A fairly diverse selection of Mains, Bevs and Snacks this week. Some Valentine’s specials linger. More St. Paddy’s Day menu items arrive… Popeye’s brings back its iconic Flounder Sandwich for Lent. And the BK Whopper Gets a $1 Million makeover!Read More →
A Toronto graphic artist has started selling protest t-shirts vilifying Loblaw’s supermarkets as bandits ‘robbing’ their customers with artificially high food prices. Loblaw’s lawyers have responded with a ‘takedown’ notice. Who will blink first?Read More →
This is really just a ‘fluff’ piece – a novelty post about a remarkable discovery by archeologists excavating an ancient Roman site near Oxford, UK. It’s a 1,700 year old egg that still has a liquid white and yolk. Imagine that…Read More →
Why does ‘everybody’ hate Sylvain Charlebois these days? He’s the Dalhousie University professor who fronts the annual Canada’s Food Price Report. And soaring food prices have made the grocers look bad. But he takes a more-balanced view…Read More →
For decades, doctors and nutritionists have prescribed exercise to combat cardiovascular disease (CVD). But now, there’s new evidence that exercise alone can’t overcome the negative effects of sugary drinks. And that sort of blind-sided scientists…Read More →
In Canada, we have something called ‘Food Freedom Day’. But as nice as it sounds, the real situation facing millions of Canadian households is pretty dire. Who’s behind this promotion? And why do we have something like this, anyway?Read More →
You have to wonder what the so-called ‘creative’ minds behind this year’s UBER Eats Super Bowl ad were thinking. They actually made fun of folks with peanut allergies. And it’s no surprise that public outrage ensued. But UBER rushed in to fix it…Read More →
We always hear about the latest stratospheric Super Bowl ticket prices leading up to the big game every year. But what about food and beverage prices at the concessions? Well… Tickets and menu prices both set records at Super Bowl LVIII…Read More →