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Coffee Shop Accidentally Forwards Embarassing Internal Emails To Customer
Reader X sends us an internal email chain that was accidentally forwarded by some executives at Beaner's Coffee.
The customer was writing in to inquire as to when trans fats would be eliminated from Beaner's products. In addition to a cheerful reply, said customer was also treated to the internal email chain instructing the Vice President of Operations on how to "sidestep the question."
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Companies are racing to take out trans fats from their products. But what of the fats they're replacing them with? [WSJ via Consumer World Blog]
fast food
Inside Dunkin's Virtually Trans-Fat Free Donut
It's been a long road but Dunkin Donuts is going virtually trans-fat free by next month. What took so long? Well, matching the yummy-but-deadly taste of trans-fat frying oil with gross-but-healthier oils is a time consuming process, according to the Boston Globe:Doughnuts cooked with cottonseed oil had a bad aftertaste. The 100 percent palm oil bled right through the pastry, leaving an oily mess on Dunkin's signature pink tray paper. Anyone daring enough to try one discovered a dry, yet waxy dough with a distinct flavor of palm. Nearby employees who were developing other products in the research lab would curse at them, LeClair recalled, yelling "Are you crazy?" after the team left out batches of the mystery doughnuts for them to try.Eventually they found the right blend and secretly tested them at certain stores to see if anyone noticed. They didn't.
Dunkin's research and development manager, Rick Golden, one of the few people in the know, slept with his cellphone by his pillow every night during the trial, waiting for someone to call with a doughnut crisis. No one did.More »
lawsuits
Burger King Sued For Taking Too Long To Drop Trans Fat
Anything KFC can do, Burger King should be able to do too, right? That's what the Center For Science in the Public Interest is saying with a lawsuit against Burger King accusing the chain of dragging its heels on the trans fat issue. More »
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Trans-Fats Banned In Philadelphia
The Philadelphia City Council has unanimously passed a city ordinance banning trans-fats from most dishes served by restaurants: More »
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Burger King Testing Trans-Fat Free Oils
From the Houston Chronicle:Fast-food chain Burger King Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said it started testing in its restaurants several trans-fat free cooking oils and plans to roll one out nationwide in late 2008.More »
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How KFC Went Trans Fat Free
Business Week has an interesting article about all the R&D that went into Trans Fat Free KFC. More »
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Starbucks Removes Trans Fats, What?
Starbucks baked goods will no longer contain trans fats, at least in Chicago and other major cities, reports Crain's Chicago Business. The restaurant flatly denies the switch is in response to New York City's recent trans fat ban. Starbucks operates about 200 stores in New York City, according to the Starbucks store locater."We started the process of reformulating recipes two years ago," [a spokesperson for Starbucks] says. "We try to be proactive and stay ahead of the curve on things."
Last year, the company introduced trans fat-free cranberry bliss bars nationwide "but we didn't let people know that." More »
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Food Industry Funded Group Really Worried (For You) About Trans Fat Bans
The Center for Consumer Freedom posted a full page ad in today's USATODAY. More »
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Taco Bell To Cut Trans Fats
From Yahoo News: "Taco Bell will be the latest fast-food chain to cut artery-clogging trans fats from cooking oils in its U.S. restaurants, the company announced Thursday. More »
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