The Best Halloween Candies

A writer at Thrillist weighed in with his opinion for the 25 best Halloween candies, and here they are.   Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion, and while I’m 100% in agreement with his choice for #1,  Butterfinger, Payday and Heath have no business being on this list.   What about the bottom 25?  Those Read More…

10 Grocery Stores Who Are Way Ahead of the Rest of Us

These are some AWESOME ideas being used in grocery stores around the world.   Some of them are a bit unusual (a meat vending machine?) and some I’ve seen before (store directories on the shopping cart) but they all show that innovation doesn’t always involve technology, sometimes it’s just good old fashioned human creativity. from rearfront.com Read More…

10 Signs That A “Service Dog” Is Actually A Fake

The service dogs issue just won’t go away, although there is some pushback starting due to so many people abusing the law (or lack of laws) regarding service dogs. You can read previous articles and how I feel about the issue here, here, here, here, here, here, and  here but just for reference, iheartdogs.com made a list Read More…

Some Customers Just Want to Be Left Alone

At the company where I work, like most companies, they place a huge emphasis on greetings and offering help to every customer.  While some people appreciate it, more and more customers would rather be left alone, especially younger folks who are tech-savvy. This article from Drug Store News mentions a survey that says a shocking Read More…

Can you have your cake and eat it too?

When CVS went into the pharmacy benefits management (PBM) business it seemed to me to be a conflict of interest–they’re running a business that negotiates and determines how much gets paid to pharmacies.   Wouldn’t that be like your cable company also owning the TV stations it controls and deciding how much to charge different cable Read More…