Caught My Attention

Patent drawing for onigiri wrapper — Caught My Attention240716 = 2024July16 Japan has been known for some very innovative food packaging. What comes to my mind first is the cellophane wrappers for onigiri (rice ball snack) and sushi handrolls that you’d find in grocery stores and kobini marts (convenience stores). They keep the rice and fillings […]

Caught My Attention – Innovative 🇯🇵 Packaging – (240716 CMA041)

16 Jul, 2024 in Blog / Caught My Attention / Food by john

FDA Guidelines — Caught My Attention240709 = 2024July09 One of my clients needed some nutritional info generated for a product that was slightly changing – a new sku with the same ingredients and recipe of an existing item, but made into a different form factor and package size. They sent me a mock […]

Caught My Attention – Guidelines – (240709 CMA040)

9 Jul, 2024 in Blog / Caught My Attention tagged "FDA label guidelines" / "freeze dried raspberries" / "white habanero" by john

Screenshot wikipedia LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out — Caught My Attention240702 = 2024July02 Hello!!!! It’s been awhile.. LL Cool J said 🗣️”Don’t Call It A Comeback” but in this case, it actually kinda is.. I had been noodling with the idea of blogging again and then I got some thoughtful encouragement to (re)start writing here… I don’t really know […]

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2 Jul, 2024 in Blog / Caught My Attention tagged "knock you out" / comeback by john

Rolling deep into Fall 🍂🍃 and I am avoiding anything that is pumpkin spice. Seems like more of the usual topics catching my eye these days… robots taking over; trying to save the mall; and cannabis north of the border. All interesting topics nonetheless. Enjoy! This headline is […]

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14 Oct, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged cannabis / CBD / LaaS / malls / robot / Tea Drops / Walmart by john

No real theme in this edition of Caught My Attention. Just some random points of interest on several different topics. Being a hot sauce guy, when I first saw this bottle on social media I thought, hmmm, I wonder how long that will last? It looks like it’s […]

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5 Oct, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged Costco / Dunkin / Hatch / Ikea / KeHE / Kosher / mesquite / Pueblo chile / Tapatio / Thrive / WFM by john

Walmart has really been stepping up it’s game in many areas of food/grocery lately. Just walking the store lately, I see several products that you wouldn’t have seen even a year or two ago. Recently I’ve seen more organic and specialty products in my local stores. And I’ve been hearing […]

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23 Sep, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged AB 626 / Aurora / cashierless / CBD / Chili Crisp / Coke / Dirty Lemon / DishDivvy / malls / Walmart / wegmans by john

In this post it’s just a random mix of different topics, no real stream of thought. Just a few things that popped up in my newsfeed. September 11, 2001 🇺🇸 When people ask if you can remember where you were when a major world event happened, it can […]

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16 Sep, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged amazon / automation / felony / ghost pepper / instant coffee / Intelligensia / McDs / Sobeys / Sudden Coffee / tariff / trader joes / WFM by john

Several items with grocery retailers this time, along with a couple other things like vertical farming, meal kits, and of course a taste of cannabis. Meal kits have been very popular in the past couple years, with many options to choose from. But would you order up a […]

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9 Sep, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged Central Market / Chick-Fil-A / emain / Green Zebra / HEB / meal kit / Northgate / sprouts / vertical farming by john

All different types of topics this time around as we steam headfirst into the unofficial end of the summer, Labor Day Weekend. I guess we can celebrate the American labor movement with CBD elixirs from luxe liquor stores, thick & juicy steaks from vending machines served with insect side dish […]

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30 Aug, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged cannabis / cashierless / CBD / drones / Fulton / functional / Halal Guys / insects / luxe / shared kitchen / Smithsonian / vending / wegmans by john

The heat of summer keeps burning on here. Several different type of topics this time… from tracking heads of steer to the race to the bottom of pricing that is driving small grocers out of business in rural America. With everything in the news these days on the […]

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19 Aug, 2018 in Caught My Attention tagged autonomous / blockchain / cannabis / Dollar General / HEB / Kroger / Walmart by john

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