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☆ 26 things you probably didn't know about 'The Great British Baking Show'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Chelsea Davis | Crystal Wall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The show has a different name in the US because of Pillsbury. In the UK, the show is titled "The Great British Bake-Off." BBCThe series is called "The Great British Bake Off" in the UK and "The Great British Baking Show" in the US because the American baking company Pillsbury owns the trademark for the term "bake off." The term was used in 1949 when the brand celebrated its 80th anniversary by asking consumers for their best recipes using its flour. The top 100 submissions were entered in a live competition in New York City in the Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest — which later became known as the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

Organizations: Pillsbury, British Locations: New York City

☆ Main Street is more optimistic this year even as inflation persists, survey says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Seventy-five percent of small business owners are optimistic about their financial trajectory in 2024, up from 68% a year earlier, according to a survey by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Voices, a policy advocate for small business owners. More than half of small business owners surveyed said they expect to create jobs this year, and 62% reported they anticipate profits will increase. The survey was conducted nationally in mid-January among more than 1,400 small business owners. Interestingly, small business owners found 2023 nearly as hard as 2020 — the peak of the pandemic and a time when many companies could not operate. Inflation is still a major concern for business owners, even as the rate of price increases falls.

Persons: Joe Biden, Alex Wong, Goldman Sachs, Joe Wall, Jill Bommarito, they've, Wall Organizations: White, National, Getty, CNBC, Baking Company, Foods, Target, Costco, headwinds, Small, National Federation of Independent Business, Federal Reserve Locations: Washington , DC, Detroit

Then came the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train on February 3, releasing toxic chemicals into the air and nearby water, and he fears crashing the value of his home. There are too many unknowns.”Stewart, 65, recently voiced his fury and sadness about what he lost to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on a February 22 Town Hall about the derailment on CNN. Homeowners are worried that in addition to any health risks from the chemical release, the derailment has greatly diminished the value of their homes. I think they’re going to be in the crosshairs of the accountants of Norfolk Southern saying ‘We’re not going to pay full compensation.’”Norfolk can afford to compensate homeownersPaying the homeowners and businesses wouldn’t necessarily be difficult for Norfolk Southern. Those values are only a fraction of the money that Norfolk Southern earns.

☆ There's a big Girl Scouts cookie shortage, and the group is frustrated with its main baker
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This is the way the Girl Scout cookie crumbles. The inventory woes have caused a shortage of some cookie flavors that have sent Girl Scout cookie resale prices skyrocketing. Boxes of Girl Scout cookies typically go for $5 a pop. "We are extremely disappointed that LBB is again having challenges with managing their production," a Girl Scouts spokesperson told CNBC. The other 25% of Girl Scout councils are supplied by ABC Bakers, a smaller baking company that the Girl Scouts say has not had the same production issues as LBB.

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