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Answer in the form of a question! This game show's hiring process was a case of poor succession planning

We're talking Jeopardy! and chocolate bars from the 1970s. That, and hot chicken sandwiches, make this week's episode a Thanksgiving extravaganza.

The Cost of Living for October 10, 2021

Mayim Bialik (top left) and Mike Richards were both in the running to be host of Jeopardy! Now only one remains. The Rum & Butter bar, back on shelves in Canada, was not in the running to be host of Jeopardy! (jeopardy.com, Anis Heydari/CBC)
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Jeopardy! tried to find a new host to replace the late, great Alex Trebek — and it turned into a public display of the hiring process gone bad.

What is there to learn about how businesses can better hand off leadership roles, or as they might say on the show...

What is, succession planning?

Have you ever really, truly wanted the taste of a discontinued treat? A food that's gone forever?

Crystal Westergard wanted to buy her husband's favourite old chocolate bar for him. The problem was nobody made the Rum and Butter candy bar anymore.

So she took on the challenge to recreate it and got a hit product out of the challenge.

In a look back at one of our favourite stories of recent months, we ask why senior business reporter Tony Seskus crossed the road?

The answer: to get a hot chicken sandwich.

How did poultry, spices and bread conquer the North American palate anyway?

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