Fast Food Week: Quick Service Restaurant And Snacks News!
Another week stuffed with ‘Mains’ specials and deals. Summer promos are in full swing. Crispy Chi-cken is the ‘focus ingredient’ of the week. S’Mores McFlurry breaks new ground as fan fav. And the stunning newstalgia craze blows up every Fast Food Week category!Read More →
Microneedle + Melatonin Tech Keeps Produce Fresh
It could be a major step forward in the eternal struggle to keep fruits and veggies fresh on the trip from field to fridge. And no fridge re-quired in some cases! But success will hinge on one key factor: Will farmers, wholesalers and store staff do their duty?Read More →
‘Whole’ Corn Fritters Ultra-Newstalgize Corn Bread!
I’ve finally found the cornbread ‘update’ I’ve been seeking for decades. At least since I discovered I’m just not cut out to be a classic ‘southern mama’. It’s another outburst of brilliant updating-with-a-twist, kick-started by the newstalgia trend…Read More →
WOW! Is The Word: Simplest Asian Chicken ‘Recipe’…
This all-in-one Main requires no exotic ingre-dients or tools to make, and gives you a go-to mild Asian sauce that can adapt itself to many different ‘focus’ foods creating a whole cook book full of simple, every-day suppers… Also a gateway to more veggie-forward cooking?Read More →
A High-Energy Summer – In Dramatic Soda Space?
We looked briefly at the current upheaval in the Snacks Space earlier this week. Now, it appears this summer will see an all-out pro-mo war between eternal rivals Coke and Pepsi… In the hard-pressed, dramatically upheaved fizzy beverage space…Read More →
McSoftserve Machine Repairs 3.0: This Time, It’s Personal!
It sounds like the third installment of a Leslie Nielsen or Jackie Chan movie franchise. But it actually happened: Frustrated that his OREO dessert was unavailable, a plucky McFlurry fan recently jumped the counter and fixed the ‘broken’ machine himself!Read More →
Newstalgia Hits And Misses: Ketchup For Breakfast?
I’ve read the story behind this post several times… And I still can’t figure out why it’s so compelling. Folks have been eating ketchup on their eggs for generations. Why talk about the newstalgization of Ketchup with such ‘shock and awe’?Read More →
Snacking Slump Causes California Chip Plant Closure
In the snack sector, Frito-Lay’s rules the roost. So… When the Pepsi-owned brand or it’s sis-ters show signs of distress, folks sit up and take notice. Now, Lay’s is closing a 55-year-old chip plant plant in CA – triggering concern across the whole sector…Read More →