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I accidentally discovered a useful life hack that I feel compelled to share. It involves Dolly Parton.

February is Super Bowl month, where many CPG brands will pay $6.5 million for a 30-second spot and hope it resonates with consumers and increases sales. This year, Lay’s potato chips will run its first ad during the game in 17 years.

For nearly a century, we have been opening English muffin packaging wrong. We, the groggy, have fought to unwrap cellophane English muffin packaging for decades. But that was only half the battle.

When life gets difficult, a sense of humor helps. Given the labor shortages, congested shipping ports and lack of raw materials combined with rising inflation, there is no question: We consumers are living in challenging times.

The term predictive maintenance has been widely used in recent years although there is no agreed industry-wide definition.

I’m one of those dreadful people that give out healthy “treats” on Halloween. Let me explain.

Yes, I know that some cereals are available in resealable pouches. But we’re talking about having cereal in resealable bags in the box.

If you can make it through a self-checkout without hearing any of these dreaded sentences, congratulations, you have won a battle in the ongoing war of man versus machine.