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Manufacturing Sector

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Bagged Salad Recall Expands Nationwide

    OK, so maybe you shrugged your shoulders at yesterday's news about the FDA's warning on Korean shellfish. Fair enough. Not exactly an everyday purchase around these parts. Bagged salad, on the other hand... The FDA has announced that River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, California, has expanded its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    It's Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!

    Today marks Ben & Jerry's annual Free Cone Day, with area locations slinging free scoops of ice cream from Noon to 8 p.m. Though many of its St. Louis stores have shuttered in the last few years, three shops still stand, and two are participating in Free Cone Day: Ben & Jerry's U. City (6380 Delmar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    The Big (Tobacco-Related) Threat to Missouri's Budget You've Probably Never Heard Of

    ​Is anybody in America more hospitable to small tobacco companies than the Show-Me State? Not only do we levy the lowest cigarette tax in the entire nation (a paltry 17 cents per pack).  Our legislature is the only one that forces Big Tobacco to cough up payments for smoking-related health co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    How to Make a Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Without a Strawberry

    Rick Jordan has one word of advice for Valentine's Day shoppers: "Stop asking for chocolate covered strawberries when they're out of season!" Jordan proclaims wearily from his west county chocolate store, RJ Chocolatier (14882 Clayton Road, Chesterfield; 636-230-9300). Jordan, in chocolate-making c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Was a Mouse Really Found in a Mountain Dew Can? Local Lawsuit Goes Viral

    ​Remember Ronald Ball, the Illinois man who's been suing PepsiCo on a claim that he opened a can of Mountain Dew and found a dead mouse inside? The Madison Record broke the story a year and a half ago, followed by the Daily RFT (here and here). But yesterday, websites from the Daily Mail in Great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Report: Shooting in Wellston Leaves One Dead, Six Injured

    Wellston Food Market in the 6200 block of Page.​KTVI reports that one person is dead and six other people injured this afternoon in a mass shooting, at least part of which occurred at the Wellston Food Market on Page Avenue. Developing...

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Bobby Flay's Spicy Mango Six Other Diet Pepsis No One Wants

    Thanks, Bobby Flay. The Spicy Mango Diet Pepsi and Pineapple Chipotle Diet Pepsi you commissioned for your "Tacos & Tequila" event last weekend most certainly increased the Patron consumption. At least PepsiCo had the good sense to not put these flavors on the mass market. They already have enough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    James Brown Is a Sex Noodle Machine

    From the Department of Awesome Stuff People Send Me Apropos of Nothing, here are two ads for a Japanese noodle company featuring James Brown:

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Hospitals Lose in Big Tobacco Money Grab in St. Louis Court

    Just because you light up doesn't mean Big Tobacco has to share the cost of your subsequent hospital care, a St. Louis jury decided today.​After thirteen years of litigation, three months of trial and just over six days of jury deliberations, a group of 37 area hospitals have struck out in their a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Gluten-Free Summit Planned, and Not a Moment Too Soon

    freakingfitness.com​One person in 133 is gluten intolerant, and they're joining forces to hold the first Gluten Free Food Labeling Summit. The group 1in133.org will host the May 4 event in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to get legislators and food producers to follow the 2007 Food Allergen La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Did You Buy an LCD, Flat-Panel TV Between 1999 and 2007? You May Have Been Ripped Off

    Did you get snowed?​Attorney General Chris Koster announced yesterday that he has filed a lawsuit against the world's leading manufacturers of flat screen LCD panels, alleging a conspiracy to fix the prices of their products. The AG is encouraging Missouri consumers, businesses, or organizations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Hearing in St. Louis Today into Cochran V.A. Hospital and Dirty Dental Equipment

    Carnahan: Says he wants answers to "deeply disturbing" allegations. ​The House Veterans' Affair Committee is holding a hearing today in the Eagleton Courthouse looking into revelations made earlier this month that as many as 1,800 people may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV from improperly cl ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2010

    John Legend

    8 p.m. Saturday, July 3. Fair Saint Louis, Gateway Arch, 707 North First Street.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Dental Patients at St. Louis VA Hospital Could've Been Exposed to Hepatitis, HIV

    ​Q: What's worse than a trip to the dentist? A: A letter from the dentist telling you that his dirty dental tools may have exposed you to hepatitis or HIV. More than 1,800 veterans received such a letter this week informing them that St. Louis VA Medical Center had not properly cleaned its dental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 3.19

    ​The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species vote against a fishing ban that might save the endangered bluefin tuna. (The Atlantic) The latest in hipster dining? Food stamps. Perfect for the poor graduate student who doesn't want to do the "living on ramen thing". (Salon.com) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    FoodWire: GQ Names Kaldi's One of Ten Best for Coffee

    Oliver Strand of GQ magazine has named Kaldi's Coffee Roasting Company one of the ten best places for coffee in the United States. Kaldi's illustrious company on the list includes such nationally well-known coffee purveyors as Intelligentsia of Chicago and Los Angeles and Stumptown of Portland (Oreg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Pet Food Executive Lived Like Fat Cat, Allegedly Bilking Nestle-Purina for $250,000

