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The flu variant, which hits kids and the aged tougher than different strains, is presently dominant in america

A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco, California January 22, 2018. A strong strain of H3N2 flu has killed 74 Californians under the age of 65 since flu season began last October.

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A variant of the flu that hits children and the elderly worse than other strains of the virus is currently dominant in the US, setting the country up for what could be a bad flu season.

Public health labs have detected influenza A (H3N2) in 76% of the more than 3,500 respiratory samples that tested positive for the flu and analyzed for the virus subtype, according to a surveillance report released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

according to dr Jose Romero, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, has historically linked the H3N2 variant to more severe flu seasons in children and the elderly.

“There are also early signs of influenza causing severe illness in these very two groups of people this season,” Romero told reporters on a call earlier this month.

The flu hospitalization rate has risen to a decade high this season. Overall, about 8 in 100,000 people are currently hospitalized with the flu, but seniors and the youngest children are hit much harder than other age groups, according to CDC data.

The hospitalization rate for seniors is 18 per 100,000, more than twice that of the general population. For children under the age of five, the hospitalization rate is about 13 per 100,000.

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At least 4.4 million people have contracted the flu, 38,000 have been hospitalized and 2,100 have died since the start of the season. Seven children have died from the flu so far this season.

“Typically, when we have more H3N2, we have a more severe flu season — so longer duration, more children affected, more children with severe illness,” said Dr. Andi Shane, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at Children’s Healthcare Atlanta.

The other influenza A variant, H1N1, is generally associated with less severe seasons compared to H3N2, Shane said. H1N1 accounts for about 22% of samples that test positive for flu and are analyzed for a subtype, according to the CDC.

The percentage of patients reporting flu-like symptoms, a fever of 100 degrees or more plus a sore throat or cough is currently highest in Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama and Washington DC, according to the CDC.

Respiratory illness is also very high in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina and Texas, according to the CDC.

The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older get a flu shot. Children under the age of 8 receiving the vaccine for the first time should receive two doses for the best protection.

The flu vaccine is typically 40% to 60% effective at preventing illness, but people who do get sick are less likely to end up in the hospital or die, according to the CDC.

Public health officials are also encouraging people to stay home when sick, cover coughs and sneezes, and wash hands frequently. Those wishing to take extra precautions may consider wearing a face mask in public.

GOP mega-donors Mercers distance themselves from Trump for the 2024 marketing campaign

Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer attend the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City.

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According to people familiar with the matter, GOP mega-donors Robert and Rebekah Mercer currently have no plans to support former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for the White House.

The Mercers, a father and daughter who were one of Trump’s key benefactors during his first presidential bid in 2016, are distancing themselves from the ex-president’s third bid for the White House and cutting all of their campaign funding, these people said. The people who spoke to CNBC did so on condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

The two Republican financiers join a list of party donors who have no plans to support Trump’s recent presidential bid, which he released Tuesday night.

Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, wealthy New York businessman Andy Sabin and billionaire Ronald Lauder are among the wealthy GOP donors who have opted not to help Trump’s recent campaign — at least during the Republican one primaries. Some of the country’s wealthiest GOP donors don’t believe Trump can win again and have called for a new face to represent their party in the presidential race.

Public polls have shown a similar appetite for a new candidate among Republican voters. In a YouGov poll conducted after the Nov. 8 midterm election, 41% of respondents who said they were Republican preferred Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as the GOP nominee for president in 2024, compared to 39% who voted for Trump. A Politico/Morning Consult poll found that 47% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents would support Trump. The same poll found that 33% would support DeSantis.

A growing contingent of financiers are also convinced that Trump bears the blame for key Republican losses in the 2022 midterm elections up and down. Disappointments include the failure to win a Senate majority after Trump-backed candidates lost a handful of swing-state races that determined control of the chamber. The Republicans eventually took control of the House of Representatives, but by a narrow margin.

