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Mac & Cheese Is The Ice Cream You Never Thought You'd Need And Now It's Hard To Get

Limited-edition macaroni and cheese ice cream is now available while supplies last. The Kraft Heinz Co. hide caption

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Food

Mac & Cheese Is The Ice Cream You Never Thought You'd Need And Now It's Hard To Get

Macaroni & cheese ice cream is here, and not everyone thinks it's a good idea. "We are living in the last days," comedian Josh Pray says.

Mac & Cheese Is The Ice Cream You Never Thought You'd Need And Now It's Hard To Get

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From Campbell's To Kellogg's, Classic Brands Are Feeling The Crunch

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Business

From Campbell's To Kellogg's, Classic Brands Are Feeling The Crunch

Big mainstream consumer brands, which have owned our cupboards and closets, face a turning point: a time to evolve or wither. The Internet and the echoes of the recession have changed us as shoppers.

From Campbell's To Kellogg's, Classic Brands Are Feeling The Crunch

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Cheez Whiz Helped Spread Processed Foods. Will It Be Squeezed Out?

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The Salt

Cheez Whiz Helped Spread Processed Foods. Will It Be Squeezed Out?

Turns out, the history of Kraft's dull-orange cheese spread says a lot about the processed food industry — and where it might be headed as Kraft and Heinz merge.

Cheez Whiz Helped Spread Processed Foods. Will It Be Squeezed Out?

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Heinz And Kraft: Before They Were Food Giants, They Were Men

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The Salt

Heinz And Kraft: Before They Were Food Giants, They Were Men

Henry Heinz was big into pickles before ketchup came along. James Kraft gave the world American cheese. (Ironically, he was Canadian.) Now, two companies that revamped how we eat will become one.

Heinz And Kraft: Before They Were Food Giants, They Were Men

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Heinz, Kraft Announce Merger

Commemorative ketchup bottles with portraits of Warren Buffett are seen at the exhibition of Berkshire Hathaway companies at the annual meeting in Omaha, Neb., on May 3, 2014. Kraft Foods said it will merge with ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co., owned by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway Inc, to form the world's fifth-largest food and beverage company. Rick Wilking/Reuters /Landov hide caption

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The Two-Way

Heinz, Kraft Announce Merger

The deal would create the world's fifth-biggest food and beverage company. It would bring together under one corporate roof iconic brands such as Heinz, Kraft, Oscar Mayer and Philadelphia.

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