Lunchables languish on store shelves
Once the undisputed king of the kids’ lunch box, sales of Lunchables — a meat, cheese, and cracker combo in a disposable plastic container — tumbled…
Category: Business
Schwan song: Iconic frozen food business closes
After 72 years in business, Schwan’s Home Delivery — also known as Yelloh after a 2022 brand refresh — has parked its famous yellow trucks for good. In…
Credit card interest rates remain high despite Fed rate cuts
Credit card interest rates aren’t the highest they’ve ever been — but it’s close. According to USA Today, the average credit card rate is 20.51 percent,…
Performance reviews — the right way
Annual performance reviews are time-consuming and often stressful for everyone involved. Employees might find the experience intensely anxiety-provoking,…
Billionaires bet against death
Bryan Johnson’s X (formerly Twitter) profile reads “Bryan Johnson /dd.” The “dd” is short for “don’t die,” and it’s Johnson’s ultimate goal — to escape…
Fed cuts interest rate, but is a recession guaranteed?
After years of high interest rates, the Federal Reserve finally slashed its benchmark lending rate by half a percentage point in late September, according…
Strike highlights U.S. vulnerabilities
When U.S. dockworkers went on strike in early October, warnings of shortages and price spikes highlighted U.S. dependence on goods from overseas. The U.S….
U.S. shipping ports fall behind in mechanization
The U.S. dockworkers strike in October not only emphasized U.S. dependence on goods from overseas, but also how far behind the U.S. has fallen in…
The foundation of commerce: the pallet
Global shipping — ground, ocean, or air — is an infinitely complex machine with countless moving parts. But one thing, at least, is fairly…
NFL opens door for private equity
As team values soar, the NFL has opened the way for private equity firms to take minority positions in teams. Private equity firms have been buying up…