The Fruit Loops Tucan and the Lucky Charms Leprechaun just got a reprieve. The Government announced that it is backing off of a plan to get rid of cartoons characters on cereal boxes. Government ...

You may think the time of collectible, metal lunch boxes is behind us, but the resale market certainly isn't. You may be surprised how much these can go for.

Cereal companies know that putting a cartoon character on the box makes it more appealing to kids. Now a new study suggests the child-friendly figures make the cereal taste better, too. Children ages ...

PHILADELPHIA, March 8 (UPI) -- Children ages 4-6 said they enjoyed a cereal more when a popular cartoon character like Shrek was on the box, U.S. researchers found. Doctoral students Matthew Lapierre ...

Mothers forced to buy unhealthy foods for their nagging children. Aug. 16, 2011— -- It's a tried-and-true marketing method: Slap a famous cartoon on food boxes and odds are children will be more ...