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Can Bass Pro Shops Teach Grocery Stores Something?

We are back with the Salad Spinner! This is our rapid fire roundtable discussion of the latest food news, from significant to silly, surprising to strange. And in the Spinner this week are <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/amanda-mull/">Amanda Mull</a>, a staff writer at The Atlantic, and <a href="https://www.douglasmack.net/">Doug Mack</a>, who writes the newsletter <a href="https://www.snackstack.net/">Snack Stack</a>. They discuss <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/09/american-department-store-shopping-experience/675210/">the genius of Bass Pro Shops</a>, the truth behind Van Halen’s <a href="https://www.snackstack.net/p/in-search-of-van-halens-brown-m-and">brown M&amp;Ms story</a>, and the weirdness of brand collaborations, like Van Leeuwen’s <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnOFGlglNK/">Hidden Valley Ranch Ice Cream</a>.The Sporkful production team includes Dan Pashman, Emma Morgenstern, Andres O'Hara, Nora Ritchie, Jared O'Connell, and Julia Russo.Transcript available at <a href="https://sporkful.com/can-bass-pro-shops-teach-grocery-stores-something">www.sporkful.com</a>.

We obsess about food to learn more about people. The Sporkful isn't for foodies, it's for eaters. Hosted by Dan Pashman, who's also the inventor of the new pasta shape cascatelli. James Beard and Webby Award winner for Best Food Podcast. A Stitcher Production.