Are you looking for something to eat for free today, and you happen to own at least one accessory or item of clothing with cow spots on it? Great news: If there’s a Chick-fil-A restaurant in your area, you qualify for free food from the chicken restaurant. [More]
Food & Personal Care
How To Get A Free Slurpee At 7-Eleven Today
By 7.11.17
Did you forget? It’s July 11, or 7/11, which means today is the day you can get a free Slurpee at 7-Eleven. [More]
Nevada’s Marijuana Stores Are Running Out Of Drugs And It’s Officially An “Emergency”
By 7.10.17
Days after Nevada became the fifth state in the U.S. to allow recreational marijuana stores, the drug has proved so popular, the state’s governor is pushing for a “statement of emergency” because dispensaries can’t keep up with the demand. [More]
Would You Order Queso Or Frozen Margaritas At Chipotle?
By 7.10.17
Chipotle has been adding new items to its national menu at a furious pace — by the Tex-Mex chain’s standards, anyway. It has added braised tofu and chorizo as protein options in 2014 and 2016 respectively. Now, though, the chain has opened a new restaurant, Chipotle NEXT Kitchen, in New York City where you can try the company’s newest offerings before they go nationwide. [More]
Amazon’s $13.7B Bid For Whole Foods Wasn’t Its First
By 7.7.17
Sure, Amazon is paying a pretty penny for Whole Foods, but that wasn’t always the plan. In fact, recently filed documents show that before the e-commerce giant laid down $13.7 billion for the specialty grocery chain, it made at least one lower bid. [More]
Here’s How A Global Cyber Attack Affected The World’s Snack Stash
By 7.7.17
The ransomware attacks that returned to Europe in late June affected a variety of large companies around the world, including snack company Mondelez, which had to miss some shipments at the crucial end of the quarter after its computer systems were compromised. [More]
CDC: Rare Walrus Not Recommended If You Want To Avoid Trichinosis
By 7.7.17
When you throw that walrus steak on the grill this weekend, you better make sure it’s well done: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that inadequately cooked walrus meat has been linked to recent cases of trichinellosis, also known as trichinosis. [More]
McDonald’s Serving Bacon Cheese Fries At Some Restaurants
By 7.7.17
McDonald’s customers in the San Francisco area may be able to score actual garlic fries, but fast food fans in four other states are getting a sneak preview of McDonald’s answer to Wendy’s Baconator fries. [More]
Jawbone Preparing To Shut Down, Liquidate All Its Assets
By 7.7.17
After years of fighting with its rival Fitbit over fitness trackers, Jawbone, the personal electronics company that was once valued at almost $3 billion, is reportedly preparing to shut everything down and sell off all of its assets. [More]
Baskin Robbins Attempting Tricky Task Of Delivering Unmelted Ice Cream To Your Door
By 7.6.17
It’s sometimes hard enough getting ice cream home from the supermarket without melting, so imagine the challenge of delivering freshly made sundaes and shakes to customers’ doors. Baskin Robbins, which has been testing ice cream delivery in L.A. and Chicago, now says it’s expanding that service to more than 600 stores around the country. [More]
Red Lobster In Legal Battle With Music Festival Over The Word “Summerfest”
By 7.5.17
People tend to add suffixes like “-fest,” “-athon,” or “-palooza” to just about any event these days, but some of these promotional names are well established and protected by registered trademarks. Which is why a beloved Wisconsin music festival is taking seafood chain Red Lobster to court over its use of “Summerfest.” [More]
Something Glorious Happens When You Use A Hydraulic Press To Extrude 6 Cheeseburgers Through A 3mm Hole
By 7.5.17
It’s late afternoon after a long weekend and lord knows you probably don’t want to be wherever you are right now. We’ve got you covered with this soul-saving video of a hydraulic press doing gloriously destructive things to a series of unlucky fast food burgers. [More]
States Look To Outlaw ‘Lunch Shaming’ Of Kids Whose Parents Can’t Pay Cafeteria Bill
By 7.5.17
Schools across the country deploy a variety of humiliation tactics on students whose parents haven’t been able to pay their school lunch bills, whether it’s publicly throwing away perfectly good trays of food or marking students’ hands. Some states and schools say these practices go too far and are adopting laws and policies that don’t punish schoolchildren for their parents’ debts. [More]
FDA Rejects Plan To Donate Dog Food Potentially Contaminated With Euthanasia Drug
By 7.5.17 — Updated: 7.6.17
Dog food company Evanger’s recently recalled some of its products that had been tainted with the euthanasia drug pentobarbital, resulting in four sick dogs and one death. Rather than throw out all that recalled food, Evanger’s proposed spot-checking it for safety and donating it to animal shelters. However, the Food and Drug Administration has nixed this suggestion. [More]
Dunkin’ Donuts Customer Says “Angus Steak” Sandwiches Aren’t Actually Steak
By and 6.30.17 — Updated: 7.5.17
Yes, the meat in Dunkin’ Donuts’ Angus Steak breakfast sandwiches may look more like a sausage patty than a porterhouse or a ribeye, but does that mean it’s not actually “steak”? One customer says the sandwich doesn’t meet a federal definition for that term. But there’s a big bird-shaped problem with that definition. [More]
5 Tips From A Pro For Cooking Up An Awesome Hamburger
By 6.30.17
At Consumerist, we take burgers very seriously. So much so, that we wanted to share some tips we gathered from an expert about the basics every burger lover should know before they fire up their grill. [More]
Charges Re-Filed Against Restaurant Owners Accused Of Dumpster-Diving For Deer Heads
By 6.30.17
Preventing food waste is good, but not to the point of dumpster-diving for deer brains at a wild game butcher. The former owners of a Chinese restaurant in Pennsylvania are accused of dealing in illegal deer meat, at least some of which came from the trash at butchers that process deer for hunters. [More]
