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Jimmy Dean Dumped By Sara Lee, But He’s Still The Man.
from USA TODAY: From 1965 until 2002, Jimmy Dean was the president of his own sausage company. Having butchered his own meats growing up, Jimmy knew how to make sausage, from the piglet to the table. His company became so successful that Sara Lee Foods bought it and later forced him out. Dean laid out all the details in his new autobiography, Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham: Jimmy Dean's Own Story. "They …
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Manhattanite Goes Fishing For Stories In The Boonies
from AdAge: I clambered into a suspension-less, musty old cab outside the train station in Harrisburg, Pa., more in hope than expectation. The chances of my driver -- a central-casting Boo Radley -- knowing the whereabouts of an outdoor-sports store that opened its doors for the first time that morning seemed slim at best. But Boo -- real name, Gary "Frenchy" French -- was a true gent, several steps ahead of me. "Ah …
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Quiznos Cops An Attitude, Disses Martin.
Adweek reports that Denver-based sandwich maker, Quiznos, is removing its account from The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia. The account has not been placed into review yet, said Trey Hall, chief marketing officer for Quiznos. Discussions about future advertising failed to result in an agreement between the client and the agency, Hall said. "As we look into 2005, we weren't quite connecting." Allow me to …
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Attention Steel Execs: Gary’s All Yours
from Chicago Tribune: ATA Airlines has reached an agreement in principle to fly out of Gary/Chicago International Airport. Forced to cease operations out of Midway, the deal to take four flights a day in and out of Gary would give the financially strapped airline access to the Chicago area. All flights would go to Indianapolis, for connections to 11 destinations, ranging from New York to Florida to San Francisco. The …
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Hormel Tries Target’s Schtick
from Lewis Lazare: Minnesota food processor, Hormel Foods (makers of SPAM) is heating up New York's Times Square with a giant three-sided billboard that seeks to position cooking as an artful form of expression not unlike high fashion. Each image on the billboard created by BBDO/Minneapolis presents fashion models in chic outfits, but each look has been accessorized with cooking paraphernalia. A checkered cook's …
What Is This Shee-aht?
Will someone please investigate this. I'm a bit groggy this morning after imbibing on some Gl …
Little Blue Packets Take Little Yellow Packets To Task
from Chicago Tribune: Unable to ride the growth in the popularity of artificial sweeteners, the Chicago-based distributor of Equal finds itself in a desperate fight to regain lost market share, resuscitate falling sales and come out strong against its competitors in new markets. Last Friday, Merisant filed a lawsuit against Splenda-maker McNeil Nutritionals, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, alleging its rival's …
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