Savings Adventure: In Search of Amazing Asian Sodas and Drinks
Bored with ordinary Coke, iced tea and Red Bull? Asian markets offer a wide selection of teas, sodas and juices that'll challenge your taste buds without hurting your wallet.
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Burger Giants Follow Panera and Subway Toward Upscale Fare
McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King have been rolling out new sandwiches that will pit them against Subway, Panera, and even the gourmet burger joints.
How This Family of 4 Lives Well on Just $14,000 a Year
Danielle Wagasky, her husband, and two kids live well and happily on just $14,000 a year: She's been sharing her efforts to live meaningfully and frugally on her blog, "Blissful and Domestic," since 2009, and was happy to tell us how she and her family make it work.
How to Invest in Obamacare: Find Asset Growth in Weight Loss
If the Affordable Care Act performs as advertised, tens of millions of Americans will benefit directly. But there will be other beneficiaries, too -- and some will make good investments. For example: Weight Watchers.
Food Deserts: Where Have All the Inner-City Grocery Stores Gone?
Chicago entrepreneur Karriem Beyah grew up working in the grocery business, but when he courted some industry heavyweights to bring stores to the South Side, their response was disdainful: "Who wants to go over there?"
McDonald's Next CEO: Don Thompson, the Man Behind McCafe
Don Thompson, a champion of McDonald's expanded menu offerings and spruced-up restaurants will soon take the top spot at the world's biggest burger chain.
Walmart's New Health Food Push: Too Hard to Swallow?
Walmart, which has long been associated with cheap, high-calorie, low-nutrition foods, wants to get healthy: Its new "Great for You" initiative aims to show shoppers it can help them eat healthy on a budget. But can the retail tiger change its spots -- or it's rep?
McDonald's Happy Meals Get a Healthier Overhaul
For more than 30 years, the standard McDonald's Happy Meals have been exactly the same -- a burger or chicken nuggets, fries and a soda. But no more. In an attempt to help youngsters make healthier food choices, the fast food chain is making big changes to its kid's-meal-in-a-box.
Using Junk-Food Tactics to Sell Kids on Carrots
Carrot farmers want to convince young eaters to put down that bag of chips and pick up a pack of baby carrots. So, a new ad campaign will use weapons favored by the junk-food giants: flashy snack bags, video games, humor and YouTube videos.
Sweetened Soft Drinks Get Connected to Pancreatic Cancer
A new study finds that Singaporeans who drink two or more soft drinks per week had nearly double the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a rare but very deadly form of cancer that has a 5% survival rate beyond five years.