We’ve all heard about how quickly America’s craft beer market is growing. Two traditional beer alternatives—hard ciders and fruity malt alcoholic beverages like Bud Light Lime Straw-Ber-Rita—are expanding even more impressively, and unlike beer, which skews heavily male, these brews are enjoyed evenly by men and women.
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Brand You Never Heard of Is Begging You Not to Stop Eating It
That’s one way not to do social media marketing for Lent…
Most Shocking Second a Day Ad Is Exactly That
Whoa
Travelers: It’s About Damn Time Airlines Toughened Up Baggage Policies
United is ratcheting up stricter carry-on baggage rule enforcement, and the result is that more passengers will be hit with fees. To which many travelers say: Wonderful!
H&R Block Is Calling All Hipsters to Do Their Taxes
Those darn hipsters, with their artisanal toothpicks and thick glasses and ironic tax returns. Believe it or not, H&R Block is trying to attach that last trait to the hipster stereotype. The tax preparation company has declared a
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After Two Frigid Months for Auto Sales, Dealerships Are Desperate for Buyers
Week after week of cold and misery has kept car buyers away from auto dealerships in 2014. The weather should also be indirectly helping them get better prices on new-car purchases this spring.
Climate Change Could Mean No Guac For You — At Least At Chipotle
Is a burrito truly a burrito without it?
Beef: It’s What’s No Longer Affordable for Dinner
To paraphrase a Paula Cole song, where have all the cows gone?
The Creator of ‘Scroogled’ Gets a New Job at Microsoft
Microsoft has been waging one of the most aggressive campaigns against another tech company in recent memory with its divisive “Scroogled” commercials in the last two years. Now, the man behind the attack ads against Google is
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Olive Garden’s New Logo Probably Can’t Save Olive Garden
Hard times for casual dining
RadioShack to Close More Than 1,000 Stores
The move will slash a fifth of the company’s retail locations
Pancakes Are Free, Free, FREE at IHOP on Tuesday
In honor of National Pancake Day, IHOP is doling out free short stacks on March 4