In the specialized world of insurance, this one takes the cake -- or perhaps the pie -- a new policy called "SLICE" specifically designed to protect the owners of pizza parlors. California insurance brokerage EPIC Programs Group said late Wednesday the "Safety, Loss Control, Insurance, Coverage, Expertise" program would address liabilities pizza parlor owners face from their delivery drivers.
The program, available in 40 states, includes mandatory driver training and other risk control measures. EPIC said the program was being underwritten by an unnamed insurer that specializes in auto coverage.
As unusual as it may seem, "pizza business insurance" is actually an important line of coverage in the food service industry.
Some of the world's best-known insurers and insurance brokers, including Willis Group, Progressive and Allianz SE's Fireman's Fund, offer specialized pizza programs.
According to industry websites, delivery drivers' own insurance policies usually will not cover them when they are delivering food on their employers' behalf, leading pizzerias and other restaurants that employ drivers to take out excess coverage on them.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Doritos founder to be buried with iconic snack chips
The man credited with creating Doritos will be buried along with some of his beloved snack chips, his family told Reuters on Tuesday. Arch West died September 20 of natural causes at a Dallas hospital. He was 97.
His remains were cremated, and the family plans to bury the urn inside a burial box at a local cemetery on Saturday.
The family requested that friends and relatives who attend the graveside service be allowed to toss Doritos around the box as a tribute.
"He would think it is hilarious," said his daughter Jana Hacker, a resident of the Dallas area. "The cemetery does not mind because they are biodegradable."
Doritos were first introduced in Southern California in 1964 and nationally in 1966, said Frito-Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez.
West, a marketing executive for the Frito-Lay, as eager to produce a salty snack chip after sampling a crunchy, "tortilla-type chip" at the roadside stand while on vacation in Southern California in the early 1960s, Hacker said.
"The company didn't really like the idea, but Dad managed to direct some (research and development) money into the project," Hacker said.
The rest is crunchy, tangy history.
Doritos is the second-best selling chip of Frito-Lay's brands, behind Lay's potato chips, nationally and internationally.
The Nacho Cheese flavor is the most popular Doritos flavor, Gonzalez said.
Global sales of Doritos were about $5 billion in 2010, Gonzalez said.
West retired from Frito-Lay in 1971.
Hacker said her father's favorite flavors were Cool Ranch and Toasted Corn Chips.
"I always had them on my shopping list for him, right up to the end," she said.
His remains were cremated, and the family plans to bury the urn inside a burial box at a local cemetery on Saturday.
The family requested that friends and relatives who attend the graveside service be allowed to toss Doritos around the box as a tribute.
"He would think it is hilarious," said his daughter Jana Hacker, a resident of the Dallas area. "The cemetery does not mind because they are biodegradable."
Doritos were first introduced in Southern California in 1964 and nationally in 1966, said Frito-Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez.
West, a marketing executive for the Frito-Lay, as eager to produce a salty snack chip after sampling a crunchy, "tortilla-type chip" at the roadside stand while on vacation in Southern California in the early 1960s, Hacker said.
"The company didn't really like the idea, but Dad managed to direct some (research and development) money into the project," Hacker said.
The rest is crunchy, tangy history.
Doritos is the second-best selling chip of Frito-Lay's brands, behind Lay's potato chips, nationally and internationally.
The Nacho Cheese flavor is the most popular Doritos flavor, Gonzalez said.
Global sales of Doritos were about $5 billion in 2010, Gonzalez said.
West retired from Frito-Lay in 1971.
Hacker said her father's favorite flavors were Cool Ranch and Toasted Corn Chips.
"I always had them on my shopping list for him, right up to the end," she said.
Canada unveils larger, graphic anti-smoking labels
Canada unveiled some of the world's largest and most graphic anti-smoking labels on Tuesday on the grounds that smokers were starting to ignore existing warnings on cigarette packs.
