Chipotle’s is making further efforts to move on from its recent embarrassing and potentially ruinous experiences with food poisoning incidents. The chain’s CFO told MSNBC this week that – in spite of a series of false starts – the resto is, “back on its front foot”…Read More →
As you know, we didn’t have a Fast Food Week or Sunday post last weekend, due to a massive power outage across the Ottawa region caused by a series of EF2 and EF3 tornadoes Friday afternoon and evening. So, now, we’re going to catch up with a bumper edition of FFW!Read More →
Great question. Just after 6 p.m. last Friday evening, a pair of tornadoes and a scattering of microbursts hit Canada’s National Capital Region (Greater Ottawa; where I live) destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving 142,000 addresses without electricity…Read More →
Whenever a major Fast Food brand tries to fiddle with a signature recipe, hard core fans get vocal about their negative feelings. The latest monster brand to get into hot water with its purists is McDonald’s, which recently launched a new Apple Pie which it claims is ‘a positive change’…Read More →
There’s word from Atlanta – the home of Coca Cola – that the company may be preparing to enter the Cannabis-infused beverages market. Talks are under way with Canadian grower Aurora Cannabis that could see Coke surge to the fore as the first mass-marketer of Cannabis drinks…Read More →
In a move expected for some time, the Canadian Government has banned the use of Transfats in all foods made in Canada, imported to the country or prepared in restaurants. That’s going to put a burr under the saddle of Processed Food makers and probably raise their prices…Read More →
Remember, a while back, when McDonald’s workers and their supporters protested demanding higher wages and better working conditions? The protesters’ slogan was ‘We’re Not Lovin’ It’. Now, McDonald’s workers are preparing a massive protest this coming Tuesday, over the lunch hour…Read More →
Fast Food news this week comes from the Sandwich Sector: Taco Bell with a new Tortada, Wendy’s with a pair of give-away deals on its ordering app, Arby’s testing new Beer-infused Meats and Cheese, and McDonald’s launching bottled Frappés in competition with Starbucks…Read More →