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nutrition info

Consumerist's Ultimate Fast Food Nutrition Guide: 2008

Back in January of 2007, we took a look at fast food and chain restaurant websites to see who was hiding their nutritional information and who was making it easy for consumers to find out what was in their favorite menu items. We found that some chains were offering a veritable buffet of information, while others either ignored the subject altogether or hid links to PDFs in the depths of their fine print. Because of this, inside, we've got a nutritional info report card of about 50 top fast food joints. We tell you whether they have the info online at all, provide nutritional info for all items, if it's easy to locate, and whether they have allergen info. We also give an overall rating to the overall quality of the nutritional info, and provide direct links to the nutrition page or PDF. More »

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8:32 AM on Wed May 28 2008
By Meg Marco
16,990 views, 40 comments

Latest by BrockBrockman: How are there so many "Excellent" and "Above Average" ratings, but only 3 "Average" ratings? Not sure that makes sense. Unless "nonexistent" is also considered "Average." more »

jobs

Intern For Consumerist.com

It's time to get some fresh slaves in here. Ideal candidates for email internsare college student who, in order of decreasing importance:

  • Love The Consumerist.
  • Can commit 1-3 hours every other weekday, without fail.
  • Enjoy asking strangers for followup information.
  • Are adept at sniffing out the one good needle in a pile of haystacks.
  • Are a Gmail master.
  • Live for labeling.
  • Rock Gmail macros.

    • We're also looking to rotate in a new comments moderator. An ideal candidate :

  • Loves The Consumerist.
  • Is already active in the comments section.
  • Is slow to anger.
  • Can facilitate group discussions.
  • Is frequently online.
  • If playing Dungeons & Dragons, character would be "Neutral Good"

    • Send 2-3 paragraphs on why you want the job to jobline@consumerist.com. No resumes or attachments, they will be deleted unread.

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11:54 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Ben Popken
1,237 views

good business practice

Redbox Shows Businesses How To Properly Handle A Data Breach

Redbox rents DVD movies via vending machine in drugstores and supermarkets throughout the country, and on Friday they announced that they'd found credit card skimmers attached to three of their kiosks. What's surprising is that they 'fessed up so quickly, and in a highly public manner—they've got the text "SECURITY ALERT" at the top and bottom of their website, and the email they sent to their members is detailed, forthright, and helpful, and reposted in its entirety—along with photos of sample card skimmers—on their site. Attempts at identity theft no longer surprise us, but a competent handling of the issue by a company is pretty amazing. More »

9:42 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Chris Walters
10,953 views, 57 comments

Latest by Alan Thomas: To reinforce the earlier point: The headline of this article is incorrect and irresponsible. This series of incidents does not represent a RedBox data breach in any possible meaning of the phrase. That would be like calling a fake red kettle more »

Here's a free idea for the taking: why doesn't a bank (cough HSBC cough) offer the option to have text message alerts sent to a registered phone number any time a withdrawal is made from a specific account via ATM? "$120 was withdrawn at 2:51pm EST in Palo Verde, CA. Reference #293005" See how easy that was? Such exception-based reporting would drastically cut down on fraud (we're guessing) by enlisting the help of customers to report unauthorized transactions immediately.

28 comments

alerts

Is HSBC Straining Under An "Unprecedented" Wave Of Fraud Activity?

If you're an HSBC customer, check your account, as there may be a wave of fraudulent activity hitting your bank. Two days ago we wrote about the guy in the U.S. who discovered his account had been drained by someone in Bulgaria. Later that day we received an email from Emily in NYC who was having similar problems, only her fraud-buddy was in California and Canada making withdrawals on her account.
 
Emily's fiancé wrote back to us today with an update, and according to Emily, the HBSC Fraud Investigator who spoke to her "said that their fraud department was so overwhelmed, it was 'still in the developing stage of how we're going to handle' it. I asked if she knew how many customers were affected and she stated 'We don't even know.'" More »

4:13 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Chris Walters
12,254 views, 77 comments

Latest by n/a: @MichaelM76: i hope you had your card closed. it seems that the safe acounts are the savings. everyone in here lost money out of their checking. so you might want to move th money to the savings and do a more »

Texas: 14,800 pounds of stolen ground beef may be contaminated with E. coli, says the USDA. So, uh, just for now, don't buy any ground beef from the back of a truck. [Reuters]

