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Mondelēz International has used AI to help develop more than 70 items, ranging from developing gluten-free Oreos to tweaking the Chips Ahoy recipe. There’s been no shortage of unique Oreo flavors in the past few years. The offerings seen on store shelves in recent months include toffee crunch, birthday cake, java chip, dirt cake, mint, Coca-Cola, and a pink-and-blue concoction called Space Dunk.

Workers United, which has a bargaining delegation that represents workers at 525 Starbucks stores in the U. S., said the coffee giant has yet to bring a comprehensive economic package to the table. The workers’ union representing more than 10,000 Starbucks baristas said they have authorized a potential strike, ahead of this year’s final round of bargaining talks with the coffee giant on Tuesday.

By John LaConte and Scott Miller, Vail Daily Eagle Resident Missy Kraft had never flown out of the Eagle County Regional Airport before Monday. But she had her bag packed and was ready to fly Frontier Airlines to Denver. Related Articles Airlines | Frontier to roll out first-class seating, a big change for the no-frills airline Airlines | Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom Airlines | Pilots for Denver-based Frontier Airlines vote to strike if necessary Airlines | DIA opens 14 “ground-boarding” gates Airlines | Frontier Airlines will soon offer nonstop flights to a popular Colorado ski area through the summer Kraft was ready to catch the 40-ish-minute flight to Denver so she could catch another Frontier flight to Arizona, where her daughter is ready to give birth to twins. “It’s kind of a last-minute flight,” Kraft said.

A onetime burger joint in Platt Park is coming down. “I don’t think the neighborhood has been very appreciative of the current status of the building,” said Doug McKinnon. The real estate professional, who runs McKinnon & Associates, spent $2.9 million in cash last week on the 1301 S. Pearl St. property.

It’s been a great year for the Dutch startup ecosystem.  Venture capitalists have, so far, invested $3.5bn into Netherlands-based early-stage companies, according to Dealroom data. That makes 2024 Dutch tech’s second-best funding year ever, surpassed only by 2021. Dutch startups have raised almost 50% more ($1.1bn) cash this year than in 2023 — and there are still two weeks to go.

According to the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report by Startup Genome, the Netherlands ecosystem is now ranked number 13 in the world — placing it ahead of both Paris and Berlin. In 2023, Dutch startups raised $2.2bn. While there have been fewer startup deals this year, overall investment is up, according to figures from the Dutch Startup Association.