No EVENTS on the Fast Food Week menu this time around. Though every new FF announce-ment could be considered an event in itself! McDonald’s, Popeye’s, Wendy’s, Jimmy John’s, Checkers and Rally’s all have news. And Fritos arrives at the Pickle party…Read More →
I thought to myself: “‘Most-Trusted’ Grocer? Trusted for what?” Low prices? Cleanliness? Having what I want? So I HAD to read on… And I found ‘Grocery’ is just one category in a long list of Brands rated every year – from Baby Products to Windshield Repairs…Read More →
I feel as though we’ve been over this before. Because we have. Chipotle is back in the news over ‘skimpy portions’. The social media are flooded with fan ire. But the CEO says ‘no sweat’: “You can always ask for a little more…” The fans say, “Yes… BUT!”Read More →
Call them Fast Casual, Fast Fine or Counter Service restos. They’re all the same at the motivational level. They’re fast, easy, con-venient and, usually, sinfully delicious. And a cut above ‘Fast Food’. Pollsters say ‘burnout’ now drives the decision to take out…Read More →
Heading out to the ball park this weekend? You may have a new Hot Dog choice to saliv-ate over. Ball Park Franks are now shipping a new all-beef, Jalapeno-infused ‘bun-length’ Dog in their eternal quest to perfect America’s National Treat!Read More →
We recently brought you the results of a Can-adian survey on Food Sentiment. Now, there’s a similar US report from CNN showing the out-of-control cost of living is top-of-mind with Americans, too. A full 76 percent of them. Key words include ‘uncertainty’ and ‘pessimism’.Read More →
They warned us. And social media went nuts with complaints. But those push-backs ap-parently fell on deaf ears at McDonald’s corp-orate. The burger behemoth has announced it’s going to start phasing out self-service fountain drink machines this year…Read More →
There’s no more-pressing problem – in the eyes of medical researchers – than the ac-cumulation of microplastics in our bodies. They’re tiny bits of plastic waste carried into our food by the water they absorb. But there may now be a ‘treatment’ for the affliction…Read More →