January 24, 2026 — Increasingly, it looks like calorie counting is dead. Remember 100-calorie snack packages? They came and went early in this millenium. They were the snack food industry response to then President George W. Bush pushing against a rising tide of obesity. Back then, obesity experts speculated that those packs “might be one potentially successful approach to […]
June 16, 2024 — All-you-can-eat is a trap. In repeated case studies, it drives restaurants to lose money, sometimes to the point of bankruptcy. The latest poster child is Red Lobster and its Endless Shrimp deal that brought the chain financial misery and a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. How did this happen? Why did management seemingly have no clue […]
July 22, 2019 — If you look online or in stores, it’s hard to miss. Popular culture holds up the 100-calorie snack pack as some kind of panacea. For example, Amazon has shopping lists for 100-calorie snacks. Healthy eating websites offer advice for “super healthy” snacks under 100 calories. Snack food marketers are onboard, too. They brag about promoting […]
