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Gov't Seeks to Limit Junk Food Ads to Kids

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by The Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 through 17 if they are low in fats, sugars and sodium and...

Nelson Peltz: 5 Facts About the Investor Set to Pay $7.6 Billion for Family Dollar Chain

The Family Dollar is going a lot further than it used to. According to a regulatory filing made public today, Nelson Peltz is offering to buy discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. for the sum of $7.6 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Word of the possible deal caused Family Dollar shares to jump in...

Kellogg Recall: Petroleum Byproduct the Smelly Cereal Culprit

(July 15) -- Kellogg's has determined that a petroleum byproduct was behind an unnerving scent that spurred a major cereal recall a few weeks ago. On June 25, Kellogg's recalled 28 million boxes of Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Froot Loops and Apple Jacks, after customers complained about a strange odor emanating from the...

Plant With Waffle Shortage Had Listeria Problem

(Nov. 25) -- According to Kellogg, the nationwide shortage of Eggo waffles is due to technical difficulties: equipment problems in one factory, a flood in another. But the deluge at the plant in Atlanta happened just two weeks after health inspectors discovered potentially lethal bacteria there. As the Web turned its gaze...

How to Survive a World Without Waffles

(Nov. 19) -- Kellogg's announcement this week of a nationwide shortage of Eggo frozen waffles has prompted consumers to stock up, the blogosphere to sniff for conspiracies and would-be profiteers to hawk boxes on eBay at inflated prices. The news spread first on Twitter, and Kellogg responded with a public statement...