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British Airways yanks beef from the menu because"We can only serve two options and beef and pork obviously have religious restrictions. "We have to try to use two meals which appeal to as many customers as possible."BA says that cost has (cough) nothing to do with it. [Daily Mail]
government
Everything This Farmer Wants To Do Is Illegal
Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia attained a certain moderate level of fame when his operation was featured in Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma. Now he's got a book of his own called Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal. More »
breakfast large
McDonald's Won't Sell You A "Large" Coke Because It's "Breakfast"
Reader Rachael went into McDonald's today to get her usual morning Coca-Cola and was denied a large cup, despite the fact that she paid the "large" price, because it was "breakfast." Instead, Rachael ended up with a medium Coke which the McDonald's employee called a "breakfast large." More »
grocery shrink ray
New Tropicana! Now With Less Orange Juice!
Reader Linda is unimpressed with Tropicana's new "easy pour pitcher" because it means she'll be getting 7 oz less orange juice for the same price. So, she called them up and gave them a piece of her mind. More »
grocery shrink ray
Brigham's Ice Cream Never Shrank
If you're sick of ice-cream makers shrinking their package sizes, maybe you should try Brigham's ice-cream. They're still selling true quarts and true 1/2 gallons, with 15.5% butter fat and 55% air. They might be hard to find in some places but they're the number-one selling vanilla in Boston. Non-deceptive labeling and sizes, wicked!
living wages
Burger King Investigating Email Shenanigans In Tomato Price War
Last week a Florida journalist busted Burger King VP Stephen Grover for using his tween-aged daughter's email account to slam a farm workers group—but that wasn't the only weird email event related to this story. Now Burger King is taking steps to officially distance itself from Grover's actions and the other internal emails by announcing it's launched an "internal investigation" into all three. More »
competition
L.A. County Tells Taco Trucks To Keep Moving
Peter writes to let us know that taco trucks in Los Angeles county now have to move to a new position every hour: "The county of Los Angeles has enacted some new legislation to prevent taco truck owners from staying in one spot, with penalties of a fine of up to $1000 or jail for failures to comply." Why such a weird law? Because area restaurants say they're stealing away customers. If you like your carne asada from the side of a truck, be prepared to start chasing them down as they circle through L.A. county in a weird Mexican-food carousel. More »
badvertising
Court: Tyson Can No Longer Claim Chickens Are "Raised Without Antibiotics"
Tyson Foods has 14 days to stop claiming that their chickens are "raised without antibiotics." The deceptive nationwide campaign was brought to an end after rivals Sanderson Farms and Purdue filed suit claiming that all three poultry processors use antibiotics, and that Tyson was trying to steal an undeserved appearance of health. More »
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9 Foods You're Not Allowed To Buy
Fortune magazine has compiled a list of 9 "forbidden' foods that have been banned (for some reason or another) in the US. Trans fats in NYC, foie gras in Chicago... Here's the list: More »
fast food
Blimpie, Please Put Your Nutritional Info Back Online
The new caloric information law in New York City has begun to show itself in restaurants—yesterday we decided against a fudge brownie at Starbucks because it was over 400 calories. A reader named Spoon wrote in to let us know that Blimpie, however, still hasn't bothered to put its nutritional information back on its website. They took it down last summer in a failed attempt to skirt the NYC law before it was rewritten. Now, ten months later, they're still keeping consumers in the dark and incorrectly blaming it on New York City. More »
food
Wal-Mart Selling More Peanut Butter And Spaghetti, People Eating Pet Food Not Far Off?
Wal-Mart reports a significant uptick in peanut butter and spaghetti sales. A retail consultant says the last time this happened was in the stagflation 70's, and it represents close to the bottom of consumer food purchase downgrading (the slope goes from red meat to pig meat to chicken to pasta, and then PB&J). "It hasn't gotten to human food mixed with pet food yet, but it is certainly headed in that direction," he says. That sounds both disgusting and sensationalist. How does pet food even taste? Well, according to an NBC intern, "It honestly didn't taste too bad! They had three different types and all were like a thick soup. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't order it at a restaurant, but I've tasted worse. I imagine they'd love it in prison."Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt [NYT]
food
10 Things You May Not Know About The People Who Make Your Coffee
The Chicago Red Eye has a list of 10 things you may not know about the men and women who make your lattes and whatnot. This one is gross, but important:Just because their finger is black doesn't mean it's dirty.More »
Many baristas get "espresso finger," which is when their index finger looks blackened because they've been leveling coffee grounds on the portafilter all day.
complaints
Stingy Ben And Jerry's Manager Cuts Off Free Cone Supply, Ruining "Free Cone Day"
Karen is breaking up with Ben & Jerry's because one of their managers defiled "Free Cone Day," by deciding to cut it short. Here's the tongue-in-cheek Dear John (or is that, Dear Jerry?) letter she sent them. More »
Fertilizer prices have shot upwards in the past five years as manufacturers have been unable to keep up with demand. The demand is driven by an increase in biofuel production, and a growing appetite for red meat in developing countries. The end result is that it now costs an extra $1.00 now to get a slice from my the pizza place around the corner from me. [NYT]
living wages
The next time Burger King VP Stephen Grover goes online to spread FUD about labor advocates, he should probably leave his daughter out of it. For one thing, she's a horrible accomplice and will spill her guts to the first reporter who calls. For another thing, this forthrightness clearly makes her too ethical to smear a group that's trying to bring pay for tomato pickers up to living wage levels.
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Burger King Exec Hides Behind Daughter's Email Account To Trash Talk Opponents
The next time Burger King VP Stephen Grover goes online to spread FUD about labor advocates, he should probably leave his daughter out of it. For one thing, she's a horrible accomplice and will spill her guts to the first reporter who calls. For another thing, this forthrightness clearly makes her too ethical to smear a group that's trying to bring pay for tomato pickers up to living wage levels.
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Food and Water Watch is suing the FDA for failure to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request to disclose the plans for how it goes about inspecting various food products. [Food and Water Watch]
