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Coca-Cola Launches Prebiotic Soda, First Step Into Booming Gut Health-Focused Industry Coca-Cola Launches Prebiotic Soda, First Step Into Booming Gut Health-Focused Industry
Coca-Cola Launches Prebiotic Soda, First Step Into Booming Gut Health-Focused Industry Coca-Cola is entering the fast-growing prebiotic soda market for the first time with fruit drinks promising gut-health benefits. The Coca-Cola Company announced the launch of Simply Pop in a news release on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The prebiotic sodas are the latest product from Simply Beverages, a brand owned by Coca-Cola. Simply Pop will be sold in 12-ounce slim cans with five flavors: strawberry, pineapple mango, fruit punch, lime, and citrus punch. Each can will contain six grams of prebiotic fiber for gut health, plus vitamin C and zinc for immune support. The drinks with …

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by Chris Spiker
Sports
Ex-MLB Commish Fay Vincent Dies: 'He Lived A Home Run Of A Life' Ex-MLB Commish Fay Vincent Dies: 'He Lived A Home Run Of A Life'
Ex-mlb Commish Fay Vincent Dies: 'He Lived A Home Run Of A Life' Former Major League Baseball Commissioner and Connecticut native Fay Vincent died Saturday, Feb. 1, at his home in Florida. He was 86. Vincent, who was born in Waterbury and spent most of his life after baseball in New Canaan, had undergone treatment for bladder cancer. Complications from radiation therapy caused him to stop chemotherapy, his wife told CBS News. Vincent took the reins of Major League Baseball in 1989 following the sudden death of A. Bartlett Giamatti. He guided the league through 1992, when he resigned following a no-confidence vote from the owners, according to MLB.com. T…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Metal Found In These Drinks Forces FDA Recall In CT, NY, NJ, PA Metal Found In These Drinks Forces FDA Recall In CT, NY, NJ, PA
Metal Found In These Drinks Forces FDA Recall In CT, NY, NJ, PA Metal fragments and washers found in Minute Maid and Coca-Cola products have forced the US Food and Drug Administration to issue a voluntary recall in eight states. The products were distributed in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Maine and New Jersey, according to the FDA. The recalled Minute Maid products, first reported by Food Safety News, are: Berry Punch: Date codes Jan0422 NP and Jan0522 NP, Batch 0010323455 and 0010259344 (recall F-0276-2022) Strawberry Lemonade: Date code: Jan0322 NP, Batch: 0010259346 (recall F-0277-2022) Fruit Punch: Date…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center
Determined Workers Fight For Fair Wages At Coca-Cola Distribution Center A determined group of workers fighting for fair wages at Pennsylvania’s Coca-Cola distribution center in Bethlehem have gone on strike. As of Monday, the workers — seen holding signs saying, “Teamster Local 773 ON STRIKE Abarta Coca-Cola” — are fighting for fair wages, lower health insurance costs and their pensions, according to a Facebook post from the labor union. Our members at Coca Cola Abarta are on strike as of today. These brothers worked hard throughout the entire pandemic and... Posted by Teamster Local 773 on Monday, December 6, 2021 “They deserve better,” the post says. “S…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
DATE CHANGE: Construction Delays Wayne Chick-fil-A Opening Date In Wayne DATE CHANGE: Construction Delays Wayne Chick-fil-A Opening Date In Wayne
Date Change: Construction Delays Wayne Chick-fil-A Opening Date In Wayne You're going to have to wait a little longer for Chick-fil-A to open in Wayne. The restaurant, coming to Wayne Town Center, said on Friday it will be opening Dec. 5 -- instead of Nov. 21, the date announced earlier this week. A Chick-fil-A spokesperson said the date change was due to construction constraints out of the restaurant's control. The 5,300-square-foot restaurant will feature a 116-seat dining room that includes community tables with recycled Coca-Cola chandeliers and a two-story, indoor children’s playground area. There will also be four designated curbside parking spots in the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Chick-fil-A Sets Opening Date In Wayne (RESCHEDULED) Chick-fil-A Sets Opening Date In Wayne (RESCHEDULED)
Chick-fil-A Sets Opening Date In Wayne (Rescheduled) Mark your calendars: Chick-fil-A set an opening date for its Wayne location. The restaurant will open for business on Dec. 5 at Wayne Town Center, rescheduled previously from Nov. 21 due to construction constraints. ** CLICK HERE TO VOTE: CHICK-FIL-A OR POPEYES? ** The 5,300-square-foot restaurant will feature a 116-seat dining room that includes community tables with recycled Coca-Cola chandeliers and a two-story, indoor children’s playground area.  There will also be four designated curbside parking spots in the back for catering pick-ups and Chick-fil-A app mobile orders…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
ON TV: Oradell 'American Pickers' Episode Airs Monday ON TV: Oradell 'American Pickers' Episode Airs Monday
ON TV: Oradell 'American Pickers' Episode Airs Monday An Oradell collector and his overflowing garage will be featured on "American Pickers" Monday. Sam Tripsas' episode of "American Pickers" airs on the History Channel at 9 p.m.  The show follows "pickers" Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz traveling across the U.S. in search of antiques to keep or resell. Tripsas, 60, was just 10 years old when he began digging through dumps for new treasures, he told NorthJersey.com. Among his most prized possessions are 1950s Coca-Cola machines, an old-school jukebox and two 1930s phone booths. Tripsas said being on the show was an "experience of a lifetim…

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by Cecilia Levine