Mercers cut its election spending after 2016

Federal Election Commission records show that both Robert and Rebekah Mercer largely scaled back their support after spending millions of dollars to get Trump elected against Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Robert Mercer wrote a check for $355,200 to a joint fundraising committee that helped both the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee during Trump’s failed 2020 presidential bid, records show. He gave the former president’s campaign two checks for $2,800 during the cycle — the maximum allowable — as one came during the primary and the other in the general election.

According to the filing, Rebekah Mercer gave nothing to any pro-Trump group or Trump campaign unit during his last presidential bid.

Representatives for Robert and Rebekah Mercer did not respond to requests for comment.

Robert Mercer, who was once co-CEO of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, had a net worth of $125 million as of 2017, according to Forbes.

Mercer, who donated over $15 million to a super PAC that first supported Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and then Trump during the 2016 presidential election, “does not get involved politically,” according to a GOP adviser who is familiar with the wealthy businessman. Mercer began distancing himself from Trump and the GOP during the 2018 midterm election after two years earlier he and his family faced public criticism for supporting the then-presidential nominee.

Before restricting his political giving, Mercer also rose to fame for investing millions of dollars in the now-defunct data company Cambridge Analytica. Rebekah Mercer served on the board of the data collection firm, which also included ex-Breitbart News chief and former top Trump adviser Steve Bannon as an executive. The Mercers were big investors in Breitbart. Bannon was recently sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.

Cambridge Analytica collected the personal data of 50 million Facebook users. The 2016 Trump campaign then reportedly used this data to run some digital advertising. According to the bipartisan OpenSecrets, the Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica over $5.9 million for his services during the 2016 election cycle.

The pro-Trump super PAC, partially funded by Robert Mercer, also paid just over $5.6 million to Cambridge Analytica this cycle, OpenSecrets says. The super PAC spent nearly $100,000 supporting Trump and another $4.3 million against Clinton, his opponent.

Mercers give conservative concerns to GOP candidates

Members of the Mercer family have poured money into conservative causes in recent years, even backing some Republican candidates, before deciding to back down from supporting Trump.

The family’s foundation donated $20 million in 2020 to the DonorsTrust, which operates as a dark money fund that allows donors to keep the ultimate destination of their donations private. In 2021, DonorsTrust directed $187 million to a variety of nonprofit groups, including millions of dollars to conservative organizations.

The Mercer Family Foundation appeared to be trimming its dues last year, making just over $6 million in grants, most of which went to DonorsTrust, according to its latest 990 form. The remainder of the foundation’s donations were distributed to the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America, the Explorer’s Club and the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, according to the filing.

Robert Mercer donated over $6 million to the foundation last year, the filing said. The foundation entered 2022 with a net worth of over $96 million in book value. Robert and Rebekah Mercer are listed as two directors of their family trust on their 2021 tax returns.

The Mercers also pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars during the midterm elections this year.

One of Mercer’s largest donations during the 2022 election cycle was to a Super PAC with a mailing address in Manchester, NH called the General John Stark PAC, named after a general from the state’s Revolutionary War. The veteran hedge fund manager donated $500,000 to the Super PAC in June, according to an FEC filing.

It’s the only donation the Super PAC has received since its inception earlier this year. The PAC is still active but made no disbursements during the 2022 election, according to FEC records. New Hampshire is the first in a series of states to hold a presidential primary.

Super PAC treasurer John Plishka declined to answer CNBC’s questions about what the PAC does. Plishka said he can’t answer questions about the group because he signed a non-disclosure agreement. He didn’t want to say who gave him the legal contract.

Robert Mercer also donated $100,000 to a Super PAC that supported Republican JD Vance’s successful run for the Ohio Senate seat.

Meanwhile, Rebekah Mercer — who seems largely done helping Trump — is still putting her money into conservative politics. She was an original investor in the social media platform Parler, which started out as a conservative alternative to Twitter and reportedly hosted a wave of election conspiracies in 2020.