9 comments

scams

New & Improved Scams To Watch Out For In 2008

SmartMoney has come up with five new spins on classic scams to watch out for in 2008: "The financial woes and natural disasters of 2007 have armed scammers with plenty of new tricks—or resourceful spins on old ones—aimed at separating you from your cash." More »

10:58 PM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Chris Walters
7,242 views, 20 comments

scams

Freddie Mac's Fraud Video Warns Borrowers

Freddie Mac produced this video to educate borrowers who face foreclosure about a fraud scheme where "a con artist will seek out a public notice of foreclosure and approach the potential victim with documents and the promise of sorting out the debt," thereby tricking the homeowner into signing over the deed to the house. More »

5:08 PM on Wed Dec 12 2007
By Chris Walters
1,291 views, 5 comments

security

FBI Warns LA & Chicago Shoppers Of Possible Threat

The FBI has released an unverified tip that those people who "hate freedom" are planning on attacking shopping malls in LA and Chicago this season. Before you buy more duct tape, the FBI emphasized that "there is no information to state this is a credible threat"—but they felt they needed to share it "out of an abundance of caution." More »

9:33 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Chris Walters
1,976 views, 59 comments

gaming

EBgames Taking Permanent Pre-Orders For Canceled Game

If you want to grab a copy of the non-existent game "Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising," your best bet is to pre-order from EBgames, because it's been put on "indefinite hold"—aka canceled—by the publisher and we're not sure how else you'd get a copy. Obviously EBgames does, because they're still taking orders as of 3:18pm EST, October 16th. More »

3:20 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Chris Walters
2,598 views, 24 comments

Submit your email to one of the CPSC's many subscription lists to make sure you never miss a recall notice. [CPSC]

3 comments

airlines

Silver Lining In JuiceyJuice Patdowns And Airport Delays

• To attract customers, Airline attendants perform inflight cabaret. Tastefully, mind you. The shoulder pads stay on.
• Pushes industry farther along the path to see-through smocks being the only acceptable form of carryon.
• Likewise, Spurs development of the clear plastic Louis Vuitton luggage set.
• Ticket prices drop. Who are we kidding! They'll rise to offset the profit loss!
• But that's a good thing because with the ban on onboard personal care products and cleansers, "The Great Unwashed" becomes a metaphor made flesh.

11:23 AM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Ben Popken
71 views, 3 comments

Latest by it.goes.there: At the risk of being called "foolish" or "pompous" by crayonshinobi, I'll have to point out that Louis Vuitton has *already* produced several clear vinyl collections that could be used as carry-ons. More would always be fun, though. more »

airlines

Terrorists! Apply Directly to the Forehead!

Sometimes an issue is too big for words, so then if a picture is worth a thousand of 'em, this image by reader Matt is worth like a million bucks. More »

12:07 AM on Fri Aug 11 2006
By Ben Popken
157 views, 1 comment

Terrorist JuicyJuices, a Photo Essay Unattended Juicy-Juice boxes will be confiscated. This one was shortly detonated on the tarmac inside a special containment box made out of graham crackers. Photo essay continues inside...

21 comments

airports

Eyewitness Report on Airplane Liquid Restrictions

Brooke went to a real live airport this morning and witnessed the shampoo and Dasani blockade first-hand. More »

5:44 PM on Thu Aug 10 2006
By Ben Popken
921 views, 18 comments

consumer alerts

Flyer Alert: No Soap OR Radio

If you're flying within the next few days, don't try to bring that nalgene of Dom Pom on the plane or listen to your iPod. A foiled terrorist plot involving combustible liquids detonated by electronics devices has raised a ban on carrying either aboard. Anything in a bottle is gonna go in the trash. Check everything except your wallets, keys and passports. Expect extended delays, canceled flights and intensive security searches at all airports. More »

1:29 PM on Thu Aug 10 2006
By Ben Popken
100 views, 58 comments

ebay

Don't Buy From an Ebay Scam Bot

Savvy Ebay shoppers look at a seller's satisfaction rating, but it takes more than a glance. More »

12:04 PM on Wed Aug 2 2006
By Ben Popken
186 views, 5 comments

children

Tiffany & Co Fined For Hiding Deadly Teething Ring

Tiffany & Co, of breakfast fame, has been fined for failing to tell the government about a potentialy hazardous silver teething rattle. More »

7:58 PM on Wed Jul 26 2006
By Ben Popken
434 views, Comment

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