Fast Food Week: Industry News Roundup
We thought we’d seen and heard all the special commercials by the Fast Food chains to mark Father’s Day day when a leading Wing slinger posted something very special on You-Tube this week. But that’s nothing compared to another Chicken purveyor’s impending ‘space shot’…Read More →
I Don’t Always Write About Tequila…
…But when I do, It’s usually because something interesting is happening that might impact my next Margarita. Today, I’m marking the passing of the torch from the original ‘World’s Most Interesting Man’ to a successor, and the segue by the original guy from Beer to the hard stuff…Read More →
Hawaiian Pizza Inventor Dies
Yes, it’s true. The inventor of the sometimes beloved, oft berated Hawaiian Pizza has passed away in London, Ontario, Canada. ‘Canada’, you say? Yup. And that’s where he invented the iconic pioneering ‘fusion’ dish over fifty years ago. But, as fate would have it, he was neither Italian nor Hawaiian!Read More →
McDonald’s Bows To Regional Convention
We’ve all seen pictures the ‘McDonald’s of the Future’ that opened earlier this year in St. Jo., MO. And we’ve all seen the new ordering kiosks that McD’s is rolling out across the continent. And we’ve been introduced to some very new menu items and service policies. But how about premium tableware?Read More →
McD’s Promos Cause Backlash, Belly Laughs
Two very separate McDonald’s promotions have caused massive comment – much of it negative – over the past two weeks. One involves backlash over special-edition ‘rainbow’ fry sleeves for Pride Week and the other revolves around a ‘stoner-targeted’ billboard for the chain’s Breakfast Burritos…Read More →
New Study: Bread is Bread is Bread…
We’ve been bombarded, in the past couple of decades, by claims and assertions from bakers, healthy eating advocates and others telling us that eating the wrong kind of Bread will harm us. Some of the most ardent have even warned, “White Bread will kill you!” A new study says that just ain’t so…Read More →