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Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream – How Did It All Start?

There is an ice cream stand located in almost every town. Ice cream has become very popular in America and many companies have made a fortune out of making the tasty dessert. One of the most famous companies is Ben and Jerry’s. Ben and Jerry’s started off small and grew into an American fortune company, now they have done it again by taking their wacky ice cream to countries all over the world.

The founders of the company are Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. They met and become friends in middle school located in Long Island, New York. They moved to Vermont and completed a course in ice creaming from Penn State. For those who don’t know where Penn State is it is located in Pennsylvania. Before they were even known, they had seen a lot of the eastern coast and that helped them come up with some of their early designs.

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Reflections on 2020

I’m sure that many of us started this year toasting the new decade, excited and full of enthusiasm. This was going to be ‘our time’, full of promise and potential. Well, that certainly didn’t work out as anticipated!

And so, when for many of us everywhere has been closed or only available with limited, restricted access, it’s been over to us. Not dissimilar to a redundancy, an unexpected relationship breakdown, a serious health situation occurring. Those situations where your only choice is the way you deal with what’s being presented to you.

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6 Must-See Dallas-Fort Worth Shopping Malls

Some of my out-of-town friends ask me which of the DFW malls are the best to visit when they come in for a shopping weekend. That’s kind of like asking, “Which of your children do you love the most?”

I like them all.

It’s hard for me to choose, since they each have a particular atmosphere, unique combinations of merchants, and even architecture.

Yet my friends would be expecting me to answer their question and help them out. As their friend, I would do my best. So I’m going to do my best for you.

We looked at things like architecture, variety of merchants, number of perimeter stores, but I also considered the “WOW” factor. It’s about an experience, not just shopping. So here is our opinion of the 6 must-see shopping center malls of DFW; 3 in the Dallas area and 3 in the Fort Worth area, in no particular order: Continue reading “6 Must-See Dallas-Fort Worth Shopping Malls”

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Why So Many Restaurants Were Unprepared to Deal With The Pandemic – From a Marketing Point Of View

First of all, my heart goes out to all restaurant owners, I understand that the last year has been incredibly difficult.

That being said I have a few thoughts from a marketing perspective. Before the pandemic, my experience was I saw very few restaurants doing strategic long-term marketing planning.

Most were doing inconsistent, haphazard marketing. They had no marketing plan to fall back on during COVID_19.

For example, I dined in many restaurants before COVID_19 and I can’t remember one occasion where an attempt was made to capture my email address or cellphone number so they could encourage me to come back again and again. Far too many restaurants treat their customers like “one-night-stands”.

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3 Simple Tricks On How To Stop Stress Eating (This Helped Me GREATLY!)

One of the biggest reasons I ended up overweight was because I couldn’t stop stress eating! As soon as I encountered stress, I would immediately start craving all kinds of bad stuff! This didn’t help me any since I live in Philadelphia (think Philadelphia cheese steaks and Philadelphia pretzels), and there are plenty of quality delivery restaurants within a few mile radius of where I live (lol)!

The good news is that I was finally able to overcome stress eating… and down below I’m going to show you how I did it and I hope these tips can help you as well with overcoming this dangerous habit!

Quick Stress Buster

One of the things I learned in a stress and anxiety relief program is that you should always have some quick stress busting exercises to go to whenever you encounter stressful situations. Continue reading “3 Simple Tricks On How To Stop Stress Eating (This Helped Me GREATLY!)”

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Quizno’s Sandwich Company

Quizno’s is the second leading sub shop company today; Subway is the first leading shop. Quizno’s does have other competitors such as Blimpie’s and Jerry’s Subs; however, Subway is Quizno’s primary competitor. The Subway website reads, “Subway is the world’s largest submarine sandwich chain with more than 30,000 restaurants in 87 countries.” (Subway History 2009). Rebecca Steinfort, the Chief Marketing Officer for Quizno’s said, “Our main competition is Subway, which is an 800-pound gorilla” (York 2009). Subway began back in the 1960’s, according to the Subway official site page. The site reads that, Subway was started in New York by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck; Subway has been in business for over forty-three years (Subway, 2009).

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Pros and Cons of Eating Nuts

Who says that small things can’t be special? At least, this is not the case with nuts. In fact, these small packages are powerhouses of healthy nutrients for your daily nutrition. Although they are super rich health foods, yet there are many myths related to them. Despite scientific claims and facts, many people still believe that consuming nuts can make you prone to unnecessary fats.

Contrary to these myths, nuts contain lots of unsaturated fats that are also touted as good fats. They have antioxidants, fibers, and proteins in abundance. You should eat them daily, though, in moderation. But if you are still skeptical about the same, we are providing the pros and cons related to nuts for your help.

Pros of Eating Nuts:

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Ramadan 2016 – Complete the Fasting Until the Sunset

Ramadan is the most sacred month of the Islamic calendar, commemorating the appearance of the Archangel Jibril (Gabriel) to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and the revelation to the Prophet of the opening verses of the Quran.

Around the world, followers of Islam wait, in eager anticipation, for the onset of Ramadan when they will once again invest one month in fasting, penitence, introspection, charity and spiritual reflection.

Basics

Ramadan (also called Ramzan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The fast, from sunrise to sunset, every day of the month, is to be observed by all Muslims who are sound in mind and body, and are past the age of puberty. Continue reading “Ramadan 2016 – Complete the Fasting Until the Sunset”

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An Enlightening Bus Ride I’ll Never Forget

Introduction

Education is the key for one to succeed in life. Knowing how to read and knowing how to write are necessary skills to gain knowledge. Poverty may be an obstacle. A driving force within a person is a point mark to change his or her life. But if a person is determined in his life to improve he must do something. There are concerns that parents don’t care enough for their family or have little determination for their children’s future, for the sake of wanting. What would it be if education would be secondary to basic necessity in life, the food on the table or shelter or clothing? What would be the priority? Here is the story of a youth I met inside the bus.

The Bus Journey

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Major Advantages Of Online Food Ordering For Restaurants

Online food ordering has seen a great rise at an accelerated pace and, being a restaurant owner, you should also rise with this latest trend to keep yourself in the competition. It’ll not only expand your customer base but help you grow faster than before in the cut-throat market competition. In today’s era of the web, having an online presence is more than just compulsory, especially if your work is related to food that one can order online. There are a number of benefits of it to a restaurant owner and, if you want to be aware of the same, take a look at the following points that we have jotted down for you. Continue reading “Major Advantages Of Online Food Ordering For Restaurants”