An Iowa woman says she was belittled and treated unfairly at a Subway restaurant because she’s pregnant, when a worker told her he was too busy to accommodate her request to heat the deli meat on her sandwich. [More]
Food & Personal Care
Goat On The Loose Stops For A Snack At Starbucks
By 4.11.16
It’s all good and great if you’re in need of a caffeine fix and you happen to possess hands and a human voice for ordering food and beverages, but despite having neither of those things, a goat in California managed to break free from her home and make her way to her local Starbucks in search of a snack. [More]
Reser’s Recalls Salads For Possible Listeria, Also Sold Under Walmart And Safeway Brands
By 4.11.16
Reser’s Fine Foods may not be a food brand name that you immediately recognize, but their products are popular across the country, and are also sold under store brand names. From a 3-ounce container of Reser’s brand potato salad to an 8-pound tub of Sysco-brand macaroni salad meant for restaurants and cafeterias, cold salads containing onions from Reser’s have been recalled. [More]
Prank Caller Strikes Minnesota Burger King, Workers Break All Windows
By 4.11.16
Back in February prank callers preyed on fast food restaurants like Jack in the Box, Burger King, and Wendy’s, instructing workers to break every window and door or face certain disaster. The prank hit again in Minnesota over the weekend, when employees of a Burger King smashed the store’s windows, following directions from what they thought was a fire department official. [More]
Some Jerk Stole 19 Cases Of Provolone From A Colorado Restaurant
By 4.7.16
While we take all forms of food theft very seriously, when someone commits a cheese-related crime, we get very annoyed. We’re none too pleased right now with the jerk who pilfered almost $2,000 worth of provolone from a Colorado eatery, a jerk whose crime is depriving potential customers of the enjoyment of eating cheese. [More]
H-E-B Packs Of Apple Slices Recalled For Possible Listeria Contamination
By 4.6.16
Consumers’ preference for pre-prepared but fresh and healthy snacks is a great trend for public health, but there’s one side effect that people may not have expected: fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables can carry dangerous pathogens right along with those fresh and healthy snacks. Listeria bacteria was found in apples that may be in prepared fruit platters and snack packs from supermarket H-E-B, and they’ve all been recalled. [More]
Domino’s New “Zero Click” Ordering App May Be A Butt-Dial Disaster Waiting To Happen
By 4.6.16
We get it, everyone loves pizza, and everyone loves ordering said pies with as little hassle as possible. As if calling, going online, Tweeting, texting, or ordering Amazon Echo’s Alexa to place your order wasn’t easy enough, Domino’s has another option: just open an app. [More]
Chipotle Temporarily Closes Restaurant After Someone Inside Becomes Ill
By 4.6.16
Following very public bouts with E. coli and norovirus outbreaks at its restaurants in recent months, Chipotle revamped its safety protocols, mandating that stores be temporarily shut down if someone inside becomes sick. That plan was put into motion Tuesday when a Virginia restaurant closed around lunchtime. [More]
Man Says He’s “Extremely Lucky” After Falling Chipotle Sign Crushes Car With Him Inside
By 4.5.16
While a story that starts with a heavy object crushing a car is never going to be a total win for those involved, an Indianapolis man says he’s just grateful that he emerged relatively unscathed after a Chipotle sign fell on his car… while he was sitting inside it. [More]
Subway Posting Calorie Counts On Menus Nationwide Ahead Of Final Federal Regulations
By 4.5.16
It seems someone has gotten a little bit impatient: instead of waiting for federal regulations requiring chain restaurants and other businesses to post calorie counts on menus and displays to finally go into effect, Subway is going to go ahead and slap those numbers on its menu boards nationwide now. [More]
McDonald’s Tests Having Customers Make Their Own Darn McCafé In Chicago
By 4.4.16
Do you have a credit card and very little time to spare standing in line at McDonald’s? If so, the chain’s new piece of technology that they’re testing in Chicago may be useful to you: it’s a McCafé kiosk where customers can tap a few buttons and the machine makes your drink. [More]
Pickup Truck Catches On Fire In Burger King Drive-Thru
By 4.4.16
Usually the word “hot” in a fast food discussion pertains to how a customer wants their order to come out, but in the case of a customer whose truck caught fire while he was waiting in the Burger King drive-thru, well, it had more to do with actual flames. [More]
FDA Proposes Limit For Inorganic Arsenic In Infant Rice Cereal
By 4.1.16
While there are currently no federal limits on arsenic levels in most food, the Food and Drug Administration announced today that it’s taking steps aimed at reducing inorganic arsenic in at least one product, infant rice cereal. [More]
CDC: The Dole Salad Listeria Outbreak Is Finally Over
By 4.1.16
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, the outbreak of Listeria in bagged salad mixes is now officially over. Contaminated salads sent 19 people to the hospital, killing one patient, and made an unknown number of other people sick. How did the greens get contaminated? Was there a problem with the Ohio facility, and is it still shut down? We don’t currently know. [More]
New Microsoft Office Starbucks Extension Lets You Schedule Coffee Meetings, Buy Gift Cards
By 3.31.16
The technological powers that be understand that people often don’t want to click around in more apps or programs than they have to. In a move meant for caffeine lovers on the job, one of Microsoft’s newest add-ins for its Office programs lets Starbucks customers do things like schedule meetings at the local coffee shop and buy gift cards for the store as well from within Outlook. [More]
Coca-Cola Plans ‘Share A Coke’ Bottles With Song Lyrics Instead Of Names
By 3.31.16
The “Share a Coke” campaign was a huge success for Coca-Cola, boosting sales as people scooped up bottles with their own or family members’ names. Other than bringing names back for a third year in the United States, how could the beverage giant replicate the success? Instead of names, now they’re switching to song lyrics, which are less personalized but can sometimes be even more personal. [More]
Chipotle Trademarks Name ‘Better Burger,’ Thinking About Fast-Casual Burger Chain
By 3.30.16
Would you eat a burger from Chipotle? No, not at Chipotle, but a fast-casual burger restsaurant that uses the same food-sourcing and cooking methods, and has a similar vibe and a GMO-free menu? The company, which also runs pizza and pan-Asian noodle restaurants modeled on its main brand, trademarked the phrase “Better Burger,” which sounds like a nice name for a burger place. [More]
Real Life Hamburglar Stole 33 Cases Of Burger King Whoppers From Back Of Delivery Truck
By 3.30.16
Contrary to what you may have believed your entire life, it turns out that the Hamburglar is not a character limited solely to pilfering beef patties from McDonald’s. How else might one explain how 33 cases of Burger King Whoppers went missing from the back of a truck recently? [More]
