First it was the Brits, who wanted to ban ads for Nutella Chocolate-Hazelnut spread from because they said the ads overstated the healthfulness of the goo. Now, it seems a French Cabinet Minister is up in arms over the environmental impact of the product. But wait a minute…Read More →
It’s been a while since we heard from Pizza giant Pizza Hut. They had a flurry of new product reveals about a year ago, but it’s been Tim’s, Burger King and McDonald’s who have hogged the headlines in the interim. Now, The Hut is making up for lost time – and a beaten-down marketplace profile…Read More →
I expect you’ve read about it in the papers or seen it on TV. Beef prices are expected to soar as much as another 40 per cent this year and there’s nothing much we can do about it. The obvious thing would be to boycott Beef until the prices come down. But that may do more harm than good…Read More →
How refreshing! A controversy about Coffee that doesn’t revolve on either the wisdom or safety of caffeine consumption, or the possible toxic effects of the beverage’s many exotic components. In fact, the questionable ingredient is not one that comes in Coffee, but one some of us add ourselves…Read More →
Nigeria has become infamous over the past few decades, laying claim to a number of dark firsts. But now, when you thought it might just be safe to perhaps think about visiting this exotic African nation, fate intervenes with a nightmare for Nigerian Tourism Officials…Read More →
This is an unprecedented third McDonald’s post in a row here at the FFB. But I just had to. McDonald’s is definitely trying out Kale on its menu, presumably as part of its recent commitment to offer healthier alternatives at its famous Burger joints. We discovered a review by one intrepid California writer…Read More →
We’ve just posted about McDonald’s long-awaited, highly-touted Blueprint for the Future. That was an anticlimax of sorts, many of the components having been leaked months in advance. But we missed another development that may generate more customer interest: The return of The Hamburgular!Read More →
The world’s first and still most dominant fast food chain, McDonald’s, last week laid out its plans aimed at maintaining it’s ascendency in the marketplace., A few we’ve heard murmurs of before, but now it’s all on the table. The question is: Will the new McPlan snap McD’s out of the doldrums?Read More →