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August 12, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Fruity Pebbles lawsuit
August 12, 2026
The Fruity Pebbles Lawsuit

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August 5, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and fast food drive through facts
August 5, 2026
When To Ban a Fast Food Drive-Through

With car lineups that can extend for many blocks, fast food drive-throughs have generated community opposition.

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April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
What We Need to Know About Fast Food Sandwich Chains

When we think about a leading fast food sandwich chain, Jersey Mike's is a possibility but it depends on our ranking criteria.

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December 15, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
December 15, 2025
What Do We Spend On Food?

Looking at the U.S., we can compare how much we spend on dining out and on the groceries we consume at home.

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December 7, 2025
slowing pizza sales
December 7, 2025
Why Are We Buying Less Pizza?

As classic supply and demand, the reasons pizza sales are slowing can be explained by traditional economic ideas.

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October 19, 2025
How Can You Protect a PB&J Sandwich? | econlife
October 19, 2025
How Can You Protect a PB&J Sandwich?

More competition or or more protection became an issue when a snackmaker wanted to eliminate a copycate product.

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October 8, 2025
fruit spending
October 8, 2025
Some Berry Large Spending

Starting with berries, we can see how our food spending can depend on our children, our income, and our age.

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September 19, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundupand Beer competition
September 19, 2025
Where Wild Chimpanzees Drink a Daily Bottle of Beer

Whether looking at wild chimpanzees or human beings, we can monitor the quantity of our alcohol consumption.

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August 27, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and food waste
August 27, 2025
Why, Where, and How We Waste Food

Varying from state to state, the expiration dates on our food create the incentive to waste massive amounts of what we buy.

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August 11, 2025
Oreo Reese Partnership
August 11, 2025
How Oreos and Reese’s Became Partners

We have an Oreo Reese partnership because two sweets makers see a synergy between two of the most popular snacks.

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June 13, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Beer can prices
June 13, 2025
How Tariffs Affect Our Beer

With climbing aluminum tariffs, brewers have to figure out a response to more expensive beer cans that cannot be entirely made in the USA.

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March 23, 2025
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March 23, 2025
Want to Save (S’More) Money on Marshmallow Taxes?

Looking at marshmallows in the United Kingdom and the United States, we see why food taxes are not what they appear to be.

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