Growing salad greens and herbs in a greenhouse is a great way to ensure a year-round supply of both, but you want to keep pieces of the greenhouse itself out of customers’ food. BrightFarms grows spinach, salad greens, and kale in a greenhouse in Virginia that’s sold in five states and Washington, DC, and is recalling greens that might have pieces of metal from the greenhouse in them. [More]
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Food Scientists Trying To Develop Kale Aimed At Picky American Palates
By 11.28.16
We all know that kale is trendy, but if it were up to some American consumers, it wouldn’t be, well, quite so kale-y. [More]
Chick-Fil-A Test Kitchen Refuses To Have Anything To Do With Iceberg Lettuce
By 4.11.16
Iceberg lettuce — also known as the tasteless afterthought often found in annoyingly huge chunks in salads and shredded into lifeless strands for sandwiches — may be somewhat ubiquitous in the fast food world, but there’s at least one chain that refuses to use the stuff: Chick-fil-A’s test kitchen has taken a hard line against iceberg lettuce. [More]
Chick-Fil-A Replaces Coleslaw With Kale-Broccolini Salad On Menu
By 1.19.16
Normally, when using the words “Chick-Fil-A” and “kale” in a sentence, we would be referring to the longtime trademark dispute between the chicken restaurant and the maker of t-shirts telling the public to “eat more kale.” The dispute was resolved in the kale-pushing artist’s favor, and now Chick-Fil-A is helping customers to follow their advice, while also following trends in the fast food industry by serving up kale side salads. [More]
McDonald’s Could Become The Biggest Kale Buyer In The Land
By 5.12.15
McDonald’s is trying to make its food offerings better and fresher to coax young adults back to their restaurants. In addition to a simplified drive-thru menu, the company is also testing fancy giant burgers, cutting ingredients from its products, and will no longer use chicken treated with antibiotics also used in humans. Yet their decision to start serving kale as a regional test is drawing lots of attention. [More]
Starbucks Finally Gets Around To Selling Yogurt-Based Cups, Smoothies, Parfaits After Two Years
By 3.31.15
The unlikely partnership between Starbucks and Dannon parent company Danone that Consumerist first reported on back in 2013 is finally coming to fruition with the launch of an exclusive line of yogurt-based smoothies, parfaits and fruit cups at 4,300 of the company’s coffee shops. [More]
McDonald’s Reportedly Adding Kale To The Menu After Bashing The Vegetable Earlier This Year
By 3.10.15
McDonald’s latest attempt to transform itself into a “modern, progressive burger company” that can attract a younger consumer base apparently includes adding everyone’s (okay, maybe not everyone) favorite superfood to the menu: kale. [More]
Chick-Fil-A Loses Its Trademark Crusade Against “Eat More Kale” Slogan
By 12.12.14
The last we heard from the “Eat More Kale” guy in his battle to bring veggie-themed T-shirts to the masses, he’d lost a round to the Goliath that is Chick-fil-A after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office gave him a preliminary “no” in 2013. But it looks like David will still come out on top in this situation, as he was just granted the trademark for his phrase. [More]
