Black Franchises Matter: Charge Systemic Discrimination
Current racial tensions stemming from the George Floyd case and related others have resulted in the popularization of the phrase ‘systemic racism’. Once concentrated in focus on the treatment of Black citizens by white police officers, the term is now popping up everywhere…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: ‘Shakeout’ Hits Highest Level
Remember this date: August 28, 2020. It’s probably destined to go down in history as the day the COVID-19 crisis came home to roost on the foodservice industry – the day it became real to anyone in the food and beverage sector who was not already convinced of how serious the crisis was…Read More →
Sunday Musings: Take A Moment to Love Chocolate
This week’s Sunday musings centre on one of the most beloved and, arguably, one of the most misunderstood foods on the face of the planet: Chocolate. In fact, this past few weeks could have been headlined ‘Chocolate Month’ on the news wires I monitor. Grab some luscious, dark Chocolate and read on…..Read More →
Fast Food Week: Quick Service Resto and Snacks News!
New (limited-time) menu items and cross-cuisine-cultural mashups headline this week’s Fast Food Week lineup. To me, this just means that most of the major players in the take-out and delivery-only category appear in no hurry to re-open for dine-in service. School, sports re-ops to date have been disastrous…Read More →
COVID-19 Experience: Beware! Hand San May Look Like Food!
I guess it had to happen at some point. Folks who have begun making Hand Sanitizer during the pandemic have been using any sort of container they can find to get it out there and onto store shelves. But that’s led to a situation where kids and even adults have mistaken hand sans for foods…Read More →
KFC Media Muddle A Failed Try At Guerilla Promo?
UPDATE: Just a day after my post about KFC pulling an ad campaign in the UK which drew more than 100 complaints, the Fried Chicken Giant appears to have come back with a slick, new “Oops! We Goofed” campaign. And it got me wondering if I and millions of others have been conned…Read More →