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Coke to move Texas-based Minute Maid to Atlanta

By Brad Schrade, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all #business-all Coca-Cola is moving its Texas-based Minute Maid operation to Atlanta, the company confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday....

How My Great-Grandmother’s Kielbasy Recipe Became One of America’s Best

By Alex Bresler | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all Kowalonek’s Kielbasy Shop in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania is one of America’s best butcher shops, and it has a long relationship with my Polish family—or so the story goes. S...

Grocery Prices Increased the Most in a Decade in 2020. Here’s How 2021 Looks

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all The pandemic drove the cost of supermarket purchases up 3.5 percent, 75 percent higher than the 20-year average. The COVID-19 pandemic meant people ate more meals at home,...

These New Spice Blends Celebrate President Biden and Vice President Harris

By Sherri McGee McCovey | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all Chef Huda Mu’min is making two limited-edition commemorative spice blends, Biden Beau Monde and Kamala Masala. CREDIT: COURTESY OF JUST SAVOR When the pandem...

Alamo Drafthouse Movie Theater Chain Files for Bankruptcy

By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all #business-all #reviews-all A victim of the pandemic, the dine-in cinema is selling its assets to a private-equity firm. A year ago, the Alamo Drafthouse theater c...

Cadbury Creme Eggs Now Come in Beer Form

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all Cadbury teamed up with Goose Island to release a limited edition Creme Stout for Easter. Beer collaborations have become so commonplace that plenty of brand-name confe...

Texas Restaurants, Bars to Reopen at Full Capacity; Workers Not Yet Eligible for Vaccine

By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all “Make no mistake, COVID-19 has not disappeared,” Governor Greg Abbott said, “but it is clear from the recoveries, vaccinations, reduced hospitalizations, and safe pract...

Drive-Thrus Are Already Using Automated Voices to Take Your Order

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all We talk to automated voices more than we may want to admit—whether it’s telling our bank how to direct our call or asking Alexa to give us the weather forecast. So thoug...

Fortune Cookie Provides Lucky Diner a $500,000 Powerball Payday

By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all At their best, fortune cookie fortunes are more funny than accurate. But flip that strip of paper over and you may find something of value. A few years ago, research det...

Even Through COVID, Restaurant Family Meal Must Go On

By Andrew Friedman | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all The pandemic has fundamentally altered how groups of people can eat together, but restaurants will always find a way to have staff meal. Before the COVID-19 pandemi...

Reese Witherspoon Is Starting a Cooking Show—Here’s Everything We Know

By Jaime Milan | Better Homes And Gardens | BHG.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all It’s inspired by her book club picks and the recipes look AMAZING. Reese Witherspoon sure knows how to make life more enjoyable. After enjoying her upbea...

These Moms Are on a Mission to Help Families Take Control of Their Kitchen and Wallet

By Maressa Brown | Better Homes And Gardens | BHG.Com Troy Warren for Hometown Hall #foodie-all #picks-all Marsharelle Tolbert and Shelly Shearlds, co-founders of the blog Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans, started out as two working moms driven to ins...