Paula Deen’s empire has taken another costly hit, as two more companies – now seven in all – have respectively announced they will be severing their partnership with the embattled Southern cook. Target has announced that it is ending its relationship with Deen as fallout builds from revelations that the celebrity chef used racial slurs in the past. The discounter, based in Minneapolis, said that it will phase out its Paula Deen-branded cookware and other items in its stores as well as on Target.com. The company says that once the merchandise is sold out, it will not be replenishing the inventory. REUTERS Paula Deen appears on NBC News' "Today" show The announcement comes as...
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