Pennsylvania is having a rough 2025. With factories closing left and right… People have been yearning for good news. Instead, they get hit with the Rite Aid bankruptcy - which has led to the total closure of 42 pharmacies across Pennsylvania. Rite Aid is planning to close or sell every pharmacy as it winds down operations, so it’s no surprise that the losses are so widespread throughout [...]
7 states poised to lose the most from China’s $12.8 billion soybean boycott
Soybean farming is big business - a $50 billion or more business, to be precise, and the second largest US cash crop, after corn. (In fact, soybeans are the largest exported crop, with a value of $28 billion.) At least, that’s how it was last year. Unfortunately, one of the largest buyers of US soybeans worldwide has so far purchased zero US soybeans since the launch of the trade war. (As if US farms needed more [...]
Texas loses yet another distillery as alcohol market collapses
Texas has been losing businesses left and right. Tons of grocery stores have gone under… Factories have been shutting down too… And now even breweries and distilleries are feeling the pinch. Historically the alcohol industry has been viewed as resilient even in the face of economic downturns…but what they’re facing today is a series of unprecedented challenges. There’s the consumer spending pullback [...]
Unofficial Chinese boycott sends $28 billion US industry into a tailspin
You may not be seeing as many headlines about the trade war, but unfortunately the impacts are multiplying. And US farms are taking it on the chin. Soybeans are a big US business - they’re our single largest agricultural export, valued at $28 billion. Almost half of that volume has historically come from China, which helps farms throughout the Midwest, especially in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. But so far [...]
235 pharmacies across California abruptly close as business exodus intensifies
California’s business outlook just seems to keep getting worse. Whether it’s factories closing en masse… Farms collapsing… Grocery stores shuttering… Or even whole industries shutting down… California has had a rough year so far, for sure. Not to add to the mess, but - pharmacies all across California are abruptly shuttering, with 235 closed so far in 2025 by Rite Aid alone. Rite Aid is going through a [...]
7 popular sodas now have banned ingredients
Some sodas have some work to do if they're going to get compliant with the FDA's wishes. Driven by Health and Human Services Director Robert F Kennedy, Jr (RFK, Jr), the FDA is looking to get certain petroleum-based artificial dyes out of American food and drinks by the end of 2026, ideally through voluntary compliance by the large food companies. This includes these common dyes: Here are 7 popular sodas that [...]
