What a week! We have specials to take us through St. Patrick’s Day to Easter. Wendy’s has big new for Canadian breakfast lovers. Pepsi answers last week’s Coke ‘space-flavour’ announcement with a new techno-flavour of its own. And a super-sweet special from Krispy Kreme…Read More →
Time for an update on research into childhood obesity. And there’s both good news and bad news. One thing our two reports today have in common is that they put the onus on parents to supervise their kids’ eating habits and take ownership of their kids’ obesity…Read More →
Canada and the United States get 80 percent or more of its avocados from one region in Mexico. For the past couple of weeks, the U.S. has banned imports of those avocados after an American agricultural products inspector working in Mexico received a threatening phone call…Read More →
I’ve often remarked that the real food of Mexico is not what many of us think. In fact, we’ve been weaned onto hot chilies and tortillas and so on through the lenses of Tex-Mex appropriators who’ve created their own idea of ‘Mexican’ to suit the tastes of the non-Latin palate…Read More →
Back to the usual mainstream, eclectic mishmash of new product announcements, limited-time offerings and seasonal specials this week! Even though one brand is pushing Easter a little… Highlights include a new contactless drive-thru pizza experience and McDonald’s takes Tex-Mex to Spain!Read More →
We’ve discussed bun preferences for hamburgers and hot dogs in the past. And we’ve seen some crazy implementations which I think were proposed simply because the inventors wanted to generate chatter for their brands. But now, a fan has come up with something new and refreshing…Read More →