Clued Out Millennial Treats Resto Fraud As A Game
This is the kind of thing that makes my blood boil. A man who pretended he was stood up on a Valentine’s Day dinner date attempted to coerce the restaurant to give him a free dinner in ‘consolation’. His ‘on the house’ ploy didn’t work on the house, but he got his free steak just the same…Read More →
Fewer Calories Just Generally Better For You
Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have confirmed something we all have suspected for some time: Restricting our Calorie intake can be beneficial in a wide range of heretofore unconfirmed ways, not just helping us to stay off the obesity bandwagon…Read More →
Fast Food Week! Quick Service Resto News…
Here we are at the end of the snowiest week of this winter so far in the World’s Coldest Capital. And the major players in the Quick Service Resto (QSR) sector are bringing back something you loved before, or in recent marketing tests. I guess you could call it ‘Nostalgia Week’…Read More →
‘Beanless’ Coffee More Than A Retro Novelty?
Remember how Tang powdered Orange flavoured breakfast drink exploded in popularity in the 60s when it was disclosed that the General Foods product was used by American astronauts in space? You must be in your 60s, because the fad didn’t last long. I wonder how long will ‘Beanless’ Coffee last?Read More →
‘Take This Chip And Chug It’ (I Ain’t Touching ‘Em No More’)
With apologies for the headline to Johnny Paycheck (Take This Job And Shove It (I ain’t working here no more…) ©1977), I ask you… Do we really want, much less need, ‘drinkable’ Chips? A Japanese snack company thinks we do, and has rushed to fill the perceived aching need…Read More →
Favourite Snowy Day Lunch Treat…
If you want to know who your real friends are, ask everybody you know what they want for lunch on a snow day. You know, when you’re snowed in and either don’t have to go to work or school, or literally can’t get there. What’s your fave snow day lunch that can be made from stuff you have around the house?Read More →