According to an invitation, she co-hosted a fundraiser in New York last year for Vance and former Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters. She gave a combined $60,800 to two PACs supporting Vance, FEC Records Show.

Rebekah Mercer is also part of a conservative donor coalition known as the Rockbridge Network, the New York Times reported.

The group is scheduled to meet in Austin, Texas this weekend as financiers prepare for 2024.

The FDA can approve over-the-counter naloxone nasal sprays and auto-injectors

Naloxone, packaged with instructions, is one of the products being given out by the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition outreach workers.

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The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it could potentially approve over-the-counter nasal sprays and auto-injectors that prevent opioid overdoses, part of its effort to expand access to a life-saving drug called naloxone.

The FDA said in a preliminary review that nasal sprays containing up to 4 mg of naloxone and auto-injectors that deliver a dose of up to 2 mg of the drug could be safe and effective for people to self-administer without a prescription.

“We believe that prescription requirements for these naloxone products may not be necessary to protect public health,” the agency said in a federal registry release released Tuesday, but stressed that it needs more data to reach a definitive conclusion.

The number of opioid overdose deaths rose 65% during the Covid-19 pandemic from 47,000 in 2019 to nearly 78,000 in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 564,000 people in the US have died from opioids in three waves since 1999—first from prescription opioids, then from heroin, and finally from fentanyl.

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The Trump administration declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in 2017. The Department of Health and Human Services has since renewed the statement every 90 days. The Biden administration extended the state of emergency again in September.

FDA Director Robert Califf said in a statement Tuesday the regulator is looking at ways to prevent opioid-related deaths by expanding access to naloxone. The FDA encourages manufacturers to submit applications for non-prescription use of naloxone products.

Naloxone is a drug that quickly reverses overdoses by binding to opioid receptors. It can quickly restore normal breathing to someone who is either breathing slowly or not at all due to an opioid overdose, according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

The FDA first approved a single-use naloxone auto-injector called Evzio in 2014 and a single-dose nasal spray called NARCAN in 2015. Both require a prescription.

Man rewarded with sweet for returning a $4.eight million examine to Haribo

A German The man’s good deed of mailing a $4.8 million check back to the Haribo candy company was “rewarded” with a bare box of gummy bears.

According to a story published in the German newspaper picturethe man, identified only as Anouar G., was on his way home after visiting his mother when he passed the Bürostadt Niederrad S-Bahn station in Frankfurt.

German man finds check made out to Haribo for $4.8 million and honorably briefs her on the situation

A small piece of paper happened to catch his eye, and when he picked it up he found it was a check made out to Haribo for €4,631,538.80, or just over $4.81 million acted.

The check, issued by DZ Bank, was made out to Haribo by German supermarket chain Rewe. Still, Anouar did the responsible thing and contacted Haribo and let them know he had their check.

You act like you can just cash a 4.7 million check and not raise red flags

— hudeyfa  (@hud3yfa) November 15, 2022

He was quickly contacted by an attorney for the candy company who asked him to destroy the check and send a photo as evidence, which he did.

A few days later, Haribo mailed him a thank you letter for his help, including six measly bags of Haribo gummies for his troubles.

“I thought that was a bit cheap,” Anouar told Bild, which translated from German into English means: “I thought it was a bit cheap.”

Social media responded to a meager reward, with many unanimous if he deserved more

To add insult to injury, Forbes estimates the company’s revenue “exceeds $3 billion,” meaning they could easily have rewarded him with monetary compensation had he done the right thing NBC Boston.

The “Haribo” lettering on the facade of one of the company’s factories. (Photo by Sebastian Willnow/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

Reactions on social media were mostly divided as to whether Anouar deserved a bigger reward than what he was getting. Some commentators even said he was earning less than he was already getting

“Y’all act like you can just cash a check for 4.7 MILLION and not raise red flags,” one person tweeted.

