Blue Stripes is Brenner’s return to cacao, now without the over-the-top decadence, and instead with a focus on addressing food waste. “I’m totally harnessed to the mission,” he told me.

Blue Stripes, a marketer of food and drinks made from the “whole” cacao fruit, has secured $20m in a Series B funding round. The US-based business has again attracted investment from chocolate ...

Last month, Brenner, who previously founded the international chocolate restaurant chain Max Brenner, unveiled Blue Stripes, which he describes as “an urban cacao wellness brand” that uses the ...

One Stripe, Two Stripes, Red Stripes, Blue Stripes September 3, 2012. To the Editor: For decades, maybe even a century or two, academic regalia has had a bland, if not boring, look.

Scientists and meteorologists wore blue and red stripes to turn the world’s attention toward the climate crisis.

Each stripe represents the global temperature averaged over one year, stretching from 1850 to 2022. The colors are linked to the average temperature from 1971-2000. Red stripes mean those years ...

Oded Brenner, inside his cacao shop, Blue Stripes. Photo: M. Cooper Oded Brenner, inside his cacao shop, Blue Stripes. Photo: M. Cooper At the southern edge of Union Square, a stylized ...