It’s Grilling Season Welcome to that wonderful time of the year when baseball season is underway, storm doors are being replaced with screen doors, furnaces go dormant and everyone’s mood naturally improves. Welcome to grilling season. The glorious aroma of on-the-grill meat wafts through neighborhoods all over the country, with special enthusiasm among our fellow […]
Another year approaches the end of the first quarter, and the beverage industry is showing several interesting trends we are seeing. Particularly of note is the shifting consumer base of health drinks. Health drinks include sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade as well as protein drinks and other beverages that are typically marketed to athletes […]
The good news: there is a good crop of sugar beets in Michigan. Great bumper crop, actually. The bad news: continued warm weather from El Niño could cause the quality crop to deteriorate. Not many suppliers are talking about it because the less-than-ideal weather could lead to to sugar price increases, and of course no […]
Can you define the smell of the holidays? Almost certainly, you can, and even more certainly, that smell has something to do with food. No matter the holiday, no matter the family celebrating and no matter the main course, the holidays make people think about food. Specifically dessert. What delicious meal are you salivating over […]