California has been a major sugar beet producer in America for over a century. It’s a tradition of farming that has passed from one generation of Californians to the next for an era. That era came to an abrupt halt this year as the final sugar beet refinery in California shut down. The last toehold of the state’s traditional sugar beet farming was in Brawley, California, where Spreckels Sugar Company’s last West [...]
5 popular kids’ drinks that now have banned ingredients
Under Robert F Kennedy, Jr's Health and Human Services regime, the FDA has been cracking down on artificial dyes in food and drink. Specifically, they've been targeting a group of petroleum-based artificial dyes that give many of our favorite products in the US their distinctive colors. Fortunately, there are many natural alternatives that do a good enough job (my favorite example is Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, which made [...]
Arkansas loses another grocery store as economic crisis spirals
Arkansas is certainly suffering as the economy slows down. With factories closing amid mass layoffs… Not to mention all the complication and difficulty connected to snarled supply chains amid the escalating trade war… It’s a tough time to be in many businesses - especially a food business - in Arkansas. So it’s no surprise (but still a huge disappointment) to see Arkansas losing another grocery store. More [...]
Walgreens abruptly closes 500 pharmacies as economic downturn accelerates
While there are certainly some who don’t want to call it a recession for various reasons… The signs all sure seem to be there. Mass factory closures. Unemployment increasing. And now mass pharmacy closures by one of the largest pharmacy chains in the world. Walgreens has announced plans to close 1200 US stores over the next three years, with 500 just this year. California is one of several hard hit states, [...]
41 restaurants abruptly close across Texas and Oklahoma as economic turmoil accelerates
As if Texas needed any more bad news. Fresh off losing several factories… And with increasingly grim news from retail… Now the state is losing dozens of restaurants. More specifically, Salad and Go - which had previously doubled to 140 restaurants over the past two years - just announced plans to close 41 restaurants across Texas and Oklahoma. Salad and Go announced that the closures will center on Houston, [...]
3 Michigan factories close in clear warning for the US economy
The nationwide economic slowdown has certainly come for Michigan. It has already suffered a string of factory closures this year tied to the trade war… (Michigan is heavily exposed to trade with Canada, so Canadian retaliation is particularly harming the state economy.) And unfortunately, the trouble keeps piling up. Michigan is now losing another three factories tied to the all-important food [...]
