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Petco is trying to Amazon-proof its business. Time will tell if the strategy really works. The privately held pet-goods retailer has just opened a new service-focused store that aims to give shoppers something they can’t buy online. A pilot location opened this past Friday in San Marcos, California. Called PetCoach, it offers grooming, training, veterinary care, dog walking and more...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link between certain brands of dog food, including Blue Buffalo, Merrick and Rachael Ray Nutrish, and an increased risk of heart disease in pets. The agency is looking into more than 500 cases of canine heart disease, identifying the brands of dog food that have been most frequently fed to pets...

Everything’s getting a reboot nowadays, even Dunkaroos!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says more than 6,000 pounds of frozen sausage patties manufactured in Tennessee have been recalled over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. A Food Safety and Inspection Service statement released Friday says the ready-to-eat pork and turkey sausage products were made by George’s Prepared Food in Caryville, Tennessee.

General Mills has issued a nationwide recall over certain five-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour due to the risk of a potentially deadly form of E. coli, the company and U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. The voluntary recall affects bags of flour with a better if used by date of Sept. 6, 2020, a recall...

Twenty-three time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams has been honored by General Mills as the face of the new Wheaties cereal box. In her picture, she is outfitted in a white dress similar to the one she was wearing when she lifted her seven Wimbledon trophies. A seven-time women’s player of the year, Williams was ranked world No.1 in...

General Mills announced Wednesday it was recalling some 5-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached Flour. The company said the voluntary recall was being issued “for the potential presence of salmonella which was discovered during sampling of the five-pound bag product.”

Demand for healthy, natural food is extending from humans to their pets. Petco announced Tuesday it will stop selling dog and cat food and treats with artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, both online and at its nearly 1,500 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. “We are making sure we are always taking the nutritional high ground,” Petco CEO Ron...

Silly rabbit, these Trix are for 90s kids. General Mills announced Monday that it is bringing back its classic Trix fruity-shaped cereal. “Trix cereal is beloved by our fans, and we heard loud and clear that they wanted to see the iconic shapes back in their bowls,” said Scott Baldwin, director of marketing for General Mills cereal. “When Trix launched...

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General Mills is recalling four types of Nature Valley bars because a sunflower supplier is recalling its own products over Listeria risks.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith on Wednesday to fill fellow Democrat Al Franken’s Senate seat until a special election in November, setting up his longtime and trusted adviser for a potentially bruising 2018 special election. Smith was widely seen as Dayton’s top choice from the moment Franken announced his resignation last week. But her previous decision...

General Mills is holding a contest to give away 10,000 boxes of Lucky Charms filled with only marshmallows.

For fans of one classic cereal, your dream has come true: Lucky Charms is giving away boxes full of just marshmallows. General Mills announced that, starting this month, 10,000 boxes of the sweet treats will be available. You can enter the drawing for one of the coveted limited edition items by entering a 14 digit code found on normal boxes…

It’s becoming commonplace for Chicago sports teams to break historic droughts, and Northwestern University joined that growing list when they were selected to their first NCAA tournament berth in school history.

Supermarket layouts are carefully calibrated to tempt people into impulsive purchases, and now food makers are trying to adapt their strategies as people do more of their shopping online. Part of the worry for companies is that shoppers won’t get to see their products as they would at a store, where people often decide they want an item only after...

Federal health officials on Friday widened an already big recall of flour after four more people got sick from food poisoning linked to the flour, NBC News reports. No one has died or developed the most dangerous symptoms from the E. coli infections, but 42 people have become ill from the General Mills flour, the Centers for Disease Control and...

General Mills is recalling about 10 million pounds of its flour over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states.