The new labels have to cover 75 percent of the front and back of each pack of cigarettes and small cigars, and will be mandatory by the middle of next year. Existing anti-smoking labels cover 50 percent of a pack.
The 16 labels include pictures of a woman dying of lung cancer in a hospital bed, a man with a hole in this throat after surgery for smoking-related larynx cancer, and a close-up shot of a diseased and cancerous tongue.
"We want to make the images larger and more noticeable and more understandable ... The images are pretty gross. They can be a little bit scary as well, but that is the reality of smoking," said federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
"Over time, people get used to seeing the old pictures so we want to grab people's attention once again," she said at an event to unveil the images.
The new labels can be seen at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/legislation/label-etiquette/cigarette-eng.php#cigarettes
Tobacco manufacturers and importers will have until March 21 2012 to switch over to the new labels and retailers must only carry packs with the bigger warnings by June 19.
"It's fantastic ... the evidence is that the larger the size (of the label), the larger the impact," said Rob Cunningham, a policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society.
Only Uruguay, which requires warning labels to cover 80 percent of a package, has tougher regulations, he said.
The adult smoking rate in Canada fell to a record low 17 percent in 2010 from 24 percent in 2000, a year before the first warning labels started to appear.
The Canadian Public Health Association welcomed the move, while noting that smoking was "the single most preventable cause of disease, disability and premature death in Canada".
In the United States, several large tobacco companies are suing the federal Food and Drug Administration for requiring more graphic health warnings on packages no later than September 2012. The labels variously include pictures of bodies, diseased lungs and rotting teeth.
Major producers of tobacco sold in Canada include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, Japan Tobacco's JTI-Macdonald unit, Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc, which is partly owned by Philip Morris and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, a unit of British American Tobacco.
Imperial Tobacco said the new labels were "poor policy for political gain" and would not cut the number of smokers.
"We ... believe that the health risks have been known for decades and that the existing regulations, including the 50 percent health warning, provide sufficient information to consumers in order for them to make an informed decision," said company spokesman Eric Gagnon.
The new labels have to cover 75 percent of the front and back of each pack of cigarettes and small cigars, and will be mandatory by the middle of next year. Existing anti-smoking labels cover 50 percent of a pack.
The 16 labels include pictures of a woman dying of lung cancer in a hospital bed, a man with a hole in this throat after surgery for smoking-related larynx cancer, and a close-up shot of a diseased and cancerous tongue.
"We want to make the images larger and more noticeable and more understandable ... The images are pretty gross. They can be a little bit scary as well, but that is the reality of smoking," said federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
"Over time, people get used to seeing the old pictures so we want to grab people's attention once again," she said at an event to unveil the images.
The new labels can be seen at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/tobac-tabac/legislation/label-etiquette/cigarette-eng.php#cigarettes
Tobacco manufacturers and importers will have until March 21 2012 to switch over to the new labels and retailers must only carry packs with the bigger warnings by June 19.
"It's fantastic ... the evidence is that the larger the size (of the label), the larger the impact," said Rob Cunningham, a policy analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society.
Only Uruguay, which requires warning labels to cover 80 percent of a package, has tougher regulations, he said.
The adult smoking rate in Canada fell to a record low 17 percent in 2010 from 24 percent in 2000, a year before the first warning labels started to appear.
The Canadian Public Health Association welcomed the move, while noting that smoking was "the single most preventable cause of disease, disability and premature death in Canada".
In the United States, several large tobacco companies are suing the federal Food and Drug Administration for requiring more graphic health warnings on packages no later than September 2012. The labels variously include pictures of bodies, diseased lungs and rotting teeth.
Major producers of tobacco sold in Canada include R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, Japan Tobacco's JTI-Macdonald unit, Rothmans Benson & Hedges Inc, which is partly owned by Philip Morris and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd, a unit of British American Tobacco.
Imperial Tobacco said the new labels were "poor policy for political gain" and would not cut the number of smokers.