Another tweeted, “so he traded a worthless piece of paper (worthless because they would void the check if lost) for 6 packs of candy. That’s a decent deal for him.”

According to a Haribo spokesman, the company was never in financial jeopardy because the check was not made out to the Good Samaritan

Meanwhile, many argued that not everyone would have been so altruistic and helpful in such a situation, which would have caused major problems for the candy company if they hadn’t been.

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“I would have walked into the bank and said ‘I’m Mr. Haribo,'” admitted one Twitter user. “I’m going to my new villa, Buggoti [sic] and a woman who only wants me for my money after taking 4.7 million from Haribo,” wrote another.

The company has yet to respond to TODAY Food’s request for comment, but a spokesman told a reporter from Bild, making an interesting counterpoint to Anouar’s actions, which is that the check was made out to Haribo and not him, so the company never was in any kind of financial danger.

“Because it was a crossed check, no one but our company could have cashed it,” says a translation of what Haribo told Bild about the matter. “That was our standard package that we send out as a thank you.”

What do you think, roomies? Should Anouar have been better rewarded for his kind deed?

Hole (GPS) income Q3 2022

Holiday shoppers participate in early Black Friday shopping deals at the Gap store in Times Square in New York.

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gap on Thursday beat Wall Street’s quarterly sales expectations but gave a cautious outlook ahead of the holiday season.

The apparel retailer — which also owns its namesake brands Banana Republic and Athleta — said it expects its total net sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022 could decline by a mid-single-digit rate from a year earlier.

Chief Financial Officer Katrina O’Connell said while the company has made progress in reducing its bloated inventories, it will “continue to take a prudent approach given the uncertain consumer and increasing advertising environment as we look to the remainder of fiscal 2022.”

Shares of the company rose about 6% in extended trading on Thursday.

Here’s how the retailer performed over the three months ended October 29:

  • Earnings per share: Adjusted 71 cents
  • Revenue: $4.04 billion versus $3.8 billion expected, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates.

Wall Street expected Gap to break even per share, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether reported earnings per share were comparable to estimates.

Gap’s net income rose to $282 million, or 77 cents a share on an unadjusted basis, a dramatic improvement over a net loss of $152 million, or 40 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue increased 2% to $4.04 billion from $3.94 billion in the same quarter of 2021.

Comparable sales for the entire company, which tracks sales online and in stores open for at least 12 months, increased 1% compared to the year-ago period. Analysts had expected comparable sales to fall 3.2%, according to StreetAccount estimates.

Here’s a closer look at each area:

  • Gap’s eponymous brand, known for denim and basics: Comparable sales increased 4% worldwide and were flat in North America. The company said it was in better shape with inventory but had weaker sales in the kids and babies categories.
  • Old Navy, known for casual wear for adults and children: Comparable sales decreased 1%. The brand saw weaker demand for baby and children’s clothing and was hurt by low-income consumers who felt overwhelmed by inflation.
  • Banana Republic, known as a suit and dress destination: Comparable sales increased 10%. It’s looking for a new direction after the pandemic disrupted the typical fashion routine – leading to more people working from home a few days a week and dressing more casually on the days they go to the office.
  • Athleta, an activewear brand: Comparable sales were flat as shoppers shifted towards buying more occasion and work outfits. The store comes at a time when Americans are eagerly stocking up on stretchy leggings, workout tops and other comfy loungewear when spending time at home.

Gap withdrew its full-year forecast in August, citing company-specific issues as well as inflation and a tougher economy.

The company is looking for a new CEO after Sonia Syngal left this summer and played a high-profile split from Ye’s brand Yeezy. Ye, formerly of Kanye West, terminated his contract with Gap in September citing what he called breaches of contract and a lack of creative control. Gap removed all Yeezy products from its stores in late October after West made public anti-Semitic remarks.

Gap announced Thursday that it had incurred $53 million in impairments related to Yeezy Gap.

