Walmart recently commented that certain customers were pulling back on their basket size with fewer units purchased – and fewer calories.  When the world’s largest retailer talks, many people listen.  Walmart was referencing the latest weight-loss movement: prescription weight-loss drugs that have achieved blockbuster status over just the past year.  Walmart’s comment has further fueled […]

Outside of eating turkey and shopping cyber week sales, watching football was the biggest event for Americans over the past couple weeks – as it is for the better part of 18 weeks each year.  Growing up, my mother never watched football, but something changed for her this year.  A big fan of Taylor Swift, […]

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Consumers, business owners, and policy makers received some good news last week. The Labor Department reported on Wednesday that wholesale prices were down 0.5% in October, their biggest decline in three and a half years. The decline was notably better than expectations as well, as economists had expected a 0.1% increase. This news, coupled with […]

With talk of Thanksgiving increasing in our home, my young son recently asked me, “how did the Turkey become the mascot of Thanksgiving?” Turkey’s role as the centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal in the United States may date back to the earliest celebrations of the holiday. Thanksgiving traces its origins to the Pilgrims who arrived […]