"We ... believe that the health risks have been known for decades and that the existing regulations, including the 50 percent health warning, provide sufficient information to consumers in order for them to make an informed decision," said company spokesman Eric Gagnon.
Robbed of phone, Tennessee woman summons help on Facebook
Some people have complained about changes in Facebook, but not Rolanda Hill, who used the social media site to seek help after an armed robber broke into her home and stole her cell phone.
Hill, 20, was alone in her Chattanooga, Tennessee, apartment Sunday night when she heard a knock at her door and did not see anyone through the peephole, police said.
"When she went to open the door, a gunman stuck a gun through the door and forced his way in," police spokeswoman Sergeant Jerri Weary said in a statement.
"Once inside, he demanded her money and held her at gunpoint while he took it and the cell phone."
After the robber left, Hill reported the crime to her Facebook friends and asked them to call police. Police responded and on Monday were looking for the robber.
Attempts to reach Hill on Monday for a Facebook status update were unsuccessful.
Hill, 20, was alone in her Chattanooga, Tennessee, apartment Sunday night when she heard a knock at her door and did not see anyone through the peephole, police said.
"When she went to open the door, a gunman stuck a gun through the door and forced his way in," police spokeswoman Sergeant Jerri Weary said in a statement.
"Once inside, he demanded her money and held her at gunpoint while he took it and the cell phone."
After the robber left, Hill reported the crime to her Facebook friends and asked them to call police. Police responded and on Monday were looking for the robber.
Attempts to reach Hill on Monday for a Facebook status update were unsuccessful.
Bake sale's racial pricing rocks campus
Student Republicans at the University of California at Berkeley have stirred up the famously left-wing campus with plans for a sale of baked goods priced according to the race and gender of buyers.
A Facebook promotion of the event, set for Tuesday, has drawn cries of racism and misogyny on the social networking site, and student body president Vishalli Loomba called what the Berkeley College Republicans were doing offensive.
The school's chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, weighed in on Monday night with an open letter condemning the planned bake sale as contrary to campus "Principles of Community" that call for debate to be conducted in a respectful manner.
Organizers say their "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" is meant as satiric political commentary on new legislation that would again allow California's public universities to consider the race, gender, ethnicity and national origin of admissions applicants.
The sale is scheduled to take place near a campus phone bank set up by supporters of the bill, SB 185, to lobby for Democratic Governor Jerry Brown to sign the measure into law.
The original Facebook post for the event said pastries sold at the event would be priced at $2 each for white customers, $1.50 for buyers of Asian descent, $1 for Latinos, 75 cents for black customers and 25 cents for American Indians. All women would get a 25 cent discount.
The post said the pricing structure was designed to "ensure the equitable distribution of BAKED GOODS to our DIVERSE! student body."
Loomba said Berkeley "students are talking about this everywhere I go."
"They've been able to get a lot of publicity, but at what cost? They are creating an environment of divisiveness," she told Reuters. "You can't justify doing something this offensive and making students of this school feel uncomfortable."
'FAR FROM HEALTHY DISAGREEMENT'
Leaders of the student Republicans were not immediately available for comment. But the group's president, Shawn Lewis, said in a statement posted on its website that "physical threats" were made against organizers of the bake sale, including suggestions that cupcakes would be purchased and then hurled back in protest.
"Threatening and political intimidation should not be part of the (campus) community," Lewis said. "What I have seen and heard in response to the Berkeley College Republicans' 'Increase Diversity Bake Sale' has been far from healthy disagreement or challenging of ideas."
While enactment of SB 185 does not require university admissions officers to give preferential treatment to applicants on the basis of race or gender, it would allow them to consider such factors.
A statewide ballot measure approved by California voters in 1996 banned the use of race and gender preferences in state university admissions, hiring and contracting. The California Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality last August.
SB 185 was presented to Brown on September 9 and becomes law after 30 days unless he vetoes it.
