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Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults

Source: ABC-KVUE Austin, Nov 15 2012, 9:30am CST

NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found. Soda and other sweetened drinks - the focus of ...

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Party foul: Is PBR making cheap beers more expensive?

Source: The Week  |   May 17 2013, 4:42pm CDT

But these whippersnappers may have finally crossed the line. A new report finds that the price of cheap beer is rising at a faster clip than that of more expensive, craft beers. The culprit? Pabst Blue Ribbon and its resurgent popularity ...

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A-B sued by New York distributor

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |   May 17 2013, 3:46pm CDT

A beer and wine distributor in New York is suing Anheuser-Busch for assigning new beers to a rival distributor. McCraith Beverages, based in New York Mills, N.Y., filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New ...

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"It could give people the wrong idea"


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PBR Is Making Other Crappy Beers Expensive, Because Hipsters

Source: Gothamist  |   May 17 2013, 2:12pm CDT

If you get slapped with a $7 bar tab for a Budweiser, feel free to blame that bearded dude sitting next to you drinking a PBR: according to a recent study, cheap beer prices have been climbing, and it's all because of tho ...

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Coca-Cola tiptoes forward

Source: New York Daily News  |   May 17 2013, 1:11pm CDT

This month, the Coca-Cola Company announced that, as part of its attempt to reposition itself as part of the solution to the obesity epidemic, it is vowing to sponsor exercise programs in virtually every country in the world, to offer low- a ...

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Marshall Jackson on Travel - MJ’s Take on Changes at the Delta Sky Club Bar

Source: Boarding Area  |   May 17 2013, 8:17am CDT

As I am sure you are aware, I spend a bit of time in the Delta Sky Club. I debated whether to weigh in on this or not given the bit of attention it’s already received, but I decided to go ahead and opine. First, ...

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Lack Of Cost Control And Demand Risk: The Story Of Monster Beverage

Source: Seeking Alpha  |   May 17 2013, 4:39am CDT

Energy drink producer Monster Beverage (MNST) reported lackluster first quarter results due to lower sales growth and a lack of cost containment. Revenue was well below consensus expectations, growing just 7% yea ...

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Coke Takes Anti-Obesity Campaign Global

Source: EDGE Boston  |   May 17 2013, 12:09am CDT

Coca-Cola says it will work to make lower-calorie drinks and clear nutrition information more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the pounds. The Atlanta-based company ...

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Most don't allow smoking in U.S. homes and vehicles

Source: United Press International  |   May 16 2013, 8:07pm CDT

Eighty-percent of U.S. adults say they don't allow smoking in their homes, while 75 percent say they don't allow smoking in their vehicles, health officials say. UPI/Jonathan Alcorn License photo ATLANTA, May 16 (UP ...

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Letters to the editor

Source: Daily Bulletin  |   May 16 2013, 7:35pm CDT

quality is better than ever since testing began Sugary drinks tax is an investment in health This is in response to the May 8 editorial "Popping the bubbles of latest soda tax. " Your opinion on a state tax on sugary dri ...

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