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 →
A Shift In The Fast Food Sector
We’ve talked a lot about a coming change – even a wholesale revolution – in the Fast Food sector, as the market sector reaches saturation point with brands and products, and something has to give. A recent survey may have revealed how this change will unfold, discovering the first cracks in the wall…Read More →
Quebec Maple Syrup Has Record Season
You thought this spring was a little weird, weather-wise? Well, Quebec Maple Syrup Producers think it was just dandy, thank you. They’re reporting a record harvest. While I congratulate them on their productivity, I still have some major bones to pick about their marketing and business practices…Read More →
Fast Food Week: Industry News Roundup
This week, our Fast Food Industry News Roundup waxes political with blurbs from Burger King and Ben & Gerry. We’ve got Burger news from McDonald’s and some just-for-fun launches from the Cookie and Fried Chicken spheres. Plus the confessions of some unhappy Starbucks employees…Read More →