Coffee War Brewing Between McDonald's and Starbucks
McDonald's new ad campaign is taking a non-too-subtle jab at Starbucks. Residents in Seattle, Washington, the birthplace of Starbucks, can now see approximately 140 McDonald's billboards emblazoned with "large is the new grande" or "four bucks is dumb."
In a statement released Thursday, McDonald's called it "a light-hearted, fun approach to our brand," aimed at promoting the company's McCafe coffee products. However, Starbucks is not finding the ad campaign funny.
Odd Noggin Land is a surreal musical web TV show. Each episode follows the daily lives of three friends who just so happen to have… well… gigantic food items for heads. Odd Noggin Land was created by John Herman and Ryan Plaisted.
Japanese Fast Food Eraser Set - Erase Those Calories
Wait a minute - don’t some of the erasers you see up there resemble McDonalds items? Well, the Japanese might be relatively small in size, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love greasy fast food for a quick burst of energy during the mid-day break. Folks who love collecting quirky erasers (kids qualify, too) will be able to pick up the Japanese Fast Food Eraser Set for $6.95.
the Quarter Pounder come to Japan, there’s a whole shop that that’s all they sell, the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese, starting price 600 yen set and the regular Quarter Pounder with Cheese for a 500 yen set.
Wired Science from Wired.com: "That the $100-billion fast food industry rests on a foundation of corn has been known more through inference and observation than hard scientific fact — until now.
Chemical analysis from restaurants across the United States shows that nearly every cow or chicken used in fast food is raised on a diet of corn, prompting fresh criticism of the government's role in subsidizing poor eating habits."
Free cups of water at McDonald's are the next victim of the recession it seems. Reader Michael sent us this photo of a sign at McDonald's that proclaims the end to the free cup of water era. He says the cashier told him it was a "business decision."
It reads: "BOTTLED WATER ONLY. No Water Cups Available!"
Chick-Fil-A is running a pretty cool contest to win a free year of chicken. Every week someone is picked to win a VIP trip to the 2008 Chick-fil-A bowl and free food for a year. To participate people can just visit this site - Chick-Fil-A Bowl - pick which mascot they think is in the Mascot Movers box and enter their name to win the package. This could be a fun and easy way for people to win either a trip or a bunch of free food.
CARL’S JR. PUTS ENTIRE COUNTRY BREAKFAST IN A BURRITO
Starting today, anyone who loves a hearty meal in the morning but is pressed for time has a tasty new option: the Big Country Breakfast Burrito at Carl’s Jr.®. Offering the down-home flavors of a complete country breakfast wrapped in a flour tortilla for portability, the Big Country Breakfast Burrito features eggs, crumbled bacon and sausage, diced ham, shredded cheddar cheese, hash rounds and a generous ladle of sausage gravy, all wrapped in a warm flour tortilla.
McDonald's Forgets The Burger Part Of Your Cheeseburger Sometimes
Oops. Where's the beef?
We know everyone makes mistakes, but this is just sad. Reader Jarrett lives out in the country, so it was pretty disappointing for him when he took a bite into his cheeseburger... only to find that there was no "burger" part of the sandwich.
Best of Mother Earth: 1996 McDonalds Hamburger: "I teach a workshop titled?Healthy Choices for Children.? It's a class for parents?seeking solutions to how to improve the way they eat. It's about the alternative food market, organics, and the top ten food additives to avoid and why, menu planning and more.? It's a 3 session fabulously informative interactive class."
Hardee’s® Introduces a New Breakfast Classic: the Pork Chop ‘N’ Gravy Biscuit
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the success of its recent Chicken Fillet Biscuit promotion, this week Hardee’s introduces another nod to Southern cuisine – the Pork Chop ‘N’ Gravy Biscuit. Featuring a breaded, boneless pork chop and sausage gravy on one of the chain’s signature Made From Scratch™ Biscuits, the new menu item is sure to stick to the ribs of even the hungriest breakfast customer.
“We first introduced a Pork Chop Biscuit a few years ago and, even though we stopped selling it last year, we still get many requests from people asking us to bring it back,” said Brad Haley, Hardee’s Executive Vice President of Marketing. “And, since we had many reports from our restaurants that people were ordering a side of our famous sausage gravy to dip the biscuit in – which I usually do myself, by the way – we decided to re-test it with sausage gravy already on it and it was more popular than ever. So, I guess the old saying among our test kitchen people is true: ‘The only way to make it better is to add gravy to it!’.”
The Pork Chop ‘N’ Gravy Biscuit will be sold at participating Hardee’s restaurants for $2.99 and is available in a small combo for $4.59 including hash rounds and a beverage. Prices may vary by location.
About Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc.
Celebrating more than 45 years in the quick-service industry, Hardee's Food Systems, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the second quarter ended September 8 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,100 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 14 countries, including 1,170 Carl’s Jr. restaurants and 1,917 Hardee’s restaurants. For more information, or to find a Hardee's near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.hardees.com.
Free McDonalds WiFi for Zune Users - A WI-FRY Revolution
Through a partnership with Wayport Inc., Zune users will now receive free wireless access to the Zune Marketplace from more than 9,800 McDonald's restaurants across the US. So soon you'll be able to get some sweet music and WIFI, along with your fries. It's the WI-FRY revolution.
A ban on new fast-food restaurants in poor Los Angeles neighborhoods has made headlines around the world, but residents say they don't plan to give up their cheeseburgers, fried chicken and tacos anytime soon.
