DIRS.INFO top alerts submit data jurnalism about API
login
Top related persons:
Pete Maldonado - 1 Maldonado - 1 Rashid Ali - 1 Slim Jims - 1 Maldonado craved - 1 Ali - 1 Chomps - 1 Here's - 1
Top related locs:
Chicago Long Greentop , Missouri Missouri Greentop Naples , Florida U.S Joe's
Top related orgs:
taco - 1 Whole Foods - 1 Target - 1 Walmart - 1 CNBC - 1 Chattanooga Police Department - 1

Search resuls for: "Kevin West"


5 mentions found


☆ Two friends turned their side hustle into a full-time snack business—it could bring in $500 million in 2024
  + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Morgan Smith Raffi Paul | Morgan Smith | Raffi Paul | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +10 min
One of their friends in Missouri had mailed them meat sticks made by Kevin Western, a Greentop local who made the snacks for fun and sold them around town. In December 2012, Maldonado and Ali started selling Chomps' first product — the original beef jerky stick — on its website. Trader Joe's placed an initial order for a million meat sticks to stock in over 400 stores. Chomps started selling meat sticks in Trader Joe's, its first national retailer, in July 2016. Building a jerky empireOnce Chomps started selling its sticks in Trader Joe's, other stores quickly followed, including Whole Foods, Target and Walmart.
Persons: Pete Maldonado, Maldonado, Rashid Ali, Slim Jims, Maldonado craved, Ali, Chomps, Here's, — Maldonado, Kevin Western, Gene Woo Kim Maldonado, you'll, —, Joe's, Rashid, Clint Boland Organizations: Facebook, taco, Whole Foods, Target, Walmart, CNBC Locations: Chicago, Long, Greentop , Missouri, Missouri, Greentop, Naples , Florida, U.S, Joe's, Naples
☆ DeSantis Involved in Car Crash in Tennessee; He Is Unhurt
  + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | More About Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Ron DeSantis of Florida was involved in a car crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., on his way to a fund-raiser there on Tuesday, according to his spokesman, who added that Mr. DeSantis was unhurt. “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tenn.,” Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for Mr. DeSantis’s presidential campaign, said in a statement. “He and his team are uninjured. We appreciate the prayers and well wishes of the nation for his continued protection while on the campaign trail.”A spokesman for the Chattanooga Police Department said that Mr. DeSantis’s four-car motorcade was traveling on Interstate 75 on Tuesday morning when traffic suddenly slowed, causing the lead vehicle to brake sharply and resulting in a pileup. Only vehicles in the governor’s motorcade were involved, and the police were called around 8:15 a.m., according to the police spokesman, Kevin West.
Persons: Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’s, Kevin West Organizations: Chattanooga Police Department Locations: Florida, Chattanooga , Tenn
☆ Groceries, gas, or Netflix? Gen Zers are dropping their streaming subscriptions as inflation hits.
  + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Nearly two-thirds of millennial and Gen Z consumers have canceled a streaming subscription in the prior six months, a Deloitte survey found. Insider spoke with five millennial and Gen Z consumers who blamed soaring inflation for driving them to cut subscriptions in favor of essentials like gas or groceries. On average, consumers spend $48 per month on streamers, Deloitte said. From Deloitte's 2023 Digital Media Trends survey: 32% of millennials and 30% of Gen Zers said they canceled a streaming subscription within the past six months in order to save money. Gen Z-ers, born between 1997 and 2009, were the runners-up with a 57% churn rate over the same period.
☆ Streamers have a Gen Z problem: New data reveals why younger subscribers are more likely to cancel as inflation forces them to choose between Netflix and necessities
  + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Nearly two-thirds of millennial and Gen Z consumers have canceled a streaming subscription in the past six months, a Deloitte survey found. Canceling the subscriptions meant sacrificing entertainment that provided "comfort" and staved off monotony during the coronavirus pandemic, McMiller said. Insider spoke with five millennial and Gen Z consumers who blamed soaring inflation for driving them to cut subscriptions in favor of essentials like gas or groceries. Overall, 44% of total respondents canceled a paid entertainment subscription within the past six months, including for reasons unrelated to cost savings. Millennials, born between 1983 and 1996, spend an average of $54 per month on streaming subscriptions — the most of any demographic, Deloitte said.
☆ A GOP-backed bill in Oklahoma would fine drag performers up to $20,000 and have them face up to 2 years in jail for performing in front of a minor
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
An Oklahoma bill would make it a felony punishable by a $20,000 fine for drag artists to perform in front of minors. The bill by GOP Rep. Kevin West would also make it a misdemeanor for one to organize drag performances in public. At least ten states have proposed legislation that targets drag performances, including drag queen story hours. State GOP Rep. Kevin West, who filed House Bill 2186 on January 19, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. The bill is scheduled to have its first reading in the Oklahoma House on February 6, per the Oklahoma legislature's website.
0 next >>
Total: 5