Little Chance of Recession Any Time Soon.
The prior Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said recently he believes the type of surprising steps the Federal Reserve has used to help extricate the American economy out of what has been called a Great Recession ten years ago should now be seen as a ploy to limit the scope of the central bank’s