Visitors to Rio for the Summer Olympics may be chocked when they stop in at the McD’s outlet at the Olympic Park. If you’re looking for your usual Big Mac and Fries fix, forget it. This McD’s serves only one thing and it’s not what the chain is universally known for. But it is a Rio icon…Read More →
Confusion and conflict still reign in the Burger sector, as the players jockey for market share in an environment where growth means stealing customers from somebody else. Burger King’s latest attempt seems directed at a non-Burger player, Chipotle’s – a new tack in the ongoing race…Read More →
We told you, a while back, about the move by some forward-thinking grocery retailers and food producers to start selling less-then-perfect produce. Checking in on the movement, we find it’s catching on big-time with entrepreneurs. And governments are passing laws in support…Read More →
When a restaurant in Sherbrooke, Québec, mistakenly served a guest Salmon Tartare earlier this week, the diner – who suffers from a seafood/fish allergy – almost died. Now, the server who served that table has been arrested and may face criminal charges. But there’s more to the story..Read More →
While supermarkets try out self-check-out stations in an attempt to further reduce their staffing costs, some customers are trying out new creative ways to hoodwink the robot money-takers. And you wondered why those ‘self’ check-outs always have a human hovering close by, just in case…Read More →
Hardly a week goes by that we don’t see at least one online post about ‘What Not To Eat’ for a longer life, or a cleaner colon, or shinier hair. or whatever. In my view, it’s all nonsense. In my view, any eating regime that limits your dietary variety is unnatural, unhealthy and just a really bad idea…Read More →
McDonald’s is responding to calls from customers and activists to rid its menu of some questionable ingredients. It’s the Burger giant’s latest volley in a marketing war with its main competitors over whose food is the most acceptable to mainstream convenience consumers…Read More →
We’ve been hearing stories for years about non-motorists trying to use fast food drive-thrus, with various outcomes – none that proved satisfactory for the pedestrians and cyclists involved. Now, perhaps in response to calls from the car-less, McDonald’s is test-marketing a Walk-Thru lane…Read More →