Darden Restaurants just sold Red Lobster to the private equity firm Golden Gate Capital for $2.1 billion in cash. Is this good news or bad news for the sea food chain? Some might see this as a sign of failure. Darden Restaurants has lost faith in Red Lobster, or at least lost interest in maintaining…
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What Makes Russell Stover So Successful?
People seem to be throwing chocolates at me as gifts these days. Maybe it’s a sign that I’m getting old and people are running out of gift ideas. Whatever the reason, I knew that getting fat was inevitable. While I was gaining pounds, I figured I might as well get some intellectual…
Sweet Tooth Fairy Cake Bites? Yes, Please!
Last night I sampled Megan Brown’s Sweet Tooth Fairy cake bites for the first time. This morning I ate some more for breakfast and I can’t stop thinking about them! The Cake Bites Mini desserts are the hottest items in the recent dessert trend, and to date The Sweet Tooth Fairy cake bites are…
V Chocolates Treats Me to a Mother’s Day Suprise
For Mother’s Day, my church leaders gave me a tiny pink box of chocolates. I loved the triangular prism-shaped box so much I knew instantly that I would write about it on my business blog. Allow me to take the romance out of the gift by dissecting its marketing and branding elements. Presentation As aforementioned,…
Top 5 Best and Worst Brazilian Chocolates by Lacta
It’s such a treat to explore the chocolates of other countries. Not only is it exhilarating to savor the unique flavors, but it’s also fun to analyze the branding messages. After sampling a variety of Brazilian chocolates, I have ranked them according to taste, texture, and how well the products measure up to their…