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CHICAGO VISIT: PRESIDENT AQUINO LEAVES THE U.S. EMPTY-HANDED

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President Benigno Aquino III received signed jerseys of the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics during his working visit in Chicago on Thursday. (Malacanang Photo Bureau)

CHICAGO, Illinois (The Adobo Chronicles) – In his speech before a small group of Filipino Americans in Chicago this week, President Aquino touted his administration’s programs to improve the economic standing of the Philippines, calling his country the new “Darling of Asia.”

Aquino’s trip to Chicago was meant to attract U.S. companies to invest in the Philippines.

ABS-CBN News is reporting that Aquino left Chicago empty-handed, except for a pair of signed jerseys of the Chicago Bulls amd Boston Celtics, top teams in the American National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Adobo Chronicles spoke with representatives of some of the U.S. companies Aquino was trying to woo.  They were one in saying that they had already previously invested a lot of money in the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, and lost. “We can’t risk more investments in the Philippines at this time,” they said.

Aquino is now in Canada. Maybe he’ll have better luck there. Or maybe not.

Business

THE ADOBO CHRONICLES’ BATHROOM TISSUE CHALLENGE: HOW MANY SHEETS IN YOUR ROLL, AND WHO’S COUNTING?

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – When you buy a six-pack of beer or a pay for a dozen eggs, you’d expect to get the exact number of items you paid for, right?

So let’s talk about your roll of bathroom tissue. It’s easy to tell between single-ply and a double-ply, but how do you know exactly how many sheets there are in your roll? Count them!

Here at The Adobo Chronicles, we believe in honest business practices as well as ‘truth in advertising.’

Many bathroom tissue brands tell you exactly how many sheets there are in every roll you buy. Just read the labels in the package.

But what if your favorite bathroom tissue brand has been shortchanging you all this time?

So here’s our challenge:

Take one roll of your bathroom tissue and count the sheets one by one to see if you have the exact number of sheets as indicated in the label or package.  Then take a picture of another roll of your bathroom tissue showing the brand and post it on your Facebook or Instagram account with your comment on whether you indeed have the correct number of sheets per roll. Make sure to include the hash tags #TheAdoboChronicles and #BathroomTissueChallenge in your posts so we can monitor all responses to this challenge.

(We counted the number of sheets in a roll for the Big Roll Bathroom Tissue, pictured above.  It passed the challenge! The roll had exactly 1,000 individual sheets!)

Oh, and in the best interest of recycling, do not throw away your counted individual sheets. Place them in a resealable plastic bag and save them for the holidays to use as a cushion when shipping fragile gift items to your family and friends.

 

 

Business, Science and Environment

CALIFORNIA’S MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION: WHY YOUR STARBUCKS COFFEE TASTES DIFFERENT

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imageSEATTLE, Washington (The Adobo Chronicles) – If you live in California and are a certified Starbucks fan, you may have noticed that your tall, grande or venti coffee and latte have been tasting different lately. You are not imagining things.

Blame it on Governor Jerry Brown who has instituted a mandatory 25% reduction in the state’s water consumption as a way to deal with the worsening California drought.

As a law-abiding, socially and environmentally-conscious company, the Seattle-based Starbucks has implemented a no-nonsense water conservation measure in all its stores, at least in the state of California.

The measure involves a 25% reduction in the water content of every cup sold at its California stores. This means that your brewed coffee tastes stronger but at the same time, you get 25% less in liquid volume. Stores now also use 25% less ice cubes in their iced coffee.

Many Starbucks coffee fans we talked to didn’t seem to mind the change, but at the same time noticed that they have increased the number of visits to their neigborhood Starbucks store from three to five times daily.

It’s a win-win situation. It helps with the state’s water conservation, it’s good for (Starbucks) business, and consumers get better-tasting coffee.

Click HERE to find out more about Starbucks’ water and energy conservation program.