Conventional Wisdom Watch: April edition

Small start up Hampton Creek survived being sued by multinational food giant Unilever for allegedly misleading consumers with its plant-based egg-less mayo, but laid off a significant portion of its staff – albeit for “being negative” or other performance-based reasons. CW: Still the incredible edible non-egg.

Snack subscription service went from zero to a half billion dollars in less than two years. From coffee to condoms, little-box retailing offers endless possibilities to consumers.

Television is no longer relevant to many members of the wired generation who have moved past the “cord cutter” stage to getting rid of their TV sets entirely. CW: The smartphone age has been cruel to devices that perform only one function.

Just released iPhone app shows health inspection scores for restaurants and other food establishments on a map. So far, the app covers one-third of the establishments subject to health inspections nationwide. CW: You can run, but you can’t hide anymore.

Voters in the most muscularly liberal town in America approved a historic penny-per-ounce tax on most sugar-sweetened beverages sold in the city, but their history as a trendsetter suggests there’s more to come

Voters in the most muscularly liberal town in America approved a historic penny-per-ounce tax on most sugar-sweetened beverages sold in the city, but their history as a trendsetter suggests there’s more to come