Super Bowl food: Millions of people are expected to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday and many will be having their favorite football foods delivered to their door, WEAR-TV reports. Food delivery service Waitr announced its top 10 most-delivered items on Super Bowl Sunday are wings, french fries, cheeseburgers, pizza, chips and cheese dip, chicken nuggets, mozzarella sticks, quesadillas, salad, and chicken sandwiches. Waitr says to meet ordering demand it will have extra drivers Sunday. Read the full story.
Safety measures: Public K-12 schools in Louisiana increased their annual spending on safety measures to at least $32 million in the 2017-18 school year—the latest for which numbers are available—from $28 million in 2015-16, LSU Manship School News Service reports. An analysis of the state data indicates that more than half of the state’s school districts increased safety spending. Read the full story.
Q4: ExxonMobil’s profit slid more than 5% in the fourth quarter of 2019, as the oil giant dealt with weak margins in its chemical and retail fuel operations. The country’s largest oil producer posted $5.69 billion in profits, or $1.33 per share, for the quarter. But those profits were boosted by a one-time sale of non-strategic assets in Norway, which lifted earnings by 92 cents per share. The company’s oil-equivalent production was in line with a year ago, at 4 million barrels per day. A 4% increase in liquids was offset by a 5% decrease in gas. Read the full report.
