Would Kroger Merger Hurt Consumers?

by Alina Selyukh National Public Radio    Will America’s two largest grocery store chains get to become one?    That’s the question before U.S. regulators, who are deciding whether to block Kroger’s $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons. Several state attorneys general, too, have signaled they might sue to halt the deal.    At stake is a shakeup …

It’s Black Coffee Or No Coffee At All

by Kevin Burton    Let’s get a few things straight right up front. We’re all friends here, yes?    The various sugars, sugar substitutes, creams, potions, spices, flavors, elixirs – chief among them pumpkin of any kind – these things that otherwise upstanding people put into coffee, these things individually and collectively are an abomination. …