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...Could those production snags trickle down to the price of a cuppa joe? The signs are that they are starting to. U.S. food company Kraft upped the price of its Maxwell House Colombian ground coffees by roughly a fifth in April. Rival Smucker's made a similar move earlier in the month for its brand, Folgers. Tea drinkers are being milked for more too. Responding to increased market prices, Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever - owner of the PG tips and Scottish Blend brands - plans to increase the cost of its tea bags by about 10% in the coming weeks. Patrons...
DIED. MASON ADAMS, 86, veteran character actor; in New York City. Though millions knew the longtime radio soap star for his distinctly paternal, honeyed voice on countless commercials ("With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good"), he showed his face most memorably as the level-headed managing editor on CBS's late-'70s series Lou Grant...
...Help is on the way. Food researchers at Oklahoma State University have created individually wrapped slices of peanut butter, and Smucker's new line of frozen peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches is already available in some cities. Should you tire of this lunchbox classic, StarKist's new vacuum-packed tuna pouches mean you don't have to expend any effort draining juice from a can. To eat it, though, you'll still need a utensil. Not so with IncrEdibles' microwavable macaroni and cheese on a stick or its push-pop scrambled eggs. You'll appreciate the strength you save...
...desperate believe if the budget-balancing plan goes into effect as passed by Congress, charities and their clients face a potent double whammy: a drop in direct government support for charitable organizations just as demand for their help surges because of simultaneous cuts in federal entitlement programs. Bob Smucker, chief lobbyist for the public-interest umbrella group Independent Sector, says grimly, "It is the worst of times. And it is the worst of times...
...with poverty work, dropped 6%. A poll by Independent Sector found that voluntarism, which also saw a boomlet in the late '80s, declined 5% in 1993 from 1991. In the same poll, 73% of respondents worried about having enough money for the future, compared with 57% in 1988. Says Smucker: "People seem to be more insecure about their financial well-being. And the more worried they are, the less they give...