Murray Lender, a  member of the iconic Lender’s Bagel Bakery, died yesterday in Florida of complications due to a recent fall.  He was 81 years old. Lender had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit. He is survived by his wife Gilda, brother Marvin, and children and grandchildren. New Haven, Connecticut Mayor John DeStefano Jr. [...]

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Milk’s favorite cookie is celebrating a big milestone today.  Yes, on March 6, 2012, the OREO turns 100 years old! To celebrate, OREO’s parent company, Nabisco, has released a limited edition “Birthday Cake” OREO. It features a simpler cookie design as well as that iconic vanilla frosting mixed with rainbow sprinkles. OREOs were born in [...]

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Here it is, folks.  As we first told you earlier this week, Ted Williams, a formerly homeless man who was panhandling on the streets of Ohio earlier this week, has done the voiceover for a new Kraft Macaroni & Cheese commercial. The new commercial will air on Sunday on ESPN during the Kraft Fight Hunger [...]

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Yvonne Hiller, a Kraft Foods worker unhappy about her recent suspension, opened fire and began shooting inside the Philadelphia factory where she had been employed for the last 15 years. The shooting spree killed two and critically injured another. Hiller had been escorted from the plant at about 8:30 p.m. EDT Thursday night and soon [...]

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Be careful.  A new product recall has just hit the wires. Federal officials announced on Monday that a California processor is going to recall about 1,000,000 pounds of pistachio products because of a possible salmonella contamination. Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, located in Terra Bella, CA, decided on the pistachio recall after Kraft Foods discovered [...]

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