How Brands Like Domino’s Profit From School Lunch
We hear a lot about school lunches in America and the food itself doesn’t always get the best reputation When I think about school lunches I think of boiled hamburgers The cheese was always like plasticy The staler it was, the more delicious it was From Hollywood depictions to real-life memories, the school cafeteria is…
This School Locks Up Students’ Phones
Today, 95 percent of teens have access to a smartphone and 45 percent self-report that they’re online almost constantly. Smartphones have penetrated all aspects of daily life, but of special concern to educators it’s their prevalence in schools. It would be a rally, right? And the rallies were getting students pumped up for a particular…
Inside A Tech-Free School Where Tech Executives Send Their Kids
In most public and private schools across the nation, Chromebooks, iPads or Windows devices are everywhere. But things look very different at the private Sacramento Waldorf School in California where technology isn’t used at all through eighth grade and is scarce even in high school. Instead of just turning to my phone to answer a…
Why Ford And Other American Cars Don’t Sell In Japan
When it comes to cars, Americans seem to love the Japanese. But the Japanese don’t seem to love Americans back. Japanese brands sell remarkably well in the United States. Several of the best-selling automakers in America are from Japan, and their products seem to dominate entire segments in sales and critical acclaim. Japanese automakers sell…
Why Is Costco Opening Its Own Chicken Farm?
Costco is cheap really cheap. This chicken costs five dollars. These birds are an iconic Costco product. Costco sells about 60 million of them every year. Sounds like a great moneymaker right. Wrong. Costco sells these chickens at a loss sometimes up to 30 to 40 million dollars per year. The chickens are a lure…
How Government Cheese Became Welfare For Farmers
Government cheese. You probably won’t find it in anyone’s fridge today, but you might still catch glimpses of it in pop culture. It made its way into iconic standup sets and SNL sketches. You’re gonna end up eating a steady diet of government cheese. It’s become a signifier of urban poverty for artists from New…
Why Americans Love Taco Bell
Taco Bell is huge in the U.S. with over 7000 restaurants across the country. It’s one of the top five restaurant chains in the U.S. based on sales. It’s not necessarily known for its quality but believe it or not Taco Bell has been called one the healthiest fast-food chains. In a recent Harris Poll…
Why Daycare Is So Expensive In America
We are depleting our savings dramatically. We take $10,000 a month out of savings, sell our stocks, whatever my financial adviser does. I don’t actually even know because I don’t want to know because it makes me ill to think about, because I had a good nest egg to buy a house at one point…
Trump announces new tariffs on Chinese goods amid bitter trade war
BE BACK HERE ON MONDAY. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. I KNOW I WILL.>>Bret: WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. I’M BRET BAIER. TONIGHT, SERIOUS COUNTER PUNCHING TAKING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT’S BECOME A FULL-FLEDGED TRADE WAR WITH U.S. AND CHINA. WITHIN THE PAST HOUR PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED ANOTHER MAJOR TARIFF INCREASE ON MORE THAN A HALF TRILLION…
Why McDonald’s Flopped In Vietnam
Fast-food restaurants dominate markets all over the world Burger King has more than 16,000 locations in over 100 nations And McDonald’s has over 36,000 There’s one in a decommissioned airplane in New Zealand And there’s even one in Vatican City Fast food is a more than half a trillion a year business But there is…