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Posts made in January, 2014

ConAgra,Trader Joe’s Accused Of Peanut Butter Filled Pocket Pretzel Market Collusion

Maxim Marketing Corp. of Los Angeles business writes in a 24-page Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that Trader Joe’s peanut butter filled pretzels are a monopolistic effort by ConAgra and Trader Joe’s and claim breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations and violation of California antitrust law. “ConAgra and Trader Joe’s have engaged in an...

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ConAgra,Trader Joe’s Accused Of Peanut Butter Filled Pocket Pretzel Market Collusion

Maxim Marketing Corp. of Los Angeles business writes in a 24-page Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that Trader Joe’s peanut butter filled pretzels are a monopolistic effort by ConAgra and Trader Joe’s and claim breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations and violation of California antitrust law. “ConAgra and Trader Joe’s have engaged in an...

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Food Psychology: Most People Don’t Realize Froot Loops All Taste The Same

If you ask most people what Froot Loops taste like, they will give you a litany of flavors, based on the colors they remember, it seems. It's all in their heads, just like buying organic food or homeopathy flu medication. In reality, Froot Loops all taste the same. This is not news, it's been well documented since at least the 1990s but it got mentioned in TIME a few days ago and so the...

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Scare Journalism And Miracle Cures: American Media Prefer Weak Observational Studies

A new analysis has affirmed what many in the science audience already knew; mainstream media prefer weak observational studies. It's why you're reading this article here instead of the New York Times.And that is not just in regards to social psychology correlations made using surveys of college students or sociology mysticism, it happens in medical coverage too. The examination found that...

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When It Comes To Denying Evolution, These Two Large Demographics Have Been Ignored

Some recent poll results show that right wing people in America have widened the gap of evolution acceptance. Generally, only a few points on this issue have separated the parties but if you know your framing of the last decade, you know that meant it's been okay for Democrats to say Republicans are 'more' in denial of science. This latest Pew survey (1,983 adults, +/- 3 percent at a 95%...

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