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International food and beverage giant Nestlé has announced some major changes to its product line this year, with the divestiture of its ice cream and water businesses.

Under the leadership of CEO Philipp Navratil, the Switzerland-based company that produces a range of products from chocolate bars to cat chow will now focus on its four “powerhouse” businesses: coffee, petcare, nutrition, and food and snacks.

Nestlé Plans to Exit Ice Cream Market to Refocus Sales for 2026
 
Love Peanut Butter Cups, they're far and away my favorite!! I rarely buy candy for myself, but when I do, they're Peanut Butter Cups.
I'm not a big candy eater. i'm more of a cookie- cake girl. Probably have about 4 or 5 candy bars I would even eat if I were in the mood. Every now and then I'll have a miniature reeses cup or 2. But I haven't really noticed what they were talking about with the flavor maybe I just don't eat them often enough to have noticed, have you noticed any change in them over the past ten years like that post says?
 
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Cat food sold nationwide is being recalled for an ingredient imbalance linked to at least one pet illness.



Go Raw LLC, a pet nutrition brand known for raw and freeze‑dried products, announced a voluntary recall of a specific lot of its Quest Cat Food Chicken Recipe Freeze Dried Nuggets after testing revealed potentially low levels of Vitamin B1 in the affected product.




While Vitamin B1 is essential for cats, when they do not have a sufficient amount in their diets, they may develop a thiamine deficiency.



“Symptoms of deficiency in an affected cat can be gastrointestinal or neurological. Early signs of thiamine deficiency may include decreased appetite, salivation, vomiting, failure to grow and weight loss,” the recall warns.



In advanced cases, neurological issues may develop, such as mental dullness, head tilting, vision changes and even seizures.



The recall affects 10‑ounce bags with lot code C25288 and a best-by date of Oct. 15, 2027.



Products were distributed nationwide through retail stores across California, Colorado, Illinois, Utah, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington.



Consumers are advised to immediately stop feeding the product to their animals and return it to its place of purchase for a full refund.
 
...And Gannon isn't the only one. Local video rental stores like Vidiots, the Highland Park-based Vidéothèque and the Westside's Cinefile video store on Sawtelle are reporting higher rentals, purchases and foot traffic. Even Barnes & Noble, one of the last major retailers selling movie discs, sees sales growth in that area.

Before streaming platforms dominated at-home entertainment, consumers relied on places like Blockbuster, the now nearly erased movie rental chain and RedBox, the defunct movie vending machines, to watch newly released films. So, when Netflix and others launched streaming services, physical distribution eventually waned.

Similar to vinyl records that saw a resurgence among millennial customers, DVDs are enjoying a comeback with some Gen Z buyers, even though the discs no longer drive significant studio profits...

DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media
 

A debt-free retailer with 850 stores got a leveraged buyout. A failing electronics chain got a CEO. Thirteen years later, only one is still standing​

Walk into a Best Buy today and the experience is fine-ish. The floors tend to be clean. The displays work. A blue-shirted employee can probably point you toward the right laptop, and if you’re lucky, the one who helps you actually knows the difference between the models. The Geek Squad desk may or may not have a line. The store-within-a-store sections for Samsung and Apple are slick and impersonal, but without the feel you get at a real Apple Store. It is competent, not revelatory. Best Buy became good enough, and in brick-and-mortar retail, good enough is a high bar.
Now try to walk into a Joann Fabrics. You can’t. The last store closed on May 30, 2025. All 800-plus locations were liquidated. Nineteen thousand workers lost their jobs. But in the years before the end, former employees and customers described what it was like to watch the chain disintegrate from the sales floor: bare shelves, skeleton crews, fabric bolts in disarray, nobody at the cutting counter who knew what they were doing. A former district manager told Fortune the problem was self-inflicted: “the business is there.” What was missing was the capacity to run it properly. The stores had been hollowed out underneath the customers.
Best Buy’s customer experience didn’t transform. It stabilized. The company stopped the bleeding, restored basic competence, matched Amazon’s prices, and gave vendors a reason to invest in its stores. That was enough. Joann, meanwhile, didn’t lose to some technological revolution that made fabric stores obsolete. It collapsed because it could no longer afford to stock its shelves, staff its cutting counters, or maintain the store experience that had sustained a loyal customer base for decades. Ninety-six percent of Joann’s stores were cash-flow positive when it first filed for bankruptcy in 2024. The demand was there. The business worked. Something else killed it...

How in the Hell Did Joann Fabrics Die While Best Buy Survived? It Wasn't Amazon
 
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A recall was announced Sunday for nearly 10,000 pounds of frozen meatballs because they may be contaminated with metal material.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Rosina Food Products recalled 9,462 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen meatball products sold as Bremer Family Size Italian Style Meatballs.

The 32-ounce packages contain “about 64 meatballs” each, with a best-by date of Oct. 30, 2026.

The meatballs were produced on July 30, 2025, and have timestamps between 17:08 and 18:20 printed on the package label.

The recalled meatballs were shipped to Aldi supermarket locations across the nation.

The recalled meatballs were shipped to Aldi supermarket locations across the nation.(U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service)
According to food safety officials, the problem was first discovered after a customer complained of metal fragments in the meatballs.

The recalled meatballs were shipped to Aldi supermarket locations across the country.

There have been no confirmed reports of injuries. Anyone who may have purchased the meatballs can return them to the store or discard them.
 
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