TRUMP WINS: What It Means For The Food System
I’m sure everyone in the world who has access to any kind of electronic news source knows Republican Party candidate Donald Trump has been declared winner of yesterday’s US presi-dential election by a proverbial ‘landslide’. What does this mean for our Food?Read More →
More Than Half Of All Plastic Packaging Can Be Replaced
Paper packaging producer DS Smith has an important story to tell. But food manufactur-ers and processors have to pick up on it, if the tale is to have a happy ending. More than half of all plastic food packaging can be replaced by sustainable alternatives…Read More →
Mourning Cold Pizza? Pizza Hut Says, Console Yourself…
Pizza Hut research reveals that hard-core video gamers overwhelmingly prefer Pizza for their in-play sustenance. But they also over-whelmingly decry the fact that their pizza often goes cold during periods of intense play. Enter, the PIZZAWRMR console upgrade…Read More →
Quick, Easy Serbian Burger A Refreshing Supper Change-Up!
You thought the hamburger, as we know it, was invented in the US? Not so. We’ve already noted, in this space, that German immigrants brought it with them in the late 1800s. But they’ve been making something eerily similar to our burger in Serbia for generations…Read More →
Diet Soda Making A Comeback As Coffee Prices Soar
In a truly odd turn of events… The continuing rise in coffee prices – and attendant drop in sales – has resulted in an economic-sphere demonstration of Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Diet Soda/Soft Drink sales are up by about the same amount as coffee is down…Read More →
Wendy’s To Close 140 Locations – But ‘Still Incredibly Healthy’
The Resto of the Future movement is finally catching up with the Little Red-Haired Girl. Wendy’s is closing it’s ‘under-performing’ stores in preparation for a massive identity update and business model shakeup to prepare for the inevitable…Read More →
Drift Off To Dreamland With The Sound Of ‘KFC Rain’…
White noise occurs in nature in a wide range of circumstances. It’s renowned as a cure for insomnia. Now, researchers at a leading sleep aid company have added another variant to their proprietary audio library: the joyful sound of fried chicken sizzling in the pan…Read More →
Grim Milestone: 2M+ Food Bank Visits Per Month In Canada
We’re told that inflation has plateaued. Food prices are down a touch. And there’s hope on the horizon that retail food prices will begin to moderate – albeit very gradually – later this year. But Canada’s Food Banks say demand is still spiralling upward…Read More →