“Fast-food represents the complete opposite of what Bolivians consider a meal should be. To be a good meal, food has to have be prepared with love, dedication, certain hygiene standards and proper cook time.” –El Polvorin blog After 14 years in Bolivia and many campaigns and promos to generate sales fast food juggernaut McDonalds was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Starting today all McDonald’s in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will offer fruit automatically in their Happy Meals as a part of McDonald’s new “Commitments to Offer Improved Nutrition Choice”. The initiative is supposed to “help” customers make more nutrition minded choices but I’d say if you chose to go to McDonald’s the first […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was a kid in the 90s, Burger King had some seriously recognizable ad appeal. The BK Kid’s Club with the golden cardboard crowns and array of crazy characters was alluring to any and all 5 to 10 year olds. Fast forward to the mid 2000’s when Burger King was losing grip on the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fast food chain Subway is introducing calcium and vitamin D fortified bread to its national menu. Now each 6-inch bread serving in the U.S. will provide 30 percent the daily recommended value of calcium and 20 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin D. “Now, the calcium included in each 6-inch serving of bread […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
McDonald’s announced they would be adding a quarter cup or half serving of apple slices to all happy meals, as well as reducing the portion of fries to 1.1 ounces in an effort to “help kids make healthier choices.” They will also be introducing fat free chocolate milk as opposed to the low fat milk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a behind the scenes look at Big Boi’s life as he performed during the 2011 Grammy Awards weekend; inside his studio, Stankonia, as he prepares for his latest projects; and an evening out on the town in his hometown of Atlanta with stops at his favorite spots to unwind. In the video he also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Photo Credit: “CanariseBK image” Mike Lieberman Seven questions designed to let me get all in your business while showing others people can choose and change their diets all the time. No judgments here I just want to know what’s on your plate? Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
The name of the store was my idea. I wanted to get across the idea of a big burger with everything on it . . . a meal in itself.” ~Lovie Yancey, founder of Fatburger Quincy Jones may think Kanye West is “just a rapper” West doesn’t see himself that way. He sees himself as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We want every ingredient to be a simple ingredient, to be one you can pronounce and one your grandmother would recognize in her pantry,” said Chief Marketing Officer Ken Calwell In an effort to get fast food to seem less like fast food or processed food, popular chains are looking to rehabilitate their images with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most of us don’t associate the words “fast food” with the word “healthy” but Shine at yahoo.com has recently put out a list of the Top 5 Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants. Honestly, I’ve read suspect healthy foods posts on Shine before so I thought I’d check out what they were pushing around on the internets. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
