Taco Bell Ads Make The Old Seem New
True taco savants could only shake their heads on Super Bowl Sunday. After weeks of hype, including breathless news releases, YouTube videos and a preordering campaign — Taco Bell released its top-secret innovation in a Super Bowl commercial that cost it millions. The fast food chain hyped the creation as bigger than a Mars landing, hoverboards and Tinder. So what was that amazing innovation? A taco with cheese in the shell, dubbed...
At the Hospitals: Nov. 22, 2015
Longtime VA Cardiologist Retires Hartford — Cardiologist James Bell has retired after a 41-year career at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction. Dr. Bell has played a “significant role in the education of Dartmouth medical students and with Geisel School of Medicine” and selflessly served the Upper Valley for many years, the VA said in a news release. He was honored with a ceremony Tuesday at the medical center....
5 Habits That Could Help You Save Thousands
There is a good chance you have at some point in your life resolved to kick a bad money habit. Bu t instead of taking the negative approach, try to make a positive change by adopting a good money habit. That’s what these money experts did. Here are five money-saving tips they have incorporated to spend less, take control of their finances and save thousands of dollars. Put Purchases in Perspective Michelle Schroeder-Gardner, the...
Listeria-Tainted Ice Cream Part of Broader Surge in Food Recalls
Contaminated-food recalls are on pace to surge this year from 2014, buoyed by the discovery of bacteria in everything from ice cream to spinach. Companies recalled 3.7 million U.S. food items in the first half of the year because of viral or bacterial contaminants such as listeria and salmonella, consulting firm Stericycle ExpertSolutions said. That compares with 5.03 million in all of 2014, according to the firm’s data, which was...
Taco Bell Bones Up on Youth Lingo
New York — Taco Bell executives are studying a strange new vocabulary emerging on this side of the border — the lingo of its young customers. CEO Brian Niccol said the company features a “Millennial Word of the Week” at its headquarters as a reminder of how the chain’s biggest fan base communicates. Niccol said the words are “curated” by a group of employees in their 20s who send out an email every Tuesday or Wednesday. The words also...
