I can clearly remember when everybody said TGI Friday’s (TGIF) was on the road to Oblivi-onsville. A few years back, they were closing locations all over the place. But last year, the tide turned. And this year, TGIF is preparing to open 1,000 new restos!Read More →
This past week, PepsiCo, the parent conglom-erate of Lays, announced it was cutting the prices of its salty snacks by 15 percent. It’s obviously a move to boost flagging sales. But there are many reasons folks are buying fewer salty, fatty, sugary snacks…Read More →
Loads of MAINS items in the rundown this week. And many of those have a Valentine’s Day flavour. KFC does Dollar Wings and Potato Wedges + Queso for Super Bowl. And McD’s partners with Frank’s Hot Sauce to ‘kick up your day’…Read More →
It’s the end of an era – one that starts back way before I was even a gleam in my father’s eye! Minute Maid is discontinuing its hallmark frozen juice concentrates. All the more tragic a cultural loss, considering they invented the product…Read More →
Are you one of the millons of shoppers who pick up that little red mesh bag of Babybel cheeses, almost without thinking, at the sup-ermarket every week? Babybel’s packaging may be changing, but the iconic product de-finitely is NOT…Read More →
No one who has spent any time in hospital will dispute the fact that the food is usually pretty bad. No salt. No sauce. No spices. And almost always cold. But The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is revamping its food services with a major menu update…Read More →
It seems like a hazy proposition to me… But scientists in South America say they’ve suc-cessfully condensed drinking water from mountain mists above the lofty Atacama Desert Plateau. It could be the world’s most important new fresh water source…Read More →
Junk food marketers only want to promote their products and not cause long-term health issues. But their strategies, particu-larly in the digital realm, significantly influ-ence children’s dietary choices and health. It’s clearly time to stand up and say, “STOP!”Read More →