When it comes to travel TV, few names are more well-known than Samantha Brown. Since the year 2000, she has hosted almost a dozen different travel series. Now she's back with her latest on PBS called "Samantha Brown's Places To Love." Brown says this time around she is taking a more personal look at travel.
Since 2000, Brown has traveled to over 260 cities in more than 60 countries. Her favorite place to visit? Southeast Asia. Brown says it's an entirely different world that contrasts so strongly--physically and culturally--from the U.S.
To make the most out of travel, Brown says, "don't go for the exclamation points. Look for the commas." The best experiences are in the side streets, not in the main squares.
The grocery chain on Wednesday launched "Kroger Ship," a delivery service that carries products straight to customers' doorsteps. Yael Cosset, chief digital officer at the company, tells Cheddar how Kroger can compete in the grocery delivery business.
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Chipotle again faces the challenge of regaining customers' trust after new fears of possibly contaminated food recalled the fast-food chain's 2015 E. coli crisis, says Nathan Bomey, a business reporter for USA Today.
Michael Schramm, CEO of the Austin-based start-up, encourages those who want to get in on the fast-growing scooter space to buy fleets of his company's vehicles. GOAT will provide the hardware and insurance, while the entrepreneurs will negotiate terms with local authorities.
Facebook announced this week it removed 32 pages and accounts suspected of midterm election tampering. But New York Times reporter Kevin Roose tells Cheddar there's still not a lot of information about who's behind the meddling.
Walmart's tech incubator, Store No. 8, is entering the virtual- reality market. Katie Finnegan, CEO and co-founder of virtual reality start-up Spatialand and founding principal of Store No. 8, discussed the future of VR shopping on Cheddar Wednesday.
After customers at an Ohio Chipotle said they felt ill, the chain temporarily closed the restaurant, reminding many people of a 2015 E.coli outbreak. Nathan Bomey, a business reporter for USA Today, says it has been difficult for Chipotle to move beyond that food scare three years ago.
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Like Napster, the long-gone music file-sharing site, MoviePass has disrupted a segment of the entertainment industry. And like its predecessor, the movie-ticket subscription service may not last long enough to compete in the industry it remade, says Jason Guerrasio, senior entertainment reporter at Business Insider.
The chief prosecutor of Jersey City, Jake Hudnut, stopped prosecuting pot possession cases and said a proposed bill legalizing recreational marijuana could mean "conceivably there will never be another person prosecuted in New Jersey for simple marijuana possession."
