Palm oil is a digestible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palms. The cultivation of palm oil from palm trees has caught the ire of environmentalists who allege the increased demand for the product has encouraged the clearing of certain forest lands vital to the earth’s ecosystem. A palm oil tree. Despite…Read More →
For many small business people, buying a franchise can be a very lucrative path to small business ownership, with some key benefits not found when starting a business from scratch. When you buy a franchise, you are buying into an established brand with a track record for success; you get to manage the day-to-day tasks…Read More →
Part of the original Popsicle Brand, the Creamsicle is one of four related products, which includes the Fudgsicle and the Yosicle. These treats contain fudge and yogurt respectively. The original Popsicle has been around since 1905, but didn’t get a rebrand until 1922. The Creamsicle was born in the late 1930s, along with the Fudgsicle,…Read More →
The sundae is an ice cream dessert that typically consists of one or more scoops of ice cream topped with sauce or syrup, and often fruit and/or nuts. But where did this delicious dessert treat come from? And how did it get its unusual name? What are the real facts? We dug into the annals…Read More →
One of the most unexpected trends of this century is the rise of made-at-home slime. With the exception of parents who often find it getting stuck to the sofa and everything else, most people love the stuff. Slime was invented in the 1970s by Mattel serving as an educational tool teaching kids about viscosity and…Read More →
When David Evans Stickler made the world’s first ever banana split, he never dreamed it would become a globally recognized treat that would inspire hit songs and movies for generations to come. Made with bananas, ice cream, and variety of sauces and toppings, the banana split is a dessert staple. In honor of this timeless…Read More →
As the saying goes, “One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure”. Some call it junk, while others call it a “find”. Whether we deny it or not, most Americans have stuff we’re trying to unload sitting in the garage, attic, the backyard, or a storage facility. In this case, you can turn one man’s trash…Read More →
The retail grocery industry has come a long way from modest grocers attending to local markets to what we consider now as a billion-dollar industry. Clarence Saunders, an American grocer is credited with conceptualizing the modern retail sales model by opening Piggly Wiggly in Memphis. This was the first retail grocery of its kind in…Read More →
The open range, historically, refers to unfenced public lands where cattle wandered openly in territories around Canada and Western areas in the U.S. Following the American Civil war from 1861 to 1865, the cattle industry flourished. Ranchers in Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, Colorado, and Texas granted their cattle to drift freely along with…Read More →