Weekly News: Starbucks, Fast Food Coffee, Adele + Beauty, Skincare M&A, & Sephora

Send to KindleTweet It’s all food and beauty here for the weekly roundup. First up, the food. Starbucks is adding Hazelnut Macchiato to its list of standard espresso drinks. Meanwhile after last year’s few acquisitions, the West Coast coffee giant is prepping to extend its loyalty card program to Teavana. The rollout would allow cardholders [...]

BK Jumps On Gluten-Free Wagon

A fast food company singles out gluten-free items. The only change maybe the information, rather than the actual menu items, but it is a step in the right direction.

Squashing Fat Food NationThe Breakfast Companies’ Attempt At Healthy MenusWhat: American food business chains are in the midst of a competition for the best “healthy breakfast” menu. What’s the truth about the food?

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: One might argue the food businesses in America have worked out a clever roller coaster of a marketing plan, building us up with fatty, delicious foods only to allow themselves to present “healthy” menus that help us lose the weight. Or, one might just chock the fatness of America up [...]

Raw RevisitedIs Less Really More?What: The raw food and juicing movement followers are convinced we can get all the nutrition we need from the earth. Are you?

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt:What prompts someone to spend $8 on juice? It has to be more than organic; it has to be the promise of a new way of life. Enter the cult-like phenomenon where raw meets juicing. Just as popular television shows brought the raw movement to the forefront, globalization and the increased [...]