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    Formulated with with humor, grace, and a dash of wit, Erin Hallstrom's Working Wit blog offers a different perspective on issues affecting the food and beverage industry.

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    Why I Loved M&M's Spokescandies' Super Bowl Commercial

    Erin A. Hallstrom
    Feb. 13, 2023
    I thought the candies' Super Bowl LVII ads to be the perfect amount of sweet and salty, particularly to a very specific audience.
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    Are Food & Beverage Companies Flipping The Bird at Elon Musk?

    Erin A. Hallstrom
    Nov. 9, 2022
    As some food and beverage companies suspend their ad dollars on Twitter, one can't help but notice their complete silence on the app since the billionaire took over.
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    Renaming Rights: Which New Food Name Would You Create?

    June 29, 2022
    If you had a chance to rename something edible to something with a more creative name, what name would you go with? Now's your chance to become the marketer you always dreamed...
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    The Perfect Formula For a Parental Breakdown

    May 23, 2022
    Between formula shortages and peanut butter recalls, we're standing on the precipice of a total and complete breakdown of trust in food companies by consumers in America.
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    A Socially Acceptable Trend That Is Out of This World

    March 25, 2022
    When it comes to speaking the languages of our generations, there are a few food and beverage companies out there doing and out-of-this-world job on social media.
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    The Deeper Conversation We Should Be Having About The 'New' M&Ms

    Jan. 23, 2022
    In the process of rebranding M&Ms to be more 'inclusive,' can we also rebrand the mentality that all women are adversarial and don't get along in the workplace?
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    One Way to Solve Food & Beverage’s Labor Issues

    Sept. 22, 2021
    I think I’ve single-handedly figured out one way to solve the food and beverage industry’s labor issues. It comes down to one simple word with extraordinary implications.
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    Cause for Applause: Is it Performative or is it Allyship?

    Aug. 26, 2021
    How much applause should we be giving big brands for doing the bare minimum when it comes to equality?
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    A Basic FYI on NFTs

    Aug. 1, 2021
    Almost everything you wanted to know about Non-Fungible Tokens, but didn't know where, who, or how to ask.
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    The Politics in My Pantry, Part 2: Morale Edition

    Jan. 4, 2021
    My purchasing habits may be of little consequence to most people reading this post, but I do represent a growing market that grocers and food and beverage manufacturers are doing...
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    Will History Repeat Itself? An Ode to 2020

    Dec. 28, 2020
    I sincerely hope that years from now, when we look back at 2020, we'll remember this as the year that changed everything.
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    Inflammatory Response: When Science & Ag Collide

    Dec. 15, 2020
    It's a precarious thing to report on the food and beverage industry while simultaneously questioning where its pieces and parts fit into your own life.
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    Swiping Right on Humaning

    Nov. 13, 2020
    Through its new marketing strategy, Mondelēz has managed to do with snacks, what people still have yet to figure out on apps. This is precisely why I'm swiping right on Mondel...