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A blueberry recall first reported in July over the risk of E. coli contamination has been expanded to include frozen package mixes of strawberries, blackberries and blueberries sold at Walmart, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.One lot of 10-ounce packages of Great Value frozen Organic Triple Berry Blend has been recalled by Chilean supplier Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A.The frozen berries were sold at select Walmart stores […]

Campbell's said it has cut 13% of its salaried workforce and closed two snack plants in an effort to improve its operations and return to profitability."Make no mistake, our results remain unacceptable," CEO Mick Beekhuizen said. "But instead of waiting for the environment to improve around us, we are addressing reality head-on."The company has 4,300 salaried workers, according to The Wall Street Journal. It had approximately 13,700 full-time and part-time […]

Right on cue, the press got ready to print a bad jobs report for August, and then SLAM, the number comes out up 162,000. About three times the Wall Street consensus. Of course, most of Wall Street and their liberal pals in the press just love to ignore eight straight months of Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index increases, and 15 straight monthly ISM services index increases. And tremendous gains […]