Fast Food Update: Arby’s Buys Sonic
The company behind Arby’s and Buffalo Wild Wings has added the Sonic Burger chain to its stable, making it an even stronger contender in the frenetic Fast Food sweepstakes. Inspire Brands (IB) clearly wants to challenge the likes of McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King…Read More →
Ancestral Bakery Named Canada’s ‘Sweetest’
My dad’s side of the family came to Canada in the1830s from the extreme north of England and settled in what is now Eastern Ontario to milk dairy cows and make Cheese. Imagine my surprise and delight to find my ancestral town’s favourite bakery in the national news spotlight this week!Read More →
Your Food When The Power Goes Off…
Great question. Just after 6 p.m. last Friday evening, a pair of tornadoes and a scattering of microbursts hit Canada’s National Capital Region (Greater Ottawa; where I live) destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving 142,000 addresses without electricity…Read More →
What Does ‘Best Before’ Really Mean?
A new study on food waste by the Univésité du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM) postulates that less food would be wasted if more people knew what the ‘Best Before’ date on their food purchases actually means. And supermarkets are complicit in this needless waste in their stocking policies…Read More →
McD’s Fans Not Lovin’ New Apple Pie
Whenever a major Fast Food brand tries to fiddle with a signature recipe, hard core fans get vocal about their negative feelings. The latest monster brand to get into hot water with its purists is McDonald’s, which recently launched a new Apple Pie which it claims is ‘a positive change’…Read More →
Coca Cola To Get Into Weed Bevs?
There’s word from Atlanta – the home of Coca Cola – that the company may be preparing to enter the Cannabis-infused beverages market. Talks are under way with Canadian grower Aurora Cannabis that could see Coke surge to the fore as the first mass-marketer of Cannabis drinks…Read More →