Word: sugar
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Remember when a cup of coffee was a commodity, a 50¢ mug of joe that came in three flavors: black, with sugar and with cream? That was before 1985, when Howard Schultz opened his first Seattle coffeehouse--later named Starbucks--and taught caffeine-craving consumers from Birmingham to Bangkok that what they really wanted was a $4 venti extra-hot triple-shot latte, easy on the foam. With 7,500 shops in 34 countries--plus supermarket sales--ringing up revenue north of $4 billion a year, Starbucks has become a global iconic consumer brand, as well as the place millions...
...rumor got started in the Baltic states last month, then swept across all of Central and Eastern Europe. Alzbeta Santúrová, a retiree who lives in the south Slovak village of Bajc, heard one version of it last week: the price of sugar was about to skyrocket from the current 98? per kilo to around $1.34. So Santúrová is stocking up; she is buying 50 kg. "I am afraid," says Santúrová, 65, who lives on a $170-a-month pension. "I need at least 60 kg of sugar to make wine every...
...most of them in Central and Eastern Europe. On the street, there is a widespread belief that E.U. accession will drive prices way up. Panic buying and hoarding started with salt and sugar in the Baltics; Poland followed with sugar, construction materials and cars. In the Czech Republic, it has been sugar, rice and, of all things, haircuts, with people pre-paying their trips to the salon. What's behind the hysteria? E.U. accession will bring about changes in taxation, tariffs and price support. This means that the price of dairy products in Poland, for example, could rise...
Rationing hit a new tightness last night when the liberal teaspoonful of sugar was reduced to a pinch in House dining halls. Cereals, fruits, even coffee which had previously been granted at least a spoonful will now be sugared from salt-cellar-like shakers...
...blood levels of polyphenols--antioxidant compounds found in fruits, vegetables and tea that have been linked to a reduced risk of heart disease and cancer. Sure, honey has calories--64 per tablespoon--but given that the average American consumes 150 lbs. of caloric sweeteners each year, substituting honey for sugar seems like a healthy trade...