Dunkin’ Moves To Capture Bigger Breakfast Crowd

Send to KindleTweet It used to be that the household brands were fighting for our coffee dollars. Now they want us to buy breakfast too. The now publicly-traded Mass.-based Dunkin’ Donuts recently made two new moves to lure increasingly health-conscious consumers: 1) a change to the eggs they use and 2) a new addition to [...]

Weekly Links: Beauty, Cleanses & Makeup M&A

Send to KindleTweet Years ago I mocked the mainstream media and big consumer brands when they realized white people aren’t the only beauty and clothing consumers. Now, beauty brands realize black women and spunky ladies buy lip butters too. So let’s start with beauty brands. CoverGirl is building on the recent announcement that they’d signed [...]

Starbucks’ Plan: Better Foam & More DIY Options

Send to KindleTweet The coffee wars are in full effect. McDonald’s is undercutting everyone with the $1 promo and Starbucks revealed last month plans for its own single cup brewer. What’s interesting here is 1) that Starbucks is competing with Green Mountain, which owns Keurig and has a deal with Starbucks for coffee pod distribution, [...]

Links of the Week: MJ & Lipstick, Gym + Booze, Fancy Bagels, Fashion Startups & The Kid Diet Controversy

Send to KindleTweet I’ve decided that coffee will always be my security blanket. I’ve decided Amazon is my true love. I’ve decided there’s a positive correlation between online dating and online shopping, because of course online dating does not necessarily result in more sex, though men would like that. It does however lead to more [...]

Starbucks Unveils Its Big Gulp + India Plans

Send to KindleTweet Starbucks Coffee Company has inked a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Coffee, a unit of Indian conglomerate Tata, to collaborate on sourcing and roasting green coffee beans. Tata is a holding company with subsidiaries in nearly every industry, from steel and autos, to chemicals and beverages. Most recently known for creating [...]

Coty Buys Philosophy From PE Firm

Send to KindleTweet Fragrance house Coty has purchased skincare brand philosophy from alternative investment firm The Carlyle Group . Carlyle owns dozens of companies, include retail brands such as Mattress Giant, UK-based pharmacy and beauty brand Alliance Boots, Harrah’s Entertainment, and Dunkin’ Donuts, which it co-owns with Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Carlyle [...]

Passion Fruit SpiritsA Tropical Fruit Takes Us For A Ride What: The final is our series on tropical fruit-inspired liquors, passion fruit has slowly been gaining popularity in the U.S. market. Check out a few alcoholic passion fruit products.

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: A vacation to the tropics results in the regaining of one’s sanity and introduction to tropical food and drink trends. Ecuador was our introduction to the passion fruit, often called parcha or maracuya in Spanish. Passion fruit alone is an unusual and addictive flavor because of its slightly tart flavor, [...]

A Fresh Face Amid The Smog

Send to KindleTweet Spotted: Dunkin Donuts in Gramercy Park Name: Deneida Age: 28 Hometown: Riverdale Current ‘hood: Riverdale First language: English Other languages: Spanish Job: Law Enforcement Ethnicity: Puerto Rican Favorite Condiment: Mayonnaise Religion: None Favorite Nut: Allergic On your iPod now: Marvin Gaye Favorites movie(s): Pan’s Labyrinth What Do Carry At All Times? My [...]