News/Random Stuff

Madison, WI the #2 City for Fast Food Spending?

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

I was going to write this post about an article on The Huffington Post about a Kansas McDonald’s Franchise getting charged $400K for hiring undocumented workers…but in typical HuffPo style, there was an even more interesting slide show at the bottom of the article, “The Top 10 Cities for Fast Food Spending.” Low and behold [...]

Fast Food News: Burger King Delivery

Friday, March 9th, 2012

The following guest post is brought to you buy Burger King Delivers and is written by Lynn Jackson. Burger King’s delivery service, which was launched in the DC area in the fall of 2011, is currently expanding to the rest of the country. The service slaps a $2 delivery fee onto its regular prices and [...]

Important Food Safety Bill Passed

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Any regular reader of my blog has likely heard me moan about food saftely. A very important food safety bill was passed today by the senate. This is the biggest and most important food safety bill in decades. A few of the highlights: -A vast expansion in the power of the FDA to regulate food [...]

Wendy’s to Debut New Fries

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

In another, “You know when it’s real” inspired move, Wendy’s is debuting new fries, dubbed “Natural-Cut Fries”.  These, more natural fries are made from 100% Russet potatoes and still have the skin on them. The are actually worse for you, with about 70% more salt and 10 calories in the medium order. Looks like they [...]

Chick-Fil-A Chicago Area Grand Openning

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

I was randomly in Orland Park, a Chicago-area southwest suburb for work. We happened to drive by a grand opening of a Chick-fil-A, a rare sight in the Chicago Area. I was so excited I made my coworkers stop so I could take a few photos of the fans camping out, eagerly awaiting the grand [...]

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine takes on McDonald’s

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

A very dramatic video from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine was recently sent my way. It takes a pretty bold stab at McDonald’s. Take a look. It’s a powerful spot, but a little dramatic. However, their point is accurate. We should eat less meat. More fruits and vegetables. It may actually put years on [...]

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