A Facebook promotion of the event, set for Tuesday, has drawn cries of racism and misogyny on the social networking site, and student body president Vishalli Loomba called what the Berkeley College Republicans were doing offensive.
The school's chancellor, Robert Birgeneau, weighed in on Monday night with an open letter condemning the planned bake sale as contrary to campus "Principles of Community" that call for debate to be conducted in a respectful manner.
Organizers say their "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" is meant as satiric political commentary on new legislation that would again allow California's public universities to consider the race, gender, ethnicity and national origin of admissions applicants.
The sale is scheduled to take place near a campus phone bank set up by supporters of the bill, SB 185, to lobby for Democratic Governor Jerry Brown to sign the measure into law.
The original Facebook post for the event said pastries sold at the event would be priced at $2 each for white customers, $1.50 for buyers of Asian descent, $1 for Latinos, 75 cents for black customers and 25 cents for American Indians. All women would get a 25 cent discount.
The post said the pricing structure was designed to "ensure the equitable distribution of BAKED GOODS to our DIVERSE! student body."
Loomba said Berkeley "students are talking about this everywhere I go."
"They've been able to get a lot of publicity, but at what cost? They are creating an environment of divisiveness," she told Reuters. "You can't justify doing something this offensive and making students of this school feel uncomfortable."
'FAR FROM HEALTHY DISAGREEMENT'
Leaders of the student Republicans were not immediately available for comment. But the group's president, Shawn Lewis, said in a statement posted on its website that "physical threats" were made against organizers of the bake sale, including suggestions that cupcakes would be purchased and then hurled back in protest.
"Threatening and political intimidation should not be part of the (campus) community," Lewis said. "What I have seen and heard in response to the Berkeley College Republicans' 'Increase Diversity Bake Sale' has been far from healthy disagreement or challenging of ideas."
While enactment of SB 185 does not require university admissions officers to give preferential treatment to applicants on the basis of race or gender, it would allow them to consider such factors.
A statewide ballot measure approved by California voters in 1996 banned the use of race and gender preferences in state university admissions, hiring and contracting. The California Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality last August.
SB 185 was presented to Brown on September 9 and becomes law after 30 days unless he vetoes it.
Governor vetoes tax break for "Jersey Shore"
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey vetoed on Monday a $420,000 film tax credit dubbed the "Snooki Subsidy" for the reality show "The Jersey Shore," citing the state's budget crunch. Christie, a longtime critic of the raucous MTV show that offers a less than flattering portrayal of life in the Garden State, said in a statement the money would be better spent on "projects that actually benefit the state."
In a letter to the Economic Development Authority, which awarded the hit show $420,000 in film tax credits, Christie said it was not just a matter of money. It was personal, too.
"As chief executive, I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens," Christie said in the letter.
Since the show first aired in 2009, the outrageous antics of the tanning-bed loving, party-going cast have made "Snooki" and "The Situation" household names in America.
At the same time, some Italian-Americans insulted by negative stereotypes perpetuated by the cast have called for an end to the show.
The response from MTV, which has aired the seaside smackdowns and barroom brawls of both male and female cast members of "Jersey Shore," was sober and brief.
"The governor's decision will not impact the show," MTV spokesman Nathaniel Brown said.
In a letter to the Economic Development Authority, which awarded the hit show $420,000 in film tax credits, Christie said it was not just a matter of money. It was personal, too.
"As chief executive, I am duty-bound to ensure that taxpayers are not footing a $420,000 bill for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens," Christie said in the letter.
Since the show first aired in 2009, the outrageous antics of the tanning-bed loving, party-going cast have made "Snooki" and "The Situation" household names in America.
At the same time, some Italian-Americans insulted by negative stereotypes perpetuated by the cast have called for an end to the show.
The response from MTV, which has aired the seaside smackdowns and barroom brawls of both male and female cast members of "Jersey Shore," was sober and brief.
"The governor's decision will not impact the show," MTV spokesman Nathaniel Brown said.
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