Just reading the recent news on the Maersk ship Alabama, an American-flagged vessel hijacked off of Africa in an area known for pirates. GlobalSecurity.org has the ships being commissioned by the Maritime Administration. “It’s a very significant foreign policy challenge for the Obama administration,” said Graeme Gibbon Brooks, managing directorMORE HERE
CHICAGO – A few stats from Mintel’sl research reports on food and drink markets that are actually being improved by recessionary woes. “Over the past year, we’ve seen people trying to save money on food by either dining out less, cutting supermarket bills, or both. More people cook at homeMORE HERE
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Unilever said will be closing its ice cream plant in Framingham, Massachusetts. “Unilever continually looks for ways to achieve greater efficiencies across our Supply Chain network,” said Steve Rosemary, director of manufacturing, Unilever Ice Cream. “After a long and careful analysis, we have determined that greater efficienciesMORE HERE
What were the great restaurants around before Castro came to power? Might be a fun thing to look at. See them on our post on our main site on pre-Castro brand names.MORE HERE
CAMDEN, N.J. – Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) and the Camden Riversharks have extended their stadium naming rights agreement for 10 more years to the end of 2020, with a company option to extend the agreement to 2030. Campbell’s was born in Camden, home to the RCA Nipper. Indeed, while soMORE HERE
FRESNO, Calif.- After 105 years in business, renowned department store chain Gottschalks Inc. (Pink Sheets: GOTT.PK) began liquidation today. The going out of business sale will include all 58 Gottschalks locations in California (38), Washington (7), Alaska (5), Oregon (5), Nevada (1) and Idaho (2). Founded in 1904, Gottschalks becameMORE HERE
LOS ANGELES – Johnson Products, makers of Ultra Sheen and other African-American haircare products, will again be an independent company. Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) announced the sale of its Johnson Products Company to a company named RCJP Acquisition, Inc., a newly formed independent entity comprised of Los Angeles-based privateMORE HERE
PARIS – The International Herald Tribune has a redesign. Thankfully, the 122-year-old IHT, owned by The New York Times, has been able to keep a separate identity, though seems to be looking more and more like the New York Times, and staffs are now pretty much merged together. A newMORE HERE
Read about Cypress Gardens. It reopened. Read about it at our post, History of Cypress Gardens. BrandlandUSA.com is the website of business and travel writer and editor Garland Pollard.MORE HERE
WINTER HAVEN – Cypress Gardens Adventure Park is thankfully ditching its disastrous foray into becoming a theme park, and will rename itself Cypress Gardens with an adjacent Splash Island Water Park. Cypress Gardens closed on Nov. 17 and was the last day under old ownership for the park. Read theMORE HERE