The moratorium, which was passed in July, was intended to fight obesity in low-income communities of America's second-largest city where healthy food is hard to find.
I love to see an old hamburger joint find a new owner.
Jack Sperry knows better than to mess with nearly a century of tradition.
Sperry is the new owner of The Hamburger Wagon, located on the sidewalk across from 12 E. Central Ave. on Miamisburg's Market Square.
"I've been a customer ever since I was a kid," said Sperry, 45, who grew up in Washington Twp. So when the opportunity arose to buy the wagon from previous owners Chad and Michelle Lyons, Sperry seized it.
Studies have shown that acrylamide. which has been found in potato chips, causes cancer in lab animals.
Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney general's office.
The Monster Breakfast SandwichT Takes the Growl Out of Your Morning
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - July 23, 2008 - A growling stomach is a thing of the past as Carl's Jr.® introduces a new breakfast item as big as its famously-filling burgers - the Monster Breakfast SandwichT. The newest mega-sized morning offering is sure to tame even the most monstrous appetite for the all-important first meal of the day. The sandwich is filled with all of the classic breakfast favorites, including two eggs, two strips of bacon, a sausage patty and Swiss and American cheeses piled between grilled sourdough bread.
The Monster Breakfast Sandwich also serves as the kick-off for new positioning of the entire Carl's Jr. breakfast menu, featuring the tagline, "Breakfast as big as our burgersT."
"As we looked for compelling ways to make Carl's Jr. breakfast menu stand out from the crowd, our consumer research revealed that many people felt that typical fast-food breakfast items really didn't fill them up, so much so that they often ordered two sandwiches at a time to get enough food," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl's Jr. "So, we've satisfied that need in a big way with the new Monster Breakfast Sandwich. While it dwarfs the usual fast-food fare out there, with two eggs, sausage, bacon and cheese, it really is more like the amount of food you would get for breakfast in any diner. And, to help convey that idea, we will be running humorous television ads that depict people at various types of restaurants ordering breakfasts in tiny portions, while the announcer intones, 'You wouldn't eat like this in a restaurant. Why do it in a fast food place?'"
Taking inspiration from its sister chain Hardee's® success with high-quality, filling breakfast items, the Monster Breakfast Sandwich joins other favorites on the Carl's Jr. breakfast menu including the popular Breakfast BurgerT, featuring a charbroiled burger patty, topped with egg, bacon, cheese and hash browns, and several hefty breakfast burritos, including the popular Steak and Egg offering made with fresh salsa.
The Monster Breakfast Sandwich will sell for $2.89 a la carte or $4.49 as part of a combo. Prices may vary.
About Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr. is celebrating more than 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter ended Jan. 28, 2008, CKE Restaurants, Inc. through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,101 franchised, licensed or company-operated restaurants in 42 states and in 13 countries, including 1,162 Carl's Jr. restaurants and 1,939 Hardee's® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.carlsjr.com.
How do you know whether or not McDonalds is still serving breakfast? Well, usually you just check your watch. If it's earlier than 10:30 am, they are. If it's later, they aren't. Pretty simple. But what if you don't have a watch? Don't worry — one Chicago McDonald's has you covered.
Finalist In McDonalds/MySpace Jingle Contest Is Former McDonalds Armed
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Well, here’s something that’s so ridiculous it couldn’t be made up. McDonald’s teamed up with MySpace to create a new jingle for the 40th anniversary of the Big Mac. The original song (two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce…) was created back in 1974. Over 1,000 user created songs and videos were submitted - the winner’s jingle becomes the official Big Mac song and will be featured in a McDonald’s Big Mac TV commercial.
Burger King is rolling out what it claims to be the first burger made for sharing across its three biggest European territories, in an attempt to take on the pizza market.
The 6 Pack, which costs £4.49 on its own or £5.69 as part of a meal, comprises one big Aberdeen Angus patty inside six rolls, stuck together to allow consumers to tear off portions. In one pair of rolls the burger is topped with ketchup, the second has a cheese topping, and the third bacon and cheese.
"Hamburger enthusiast Harry Sperl of Daytona Beach, Florida took a look at his Harley-Davidson and his collection of burger odds and ends — over 1,000 pieces strong — and wondered how he could merge the two. Well, you're looking at the answer: the Hamburger Harley."
A recent study at McGill University in Montreal, Canada proved that ghrelin, a hunger-inducing hormone in our gut, enhances the image of junk food's yumminess. The stimulant is naturally activated when hungry, causing quarter pounders and greasy pizza to look overwhelmingly tasty and unavoidable, as if we're junkies looking at crack.
TACO BELL KITCHENS TO SAVE 300 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR
Conserving water has never been so easy – or delicious. Taco Bell is rolling out its new Grill-to-Order cooking method by installing water and energy saving electric grills that will conserve 300 million gallons of water per year, the equivalent of filling enough 8oz. cups to stretch across the United States 80 times.
Already operating in more than more than 3,000 restaurants—or about half of all Taco Bell® locations—the company plans to have all its 5,600 restaurants using the Grill-to-Order cooking method by 2010. With Grill-to-Order, customers will enjoy the same great Mexican-style inspired tastes, along with a temperature improvement of products containing grilled tortillas and flatbread. While Taco Bell is taking responsible action in improving its food preparation practices, customers have the added benefit of conserving our most precious natural resources with every order.
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