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America's $4.8 billion ready-to-drink tea category is struggling. But a new generation of brands is shaking things up, and younger consumers are paying attention. For decades, America's ready-to-drink (RTD) tea category has been dominated by the same familiar names: Pure Leaf, AriZona, Gold Peak and Snapple. Same brands. Same sweetened teas. Same crowded shelves. Meanwhile, consumer preferences have moved on. U.S. bottled and canned tea sales dropped 1.5% to $4.8 billion in the last year...

On October 6, Kraft Heinz announced Kraft Mac & Cheese Cheesy Ramen in three varieties: Spicy, Chicken and Pork. It goes nationwide in early 2027, and it is the brand’s first move into a new category in nearly 20 years.

2027 de rigueur fashion for privacy advocates, protesters and the fashionably surveillance-averse. Image credits: Bill Swearingen. Adversarial is the new black. Brought to you by cybersecurity researcher turned fashionista Bill Swearingen. His project, noRecognition, creates computer-generated patterns that confuse AI-powered surveillance cameras and license plate readers. Put one of his patterns on a person or vehicle, and the system may look right at it and see nothing worth reporting....