Jamba Adds Energy Drink, Coconut Water, To Mix

Send to KindleTweet Jamba Juice has expanded its lineup of drinks, including bottled products, to include an energy product and coconut water-based beverage. Dubbed Fruit Refreshers, one new menu item is a coconut water drink made with fruit, sherbet, and ice. Another spring arrival is the launch of Jamba Juice All Natural Energy Drinks, the [...]

SJP’s Next Act: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Send to KindleTweet Adapted from the book I don’t Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson, the movie by the same name is the latest film starring Sex and the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker. It’s all about the balance working parents strive for in modern society. The mother who works outside the home [...]

Caffeinated SuperJuice

Send to KindleTweet It won’t make you immune to aging or cancer, but Bai drinks are an alternative to the spiky jolt that comes from pure coffee. Bai Brands‘ Bai5 line now includes a Congo Pear flavor , which is 20-calorie per bottle juice-cum-tea product, with about 70 mg of caffeine, an amount slightly higher [...]

Sugar & Corn Syrup: Equally Evil?

Send to KindleTweet On April 13, 2011, Gary Taubes penned an 11-page article for The New York Times called Is Sugar Toxic? The article was the top read piece on the site for at least a few days that week. The focus was sugar and its components and the research of University of California at [...]

FDA OKs Meningitis Vaccine For Toddlers

Send to KindleTweet The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of the vaccine Menactra in kids as young as nine months old to prevent “invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y and W-135,” or meningitis. The vaccine already had approval, but only for use in people ages 2 to 55. Meningococcal disease [...]

MIT Scientist Reveals Autism Finding

Send to KindleTweet A new study published by Nature.com reveals findings that MIT and Duke researchers were able to mutate a gene in mice to produce symptoms common in autism patients. According to senior author Guoping Feng, professor of brain and cognitive sciences and member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, mutating [...]

Starwood Taps Social Media For Loyalty Program

Send to KindleTweet Hospitality giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide revealed a”digital extension” to their Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) loyalty program by employing location-based social networking program foursquare. Guests can earn Starpoints(R) and Free Resort Night Awards for foursquare activity at Starwood hotels and resorts in almost 100 nations by linking their SPG and foursquare accounts here. [...]

Designer Denim House Heads To Kohl’s

Send to KindleTweet Next year will hopefully bring us more jobs and a clean campaign but one thing is for sure–we are finally getting designer jeans for less. I know this sounds like a T. J. Maxx commercial but it’s the real deal. This deal is a sign of the times and possibly the product [...]

Target’s Contribution To Beach Chic

Send to KindleTweet Most people do not need another reason to shop and Trendcetera advocates smart shopping over impulse buys. That said, we all fall prey to the occasional urge for a shopping binge and hopefully those are reasonable spending sprees. Spring fever is here and Target is luring us once again, this time with [...]