The retailer is also grappling with an oversupply of clothes that are out of season, out of style or the wrong size, in addition to high inflation and lower consumer sentiment.

Bloated inventories have become an issue for many retailers, including Gap. A year ago, Gap struggled to keep up with demand as factories were temporarily closed due to Covid and goods were stuck in congested ports. The retailer even went so far as to pay extra to have clothes flown in by air. But delays and backlogs meant some seasonal goods were still late arriving.

Inventories have been piling up over the past few quarters as consumers seek smarter clothing rather than casual wear. Gap’s inventories rose 34% in the first quarter and 37% in the second quarter. Gap has turned to packing and storing excess inventory to relieve stores that are clogged with the wrong stuff. But it was also forced to offer deep discounts, which hurt profits.

At the end of the third quarter, Gap said Thursday inventories were up 12%.

Old Navy faced a more specific inventory problem: the division decided to offer more plus-size women’s clothing, but the move ended up leaving stores with too many extended sizes and not enough popular sizes. Gap said Thursday that Old Navy made progress improving size balance in the third quarter, which boosted sales.

Share of gap is down 27% so far this year. Shares closed at $12.72 on Thursday, up more than 5% during the session.

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Nancy Pelosi broadcasts she is not going to run for the Democratic management of the Home of Representatives

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would continue to serve in Congress, but no longer in the leadership of the Democratic House of Representatives.

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Speaker Pelosi announces she will not run for the Democratic leadership at the next convention: “I will not seek re-election for the Democratic leadership at the next convention. pic.twitter.com/q9VBbufr6E

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 17, 2022

Speaker Pelosi said on the House floor:

Now we must boldly move into the future, based on the principles that have taken us this far and open to what is possible for the future.

Scripture teaches us that there is a time for everything, a time for every purpose under heaven. My friends, no matter what I tell you, all my colleagues have given me, Speaker Leader Whipp, no greater official honor than to stand on this floor and speak for the people of San Francisco.

I will continue to do so as a Member of the House of Representatives, speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great State of California and defending our Constitution, and with great faith in our group, I will not seek re-election to the Democratic leadership next year endeavor congress. For me, the hours are coming for a new generation to lead the Democratic Group, which I respect so much, and I am grateful that so many are ready and willing to take on this great responsibility.

Nancy Pelosi is the greatest modern speaker of the House of Representatives in US history. She is one of the greatest public speakers in the nation’s history.

Pelosi’s decision to remain in Congress but not serve in the leadership is the best outcome of all worlds for Democrats. Speaker Pelosi will continue to be available to advise the new generation of Democratic House leaders and nobody is better at holding the faction together, but the Democrats will also have a new generation of leaders to lead the House faction into the future .

America should honor one of its greatest leaders in history.

This is a day to celebrate the storied achievements of Nancy Pelosi.

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House press pool and congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a bachelor’s degree in political science. His thesis focused on public policy with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and professional memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the American Political Science Association

The world inhabitants reaches eight billion folks with India anticipated to surpass China

Indian passengers stand and hang on to a train departing from a railway station on the outskirts of New Delhi.

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The world population hit 8 billion people on Tuesday and India is expected to overtake China as the most populous country next year, according to United Nations forecasts.

The world’s population has more than tripled since 1950 as mortality has fallen and life expectancy has increased, thanks in large part to better sanitation, access to safe drinking water and the development of vaccines and antibiotics, as well as improved nutrition.

Between 1990 and 2019, life expectancy at birth increased by almost nine years to 72 years, according to the UN. However, due to high infant and maternal mortality rates, people in the poorest countries died about seven years earlier than the global average. War and the HIV epidemic.

Life expectancy fell by a year to 71 years in 2021, in large part due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, people born in 2050 are expected to live to an average age of 77.

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Although humankind is larger than ever, the world’s population is now growing at its slowest rate since 1950 as families have fewer children. According to the UN projections, the population is expected to peak at 10.4 billion in the 2080s and remain at that level into the 2100s.

