October 24, 2009
Convenience stores are a $623 billion industry, though revenues have declined because of reduced cigarette sales. Offering fresh fruit has been seen as the holy grail—it is an item desired by customers, but lacks a long shelf-life to be cost-effective. 7-Eleven is hoping to change this with plastic-wrapped bananas appearing in 27 Dallas-area stores. The special plastic wrapper designed by Fresh Del Monte slows the ripening process and doubles the shelf-life from two days to five days. However, it is receiving criticism from environmental groups for adding a cover to something that already has sustainable packaging. If successful, 7 –Eleven will gain significant competitive advantage and the plastic-wrapped bananas could appear in almost all its stores by early 2010.
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October 23, 2009
It has been a tough month for restaurants in the Dakotas as they battle costly pranks. In Bismarck, ND, a KFC suffered $2,500 in damage after a prank caller convinced an assistant manager to set off the fire suppression system. The caller informed the manager that the system had been shut off by the central computer and warned that police and fire would be called unless the system was reset. The manager obediently pulled the pin on the system and the resulting mess caused the KFC to be closed until a proper clean up was made. A similar call was placed to a McDonald’s in Pierre, SD but the prank was not successful.
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October 22, 2009
For years Domino’s Pizza commercials promised delivery in 30 minutes or less. Two employees in Aberdeen, South Dakota delivered a tip to their local police department identifying the whereabouts of Todd Barnes, a recent prison escapee. Barnes had been on the lam for ten days after faking an illness and escaping from the jailer. The Domino’s branch is boasting their part in the arrest with this message on their electronic sign, “Delivering pizza . . . with a side of justice!”
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October 19, 2009
This past weekend Playboy Magazine broke new ground with a new collectable cover. Featured is animated character Marge Simpson from the television show The Simpsons. Playboy, which published its first magazine in December 1953 with Marilyn Monroe on the cover, has been suffering lately. Advertising pages have dropped 31% in the past year, newsstand sales have dropped 25%, and their distribution has dropped to 2.4 million. Therefore, they are looking for creative ways to get 25 year-old males back to the newsstands. And they have steeped this issue in history. It marks the first time an animated character appears on the cover, celebrates The Simpsons 20 year run, and the pose honors Darine Stern – Playboy’s first black woman on the cover of the October 1971 issue.
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October 16, 2009
Wanted felons Daniel Lockheart and girlfriend Vanessa Collins did not have a good plan in their run from police. When officers closed in, the assault suspects ran into a large corn maze. However, for a while it may have seemed like a stroke of genius! That is because it took two hours for the police dogs to locate them in the 32 acre labyrinth. The maze, which had been evacuated around midday, was reopened that evening.
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October 7, 2009
Paul W. Lyle had a scratch-off lottery addiction that ran deep. So deep, in fact, that it caused him to embezzle $88,000 from his employer, American Media. However, on September 21, 2009 while attending a preliminary hearing he got word that he won $96,000 in a second chance drawing! The prize included a boat, cash, and tickets to a NASCAR event. But he will not be enjoying a day on the lake with the winnings – they will be used to repay his debt. Sentencing is scheduled for November 30 and while he faces 5 to 17 months incarceration, he is likely to get probation because he has no former felonies.
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October 6, 2009
The University of Florida’s e-Learning website recently featured information on how to survive a Zombie attack. This highly detailed six-page document included medical information, barricade instructions, weaponry choices, and a checklist of reasons why co-workers were killed. It was meant to be humorous since that office also holds disaster plans for more likely scenarios like hurricanes and pandemics. It should come as no surprise that this portion of the website was taken down when it hit national news services in less than 24 hours. Doug Johnson, author of plan and director of the e-Learning support services, explained that his department can get stressed and he wanted to give the staff a laugh. The university decided that since the document was written in the middle of the night when Johnson had insomnia there will be no further repercussions.
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October 4, 2009
Residents of Vail, CO love living close to nature. Hiking in the mountains, skiing in the winter, and horseback riding in the summer are just some of its features. However, sometimes nature gets too close for comfort. That is what happened to Sally Rebehn and her family. She was in her basement bedroom when a large mama bear and her cubs entered looking for food. Rebehn fought them off with a decorative pillow but they found what they were looking for in the kitchen. While observing the bears it appears they found the ice cream to be too cold and the chili to be too hot, making the barbeque wings seem juuuust right.
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October 3, 2009
Thirty years ago the Wisconsin Tourism Federation was formed as a lobbying organization actively involved in Wisconsin’s tourism industry. And it has happily existed all these years using the acronym WTF. All that changed this past July when leaders learned the meaning of “WTF” in the texting world. The organization now goes by TFW, the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin.
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September 23, 2009
In Oklahoma City, a woman was arrested on prostitution charges after she agreed to exchange sex for a box of Frito Lay products valued at $30. Lahoma Sue Smith was found in her car partially clothed with the man who told her he had no money but was an employee of the snack food company and had a box of product in his car. Frito Lay is the maker of Sun Chips, Doritos, Cheetos, and of course, Lay’s Potato Chips.
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