I searched the Food News feeds this morning for something to post about, but could come up with nothing that I felt merited a separate post of its own… Then it struck me: give some smaller stories exposure they might otherwise never get here at the FFB! Here are my top choices from the Bits and Bites…
Does this man’s claim to be a Shaman really qualify him to demand organic food in jail?
UBER Eats focuses on non-chain Pizza joints
UBER Eats – the largest Food Delivery operation in the U.S. as of now – has apparently decided that too many smaller Pizza joints are still handling their own Pizza deliveries. They might just consider this a market they need to get a chunk of – or suppress, to maximize profits, UBER just announced they have launched what they call @Pizza, which they say ‘brings together independent Pizzerias under Uber’.
UBER says the idea is to being about 150 local Pizzeria brands for exclusive deliver under the UBER brand. The Pizzria operators are being told they’ll pay abut the same premiums for UBER as are charged to other restauranteurs. I.e.- they won’t lose any money. But I suggest that the independent Pizza shops will find UBER is passing on premiums/fees regular drivers per drop. Regular drivers will lose their jobs, for sure, though – and be forced to go to work for UBER, maybe? *SiGH*
Nachos/Guacamole battle it out in Super Bowl Snacks Final
At the end of the Today Show Snack-It Bracket play-downs, its Nachos vs. Chicken Wings (in the snacks Division) and Guacamole vs. Artichoke Spinach (in the Dips Division) facing each other in the final. There’s apparently enough time to register your vote for champ at the official website. Results on the first TODAY Show following the big game…
Q-Anon ‘Shaman’ Charged in U.S. Capitol Insurrection Gets Organic Food
Politico reports:
“The Arizona man known as the ‘QAnon shaman’, who is facing criminal charges for his involvement in the Capitol riot last month, was moved to a jail in Virginia on Thursday to accommodate his request for an organic diet.
“Jacob Chansley, 33, also known as , [the QAnon Shaman] was transferred from the Washington, D.C., jail to the Alexandria Detention Center after a federal judge ordered authorities to meet Chansley’s dietary requirement, officials said.
“At a hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for Chansley said he had not eaten in more than a week because of a lack of organic food. The attorneys argued that Chansley needed the food for medical reasons and because it is a tenet of his religious beliefs in shamanism.”
How does a preference for Organic food qualify as a ‘medical necessity’?
What next? Maybe he should hold out for a nicer Pillow, Egyptian Cotton Sheets and a comfort control Mattress Topper, from the My Pillow Guy?
Impossible Foods lowers retail prices
The Impossible Foods guys, who have been eating Beyond Foods’ dust since each announced its first product releases a couple of years ago, has unveiled a new 20 percent retail price reduction to make its band cheaper at supermarkets. I’ve said, since the original prices form Beyond and Impossible Meat substitutes’ first premiered, price remains one of the more serious impediments to wider adoption of the products by consumers. Now a big step has been made that might trigger a back-and-forth price war between the two leaders in the sector that will finally put their supermarket prices at or below those of their ‘real’ meat counterparts.
If you try Beyond or Impossible products now, because the price finally came down enough to entice you, let us know what you think, and how they compare…
~ Maggie J.