Month: September 2019

Supermarket special offers still misleading customers with poor deals, says Which?

Stuart Mitchell

Supermarkets appear to be disregarding government pricing guidelines by continuing to offer misleading discounts and special offers, according to research from Which?. Which? crunched the numbers on more than 450 products on offer online at major UK supermarkets and found multibuys that actually cost you more despite the alleged offer, dubious discounts that allude to a price that isn’t the most recent and not-so-special offers in which items are sold at their ‘special’ price for the majority of the year. Among the dodgy deals that the consumer champion found, Iceland…

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Hyundai Hope On Wheels To Award $13.2 Million New Pediatric Cancer Grants During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Stuart Mitchell

Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supported by Hyundai Motor America and its U.S. dealers, continues its fight against pediatric cancer and announces plans for Childhood Cancer Awareness month. For September, the non-profit organization has selected 52 new grant winners to receive a combined $13.2 million for pediatric cancer research. In addition to grants announced earlier this year, this brings the Hyundai Hope On Wheels donations to pediatric cancer research to just over $160 million in the United States, since 1998.  The September campaign theme for the 10th year…

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Brady and Ad Council Announce Student Winners of First-Ever “End Family Fire” Scholarship Competition

Stuart Mitchell

Every day in the United States, eight kids are unintentionally injured or killed by “family fire,” a shooting involving an improperly stored or misused gun found in the home.  Brady and the Ad Council announced the winners of the first-ever End Family Fire Scholarship Competition. The winning videos, “You Told Me” and “Curiosity,” encourage gun owners to store firearms securely to help prevent these tragic incidents. The grand prize winners are: High school student Amelia Montagnino from Bethesda, Maryland (“You Told Me”) College student Alexandra Franklin from Detroit, Michigan (“Curiosity”)…

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Grubhub Joins Forces With No Kid Hungry As Leading Partner To End Childhood Hunger In America

Stuart Mitchell

 Grubhub, and No Kid Hungry, the campaign from Share Our Strength working to end childhood hunger in America, have announced their expanded partnership designating Grubhub as a Leading Partner. As one of No Kid Hungry’s two Leading Partners, Grubhub joins the highest rank of donors on behalf of its diners, leading the charge to help end childhood hunger in America. Since the start of the partnership in late 2018, Grubhub’s more than 20 million diners have donated over $6 million to eradicate child hunger in America through its Donate the…

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UNESCO and Friends of Socotra Launch the Connect2Socotra Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The 18th International Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Socotra (FoS) is taking place in Palermo, Sicily, between 27-29 September 2019. The conference aims to promote awareness for the conservation of the unique cultural and natural heritage of Socotra Island, a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Property. It will also serve as a platform for naturalists, botanists, marine biologists, geographers, sociologists, linguists, archaeologists, explorers, writers and travelers interested in Socotra to discuss and present their ongoing projects and scientific research about the island. A number of governmental representatives, international organizations,…

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