    Thomas Faulkner on the Purina Cat Chow diet.The former director of marketing for Nestle Purina Petcare has been indicted on fraud charges for use of his company credit card. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Thomas Faulkner billed the company more than $250,000 in fraudulent invoices that he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Java Enabled's Day at the Roasters

    "It smells sweet, like candy," my friend said as I extended my wrist to his nose. My skin had absorbed the caramel flavors that had been wafting around me all day like a welcome second-hand smoke. It was the smell of coffee roasting.It was a bad day to hang out near a coffee roaster -- much less two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Speaking of Butt Heads... Cigarette Litter Annoys People Across Nation

    Wikimedia CommonsThe New York Times reports today that "dozens of municipalities across the nation" have passed laws banning smoking on beaches and playgrounds, because citizens are sick of not only stepping on cigarette butts, but paying millions of dollars a year to clean them up.From the Times:

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Attorney General Chris Koster: Fighting Hard for That Extra 48 Cents

    ago.mo.govThis just in from Chris Koster. The state's attorney general is pleased to announce that his office received payments of $155,768,810.48 in tobacco-settlement money in April. What most impresses me is not the $155 million. It's that we have an attorney general who's willing to fight for th ... More >>

  • News

    March 11, 2009

    Fields of Plastic

    ago.mo.govThis just in from Chris Koster. The state's attorney general is pleased to announce that his office received payments of $155,768,810.48 in tobacco-settlement money in April. What most impresses me is not the $155 million. It's that we have an attorney general who's willing to fight for th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    The Plastics, My Friend, Are Blowing in the Wind

    Wikimedia CommonsSwitchgrass & plastic: Not your daddy's weedCombing our fine city streets, we've all been accosted by a fluttering plastic bag chucked out of a car by some littering schmuck, and thought, yuck. Well get this: A pair of Mizzou plant scientists envision much of Missouri covered in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Taqueria el Jalapeño Review Prompts P.R. Blitz

    Wikimedia CommonsSilly me, thinking I could share my desert-island fantasies without any consequences.In last week's review of Taqueria el Jalapeño, I wrote the following:It won't surprise regular readers of this column to learn that if I were stranded on a desert island, I'd want the only restaura ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Breaking: Starbucks to Close 300 More Stores, Cut 6,700 Jobs

    MSNBC reports that Starbucks will close 300 additional stores and cut 6,700 jobs, both at those closed stores and at its corporate offices. The coffee giant saw its profit drop 69% during the first quarter of its fiscal year. No word yet on where and when the closings will occur.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    St. Louis Music Inc. Funeral, Saturday, December 13 at the Kat Club

    Kopper does a great job explaining why the St. Louis Music Inc. Funeral show matters. The details of the gig are as follows: Saturday, December 13, at the Kat Club (1440 North Broadway, next to Shady Jack’s). Doors open at 7:00 p.m., tickets are $5 and it's a 21-plus show. Bands on the bill have m ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2008

    Who Built This City?

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • News

    April 30, 2008

    University of Missouri biology professor Frederick vom Saal has been sounding the alarm about bisphenol A for a decade. Has he got your attention?

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Jones Soda Lolcat Contest

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Boeing vs. Airbus: The Winning Bird Might Be Too Big

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Breaking Damn News! Frozen Pizza Recall!

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    The Morning Brew: Friday, 10/26

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    Salmonella! Pot Pies! The Year of Eating Dangerously Continues...

    Maplewood is older than you think

  • News

    August 8, 2007

    Can You Hear Me Now?

    When you dial 911 on your cell phone, there's a good chance dispatchers will have no idea where you are.

  • Dining

    July 4, 2007

    Feel Good Chocolate Diet

    $24.99
    Golden Grocer Natural Foods
    335 North Euclid Avenue

  • Film

    January 17, 2007

    Film Openings

    Week of January 18, 2007

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    Broad Strokes for Lead Paint Folks

    Week of January 18, 2007

  • Home Entertainment

    May 24, 2006

    Next Big Things

    The five biggest attention-getters at E3.

  • Film

    July 13, 2005

    Film Openings

    Week of July 13, 2005

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Bagels

    Bagel Factory

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Go Blow

    Missouri gives cement giant Holcim a permit to pollute

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Mayor

    T.R. Carr Hazelwood

  • Restaurants

    April 2, 2003

    Doughnuts

    Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

  • News

    July 3, 2002

    Lead Counsel

    These lawyers could cash in big, but who hired them?

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Really Strange Bedfellows

    With good guys like this, who needs bad guys?

  • Restaurants

    April 18, 2001

    Doughnuts

    Krispy Kreme

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Cementing a Deal

    A giant quarry and the world's largest cement kiln are being welcomed by Ste. Genevieve County. But the operation may leave St. Louis gasping for air.

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    Gun Club

    Overland wasn't the only city helping put guns on the streets

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    Bull's-Eye

    NRA's false premises are no longer protected by Smith & Wesson

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    Shooting Back

    As gun makers stockpile money for a PR and marketing battle to convince still more citizens to take up arms, besieged cities such as St. Louis aren't taking it lying down. They're returning fire with lawsuits.

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