Food companies not wanting to fend off lawsuits need to be a bit better about their marketing, it seems! After the maker of Nutella settled a lawsuit over its claims that the spread was "a healthy and nutritious part of a balanced breakfast" now we get word of another suit in the same vein. On behalf of all of us, Annie Lam of Daly City California has sued General Mills because—gasp!—the company's Fruit Roll-Ups and Fruit By The Foot products are not actually "made with real fruit." Or, rather, not the fruit you think they are made with. more ›

New York City-based artist and self-proclaimed “recovering advertising art director” Justin Gignac made a bet with a co-worker back in 2001 that he could sell people garbage if the packaging was right. (He talks about this around the 8:30 mark in the video below.) He picked up authentic trash from the "fertile" streets of New York City, encased it, and signed and numbered each little package—all “limited editions." The cubes are still selling 10 years later. more ›

Since time immemorial, the only thing protecting the world's precious banana fruit from contamination has been the boring old peel. Well, Momma Nature, it's a new millennium, and it's time for a brand new bag! So 7-Eleven has come up with a new twist on an old classic: The company will now begin individually wrapping each banana sold in its stores in plastic. It's a start, but ultimately we'd like to see each banana also packaged in a bruise-resistant Styrofoam shell. more ›