Month: April 2011

Let’s face it: Chocolate milk is like broccoli hidden in mashed potatoes. It’s the way parents sneak nutritional content into something palatable to kids who choose their breakfast cereal not by the quality of its content but by the cartoon characters on the box. …

Not long ago, it seemed that Oscar Mayer Lunchables — that king of kids’ lunches — had finally met its match. Scorned by health critics and challenged by other brands, sales flattened throughout the 2000s, leaving some to wonder if the portable processed lunch would survive. “Have Lunchables become uncool?” read one headline in 2005. …

Chobani, Americas #1 Greek Yogurt, is now the leading brand in the yogurt category in the U.S., surpassing longtime leading brands including Yoplait Light, Yoplait Original, Dannon Light & Fit and Dannon Activia, according to SymphonyIRI Group, a Chicago-based market research firm.* …