February 9, 2024
A behavioral economist can explain why it is good marketing to have one of our favorite Girl Scout cookies temporarily disappear.
January 30, 2024
Looking at how firms compete, the results of the Oreo Hydrox cookie wars are the perfect example of strategies that depend on the market.
December 15, 2023
Sometimes less is more when you can choose between regular Ikea's meatballs and one that is the size of a turkey.
November 21, 2023
We can use Thanksgiving dinner, and especially the turkey, to see how inflation has affected recent food prices.
November 20, 2023
In Krakow, Poland, hundreds of voluteers implement Ukrainian food distribution by using Adam Smith's division of labor.
November 14, 2023
Alarm bells have started to ring among lovers of Oreo cookies because it is possible that a very basic ratio is changing.
September 5, 2023
Opening a bag of almonds, we can recognize the millions of bees owned by commercial pollinators that made our snack possible.
July 6, 2023
Displaying the role of presidential food, Thomas Jefferson signaled American sophistication and science from his menu.
April 26, 2023
April 11, 2023
Looking at ice cream demand can take us to tasters, to World War II, to Ben & Jerry, and to what we currently prefer.
April 9, 2023
With traditional chicken economics depending on larger birds, now, in the U.S. more of us want smaller tastier birds.
February 12, 2023
Although they last for five years and (sometimes) taste like plaster, conversation hearts are the best selling Valentine's Day Candy.