• Pabst Blue Ribbon Deletes Obscene Tweet
    It has become trendy to give up alcohol for “Dry January” as part of health-geared New Year’s resolutions. Beer maker Pabst Blue Ribbon decided to try to make light of the decision by some consumers by tweeting and then deleting an obscene suggestion. “The tweet went viral, as users expressed their shock the official brand would use such crass language to discuss those trying to cut back their alcohol intake in the New Year,” per the New York Post, which printed the original tweet.
  • Sweetgreen Capitalizes On New Year's Resolutions
    As consumers gear up their commitment to health, Sweetgreen is offering a "Sweetpass" for $10, which can be used for a $3 credit once each day for 30 days. Sweetgreen, known for customized salads, has leaned heavily into technology, which allows customers to personalize orders and reduce wait times inside its stores, according to CNBC. "Customers are obviously excited to eat healthy and start the year with the kind of new habits and routines and things like that. We think that we can play a big piece of that," said Daniel Shlossman, senior vice president of digital and growth at …
  • Major Packaging Company Strikes Blow For Plastic-Free Future
    Packaging giant Graphic Packaging Holding Co. is starting a $600 million project -- "the first new paperboard production line built in the U.S. in decades" to turn "mountains of recycled cardboard into paperboard suitable for greener forms of packaging." The company says green investing has opened up "a market worth more than $6 billion a year for replacing plastic with paper on store shelves, even if it might result in consumers seeing slightly higher prices."
  • Can Apple Air Tags Stalk People And Steal Cars?
    The answer to that question is "yes," according to this New York Times article. "An AirTag is a 1.26-inch disc with location-tracking capabilities that Apple  started selling earlier this year as a way 'to keep track of your stuff.'" But "researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled tracking." Check out the article for real-life examples of the problem.
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