It tasted much better than your typical seedless watermelon.
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Ricola ™ versus CVS “Natural Herb” Cough Drops
Posted on April 12, 2007 by danspira
Among other things, I’ve had a really bad cough for over two weeks now. I’m sick of being sick. So I guess I’ll just do the “bloggy” thing and write obsessively about my product encounters during this time. RICOLA: I’ve always been a fan of this premium brand of cough drops. If I’m going through a lot [...]
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Xtreme to the maXX
Posted on March 21, 2007 by danspira
Energy Drinks. The last frontier of high-margin product in the beverage industry. Red Bull blazed the trail in the U.S. with its harsh tasting (but well-mixing) formula and many others followed. AMP, ROCKSTAR, MONSTER, the list goes on. Even HOOTERS recently got on the band wagon. My personal favorite is brewed by none other than [...]
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The WalMart Gallon-Jar-of-Pickles Story
Posted on May 31, 2005 by danspira
Here’s an article that has become a business literature classic: “The WalMart You Don’t Know” by Charles Fishman (Fast Company, December 2003) Thanks for the link, Steve!
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I Won’t Eat It
Posted on September 30, 2003 by danspira
I won’t eat this. Nor will I eat this. What’s up with the annual focus on fried foods in September?
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