The Starbucks Consumer Products Group Passport. Years ago, there was a Starbucks CPG passport! A reader (a Starbucks partner) sent me this photo of her old CPG passport! I like this idea. And now, the number of CPG items in the grocery store is huge!
(CNN)2016 is still not done. Before we lost George Michael, Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds this week, we lost someone who's probably had just as big an impact on our lives, though you've never heard of him: Robert Leo Hulseman. He's the man who invented the red Solo cup, staple at every party ever. He died last week at age 84. The Solo Cup Company was the family business -- Hulseman's dad started it in 1936 -- and Hulseman started working in the company factory when he was 18, according to his obit on Legacy.com.
The Genius Who Invented Brunch. Guy Beringer didnât set out to invent a new meal. Then he had a few drinks... The next time youâre enjoying a delightful brunch, be sure to clink your glass to the mealâs inventor, Guy Beringer, and his inspiration: the hangover. The English writer first proposed the idea for the mixed meal in his 1895 essay âBrunch: A Plea.â In it, Beringer defended those nursing their Sunday morning hangovers.