It’s been a tough few years for Joey Chestnut – perhaps the most famous, competitive eating champion on official record. He lad a lock on the annual Nathan’s July 4 Hot Dog contest until he got dumped a couple of years ago… But now he’s back.Read More →
There may be no better way to gauge con-sumer temperament than to hold a contest. Let them tell you what they want, rather than taking the risk of guessing. Which is exactly what Lay’s did in its recent Do Us A Flavour showdown…Read More →
We’ve been doing breakfast all wrong for gen-erations. There is no doubt in my mind. And I’m thinking mass breakfast hysteria may be at the root of our current socio-cultural mad-ness. Give me a few minutes to state my case…Read More →
Another week stuffed with ‘Mains’ specials and deals. Summer promos are in full swing. Crispy Chi-cken is the ‘focus ingredient’ of the week. S’Mores McFlurry breaks new ground as fan fav. And the stunning newstalgia craze blows up every Fast Food Week category!Read More →
I’ve finally found the cornbread ‘update’ I’ve been seeking for decades. At least since I discovered I’m just not cut out to be a classic ‘southern mama’. It’s another outburst of brilliant updating-with-a-twist, kick-started by the newstalgia trend…Read More →
This all-in-one Main requires no exotic ingre-dients or tools to make, and gives you a go-to mild Asian sauce that can adapt itself to many different ‘focus’ foods creating a whole cook book full of simple, every-day suppers… Also a gateway to more veggie-forward cooking?Read More →
We looked briefly at the current upheaval in the Snacks Space earlier this week. Now, it appears this summer will see an all-out pro-mo war between eternal rivals Coke and Pepsi… In the hard-pressed, dramatically upheaved fizzy beverage space…Read More →
It sounds like the third installment of a Leslie Nielsen or Jackie Chan movie franchise. But it actually happened: Frustrated that his OREO dessert was unavailable, a plucky McFlurry fan recently jumped the counter and fixed the ‘broken’ machine himself!Read More →