Two-thirds of people now live in countries where women on average have about two children, compared to five children in 1950. According to the UN, the global population of people aged 65 and over is projected to increase by 6% by 2050

Just eight countries will account for half of world population growth by 2050, and they are mostly concentrated in Africa and South Asia: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.

The two most populous regions of the world in 2022 were South and East Asia, and China and India made up the majority of the people in these regions, with 1.4 billion people each. Although China has a larger population than any other country in the world, its population will start falling as early as 2023 and India will overtake it.

Raven-Symoné shares psychological well being message after Aaron Carter’s dying

Raven-Symoné highlights the importance of mental health in the wake of Aaron Carterhis early death.

A day after the 34-year-old singer’s death, his Disney co-star offered her condolences to her older brother. Nick Carter.

“We send our love to the family,” Raven-Symoné told Entertainment Tonight on Nov. 6. “We’ve crossed circles several times within the music industry. My heart goes out to Nick. It’s such a tragedy.”

The Cheetah Girls star also stressed the importance of prioritizing mental health, especially when it comes to children.

“I think we really need to put the world in order so that we can focus on mental health,” she shared. “It’s a real thing and we need to stop wasting our youth on it. Maybe one day people will take the hint. It’s just part of our everyday lives – getting mentally examined and helping our society.”

Aaron died at the age of 34 after being found unresponsive on November 5 at his home in Lancaster, California.

Sweetgreen tries the nationwide dessert – a model of Rice Krispies Deal with

Sweet Green Crispy Rice Treat

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sweet green launches its version of Rice Krispies Treats, its first dessert since 2014.

The Crispy Rice Treat is available nationwide starting Monday for $2.95. The pre-packaged dessert is made with organic brown rice, quinoa, millet and honey date caramel. It has 190 calories and 6 grams of sugar.

Nicolas Jammet, Sweetgreen’s co-founder and chief concept officer, told CNBC the chain is keeping an eye on potentially expanding further into its dessert offering. “We will continue to listen to our customers and see how they react at first,” he said.

The salad chain’s only previous dessert was Sweetflow, a frozen yogurt that was briefly available at its stores in Washington, DC, where the company was founded. It discontinued Sweetflow eight years ago, instead focusing on adding savory options to its menu and implementing online ordering.

“Also, it was around the time that frozen yogurt stores were everywhere, everywhere,” Jammet said.

The launch comes as Sweetgreen looks for ways to increase sales. The company lowered its full-year outlook in August, citing a slowdown in sales that began around Memorial Day. Still, second-quarter same-store sales rose 16%, helped by a 6% price increase.

Sweetgreen is expected to report third-quarter results after the market close on Tuesday.

So far this quarter, McDonald’s, Chipotle and Starbucks have all reported higher sales, suggesting customers are willing to shell out for more affordable quick meals as inflation squeezes budgets. This is true even when chains raise prices or market more premium menu offerings.

To create the new dessert, Sweetgreen teamed up with pastry chef Malcolm Livingston II as the company’s first chef. Livingston previously worked as a pastry chef for Noma, a three-star Michelin restaurant in Copenhagen that was named the best restaurant in the world in 2021.

Jammet said he met Livingston in Copenhagen a few years ago and has stayed in touch with the pastry chef. “Since day one, I’ve always come into the [Sweetgreen culinary] lab,” Livingston said.

According to Jammet, it took the chain about two years to develop the treat and ensure it fit in with Sweetgreen’s principles of combining taste, health and ingredient sourcing. Livingston said he made many different iterations and used his daughter as a taste tester.

Given the nostalgia it inspires, getting started on a version of the Rice Krispies Treat was a “no-brainer,” Livingston said.

“Even fast-food restaurants lack variety in dessert, and we wanted to offer something that was tasty and delicious, but also considered healthy,” he said.

Sweetgreen’s shares are down 46% this year, taking its market value down to $1.88 billion.