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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Thousands of tickets to be distributed to students for World's Largest Pancake Breakfast
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The World's Largest Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Spirit of Springfield is less than two weeks away, and students across Hampden County will receive free tickets to attend. If you love to enjoy a good meal, you won't want to miss the World's Largest Pancake Breakfast that packs Main Street every year in Springfield. The family-friendly event kicks off Saturday, May 17, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and is expected to bring in thousands. Best Mexican restaurants in western Massachusetts to celebrate Cinco De Mayo 'You get milk, coffee, juice, pancakes, bacon, and Little Bites,' said Judy Matt, President of the Spirit of Springfield. 'They actually gave us thousands of them.' Tickets for the annual event are $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children, and can be bought on the day of the event. On Monday, American Medical Response (AMR) and the Springfield Fire Commissioner picked up 70,000 tickets from the Spirit of Springfield's office and loaded them into their vehicles. They plan to distribute them to schools across Hampden County, where all students will receive a free ticket to the breakfast. 'It's a great community event,' said Springfield Fire Commissioner B.J. Calvi. 'It's great to be a part of it, and being the Chair this year is going to be extra special.' 'It will be our job over the next few days to take all these envelopes and stop at the schools and spread the cheer of the tickets, so that everyone can come down and enjoy an incredible morning,' said Patrick Leonardo, Regional Director of AMR. If you'd like to enjoy an unforgettable breakfast, all you have to do is head over to Main Street in Springfield on May 17. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fresh produce giant Fresh Del Monte strikes deal to enter high-value specialty ingredients
This story was originally published on Food Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Food Dive newsletter. Fresh fruit and vegetable giant Fresh Del Monte is buying a majority stake in Avolio, Uganda's leading supplier of bulk crude and edible avocado oil, for an undisclosed amount. The Florida company said the purchase fits with its long-term strategy to grow its specialty ingredients and innovation business. In this case, Avolio will enable Fresh Del Monte to convert avocados into premium avocado oil. Avocados are one of the few fruits from which oil can be extracted from the pulp. The purchase places Fresh Del Monte in the fast-growing avocado oil segment. The ingredient is expected to grow to a $1.2 billion business by 2032 from $637 million a year ago, according to Fortune Business Insights. Fresh Del Monte is best known for its bananas, pineapples and other fresh produce displayed in the grocery store. While the company remains committed to the business, it recently created a biomass and specialty ingredients division to transform agricultural byproducts to boost the company's growth, enhance soil health and support human wellness. 'These efforts not only reinforce our environmental stewardship but also position us to compete in higher-margin categories that drive profitable growth and long-term shareholder value,' Fresh Del Monte Chairman and CEO Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh said in a statement. 'Acquiring Avolio is a strategic step aligned with our long-term vision to extract greater value across our supply chain while advancing our commitment to sustainability.' During its 2024 fiscal year, Fresh Del Monte's net sales fell to $4.28 billion compared with $4.32 billion in the prior-year period. The decrease in net sales was primarily due to lower sales volume and per unit selling prices in bananas as well as the negative impact of exchange rate fluctuations. Bananas were responsible for about a third of the company's net sales in 2024. The purchase of Avolio not only improves Fresh Del Monte's environmental footprint and provides it with faster-growing channels to increase sales but also helps to further diversify the company's business and minimize disruption in other parts of its operations. Fresh Del Monte said Avolio's extraction technology will be scaled to process 140 metric tons of avocados per day. It added that the technology, coupled with Fresh Del Monte's extensive supply chain expertise 'positions the two companies to lead the market in delivering high-quality, sustainable avocado oil solutions.' Recommended Reading Leftovers: Fresh Del Monte pineapples turn red | Little Bites get a little less sweet
The Guardian
18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Little Bites review – something wicked this way noms in mum-snacking horror
This one starts very strong. Mindy Vogel (Krsy Fox), a single mother, is summoned to her basement by the ringing of a bell. A barely glimpsed monster with a lugubrious but threatening voice demands that she feed him. They engage in a dialogue from which we infer this is something of a long-term dynamic, with the grim beast nibbling from her arm on a regular basis. She tells him she'll need to go to the hospital if this carries on much longer; the abusive relationship parallels are not accidental. This monster is dangerous, but he's also a parasite, standing in contrast to the horror genre's typical one-munch-and-you're-done type beast. Unfortunately, from this point on the drama sags. Fox's performance is top-notch, but there are a number of plot points that don't really stack up. That might not matter in a loopier story-world, but Little Bites is a horror movie where everything is fairly grounded, other than the actual creature. Chief among the dud notes is the unlikely idea that Child Protective Services would so aggressively hunt down a single mother on the flimsy grounds given here (seemingly amounting to the fact that Mindy's child is staying with her grandmother). This kind of writing is frustrating, because it feels like another round of script drafts could have fixed things. Surely there is an opportunity for more insidious monster-related problems that give the legitimate appearance of something very wrong at home, such that horror icon Barbara Crampton, who plays the CPS officer, would have no choice but to plausibly intervene. The flaws are a shame because the casting is fabulous, including Crampton (Re-Animator), Chaz Bono (American Horror Story), and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street). Luckily, despite the narrative issues, the tension picks up again as the film oozes towards its climax. What could have been a real contender with a few relatively minor tweaks is still a serviceable morsel for those with the right kind of appetite. Little Bites is on Shudder and AMC+ from 21 February.
