Something Special For Breakfast…
It’s Sunday and I always like to make something special for breakfast, once a week, on this traditional day of rest. This week, I’m going to make my own Egg, Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Sandwich. And there’s one secret that will make it extra special and totally pro-looking…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Industry News Roundup
Summer is here – unofficially – and the Fast Food kingdom is declaring its love for the season with a whole flock of limited time come-backs for legacy menu items. And the first Nutella Café is now open in Chicago. We wonder if the concept has the ‘legs’ to become more than a just a passing fancy…Read More →
Top Court Refuses To Hear Syrup Suit
Do you remember the post I wrote, in this space, earlier this year, in which I told the story of a Quebec grandmother who makes Maple Syrup, who was stomped on by the province’s Syrup monopoly after selling her products outside the walls? Now, she’s been stomped flat by the courts…Read More →
Food ‘Ignorance’ At Epidemic Level In U.S.
Here’s a kind of food-related survey you don’t hear about every day. A U.S. Dairy Industry group asked a series of dairy-related questions to a thousand Americans and the results were either humourous or shocking, depending on how you view them. Seems Americans don’t know much about Milk…Read More →
Ontario Min. Wage Hike Threatens Fanchisees
I did it. I actually wrote a Letter to the Editor of my town’s leading newspaper this morning. I was tired of hearing from boutique business owners in the trendy parts of town talking down their less affluent, less independent fellow business people for complaining that the a rise to $15 per hour might ruin them…Read More →
Tim’s Franchisees At Odds With Head Office
Tim Horton’s franchisees are unhappy with their masters, the holding company that also owns Burger King, even though profits are up and the chain can still claim to serve Canada’s most loved Coffee. The problem is the corporate style that is trickling down from above since the chain was bought out…Read More →