August 21, 2025 – The image to the left is my first attempt venturing into the ChatGPT world. I also want to share my initial text experiences as an admittedly “AI Dummy” that is intended to assist other businesses, organizations and certainly our customers. What I learned is ChatGPT can be retrained to show verified …
June 19, 2025 – Based on FDA’s new rules banning petroleum-based food dyes (or food color additives), Blue No. 1 (brilliant blue FCF) currently in your favorite blue raspberry drink could be replaced with either algae or pea plant extracts in the near future. While major food and beverage manufacturers are on the fast-track in …
April 24, 2025 – There is an on-going nationwide discussion on how to make our food healthier … less industrial secret formula flavors from complex mixtures of chemicals that modify and manipulate the taste and smell of our food. One example is the food history of the chocolate-chip cookie. You can make the original Toll …
Snacking Passions and Food Science – The Crunch and The Stick Read More »
April 1, 2025 – Dr. April Jasper and her husband, David Jasper, are part of the team at the Advanced Eyecare Specialists clinic located in West Palm Beach, FL. that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of eye diseases, conditions and problems. The “Dr. April Jasper Show” gives insightful conversations with …
March 8, 2025 – Ringling College of Art and Design is internationally well-known for its creative design artists. For computer animation alone, over 50 alumni worked on this year’s Academy Award film nominees including Wild Robot and Inside Out 2. Computer Animation Department Head Jim McCampbell states their understanding of the entire production pipeline make …
Artists Predestined to Be Successful – Madeby Gallery of Sarasota, FL Read More »
November 30, 2024 – Today is “Small Business Saturday” so I want to share an important topic that effects every small business. I am amazed on how invasive AI has become in the marketing of small businesses. AI product descriptions are popping up online and the rewrites seem to be diluting our human creativity in …
October 8, 2024 – The very-low profile caps on Watt-Ahh or for that matter, any other bottled water brand are not my favorite topic. Our kind customers have provided less-than favorable feedback on the caps too. The caps can be difficult to unscrew and the inside threads do not easily twist the cap back onto …
August 30, 2024 – This is a huge and complex topic. I venture into this hot topic without any class-room economics knowledge; only the hard knocks of owning small businesses. One of these businesses is AquaNew that manufactures Watt-Ahh bottled water. It is highly supply driven, needs reliable and speedy production lines, is heavy weight …
Price Fixing vs. Free Market Competition – A Manufacturer’s View Read More »
December 12, 2023 — It is Golden Globe Awards time with all of the nomination announcements leading up to the big gala on January 7, 2024. That inspired us to announce our nominations for the “Golden Goblet” Awards. The Best of the Best container types for our prized Watt-Ahh. Our Awards certainly do not compete …
The Golden Goblet Awards – Our Best Bottled Water Container Nominations Read More »
November 4, 2023 – AquaNew’s new shopping cart has launched! Since last Summer, we have been “shopping” for a new cart. It felt like test driving to buy a new car. Actually, the search evolved into finding a “sports car of a cart” that is eye-catching, sleek and has dynamic performance. O.k., we are exaggerating …
