‘Supply Management’ (SM) is the system used to control the supply of most Canadian farm commodities and, thus, keep the prices up for farmers. But the Supply Management of Qué-bec Maple Syrup Products may be doing more harm than good…Read More →
Just an average turnout on the FFW Menu this week… But quality stuff, all-round! Wendy’s breaks a lingering news silence with two juicy Sandwich announcements. Shake Shack goes BOGO on its Korean Style Menu. And Nutella unveils new Peanut Flavour…Read More →
Awareness Crisis: ‘Many Americans are un-aware’ of the connection between Processed Foods and cancer – particularly colon cancer. A new survey by concerned physicians reveals almost half of all US residents are in the dark about the dangers…Read More →
The world’s largest Fast Food outlet by num-ber of locations – Mixue – has entered the US market, ready to take on domestic leaders such as Dairy Queen head-on in the Frosty Food and Drinks space… It’s first NYC location has received rave reviews!Read More →
We’ve brought you news from the Quebec Ma-ple Syrup Front many times. But we’ve never reported on Maple Syrup fraud. Today… The story of a major Québec producer who multi-plied his profits by diluting his products with sugar…Read More →
I used to have a blasé attitude toward little typos. Until I read the story of a supermarket that turned a little typo into a huge problem. The store ordered bananas as usual. But got the weight unit wrong. And what followed was the ‘Manager’s Special’ of the century!Read More →
I find food culture and food science focusing more and more on ‘debates’ these days. Maybe it’s because the debates – some of which have been raging for a long time – are finally being resolved. Like the one about whether a low-fat or low-carb diet is better…Read More →
It’s a subject we rarely talk about. Except, perhaps, in naughty jokes. But Humans ‘pass gas’ more times than they usually admit – or are even aware of… Now, researchers from the University of Maryland (UM) have created ‘smart underwear’ to measure flatulence…Read More →