Iconic breakfast diner Denny’s is closing 150 ‘underperforming’ locations by the end of next year. The move is seen as heralding more-drastic changes in the brand’s drive to stay alive in the era of Fast Food Value Wars and ‘Resto of the Future’ business models…Read More →
McDonald’s has taken its Quarter Pounder (QP) off the menu in some regions following a spate of E.coli incidents. The problem spreads across a number of states and affects all age groups from children to the elderly. The CDC says the source has not been identified…Read More →
I’ve always thought there was something fun-damental to the human identity about our craving for carbs. Scientists and paleontol-ogists have agreed. But not always for the same reasons. Now, researchers say they’ve discovered an ancient ‘Sweet Tooth’ gene…Read More →
Scientists have been trying to develop a new variety of the classic, familiar-looking yellow banana that can stand up to the fungal dis-ease threatening to wipe out the ubiquitous Cavendish type we’re used to. Now, they’ve succeed – sooner than predicted…Read More →
According to The Arthritis Society of Canada, “Gout is the most common form of inflamma-tory arthritis.” It’s been around since time im-memorial. And folks have traditionally blamed it on overindulgence. But now, science says some of us are predestined to develop gout…Read More →
The latest consumer survey has proclaimed an old favourite the new top choice of Amer-ican Fast Foodies. And a surprising least fave… Many different folks commission different surveys on the subject several times a year. But this may well be the most accurate…Read More →
Sometimes, something huge happens in the wink of an eye. And folks… sort of… miss it. “Could it really have been that easy?” they ask. “How did we miss it?” Will they say the same thing about ‘shrinkflation’ when reality sinks in?Read More →
This may be the most ‘active’ Fall we’ve seen yet on the Fast Food front! New developments in the Value War. Full-tilt Hallowe’en menu reveals. Doritos opens an ‘After Dark’ themed restaurant. And the $1 million Lay’s Do Us A Flavour contest is back!Read More →