Taco Bell has once again unleashed a fast food menu item that looks pretty appetizing (at least to Bell fans) in the marketing shots, but isn’t as impressive in the real world. But the particular problem with the new Double Chalupa seems to be that some Taco Bells are barely filling the item up with a single Chalupa’s worth of meat. [More]
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Some Taco Bell Customers Say Their Double Chalupa Is A Double Dose Of Nothing
By 6.23.17 — Updated: 6.27.17
Beef Prices Are Dropping Just In Time For Grilling Season
By 4.17.17
It wasn’t that long ago that red-meat-loving Americans were paying more for beef because of shortages. Now the pendulum is swinging in the other direction, meaning there should be more — and more affordable — burgers and steaks at the supermarket this summer. [More]
Company Behind “Bleeding” Meatless Burger Wants To Bring It To The Masses
By 3.29.17
More than two years after we first heard about a veggie burger designed to “bleed” juice made from plants, the company behind it is ramping up to put its meatless offering in front of more consumers. [More]
Florida McDonald’s Franchisees Testing Ground Chicken Burgers
By 9.15.15
Who needs a regular old hamburger — or a turkey burger, or a chicken filet — when you can get a burger made from ground chicken instead? At least that’s the thought process for the operators of 202 McDonald’s restaurants in Florida’s Tampa Bay area. [More]
Burger King Announces Limited Edition Whopper-Scented Cologne
By 3.20.15
Did we miss some kind of memo that made it cool to smell like your food without the pleasure of actually eating anything? Because Burger King apparently feels the need to jump on the fast food scent train, announcing that it’ll bestow 1,000 bottles of Whopper-scented cologne upon the world on April 1. [More]
Consumers Want To Eat More Local Beef, But There Aren’t Enough Butchers These Days
By 3.6.15
Does the idea of a hard day at work cutting up cattle carcasses appeal to you? If not, you’re not alone: Despite the growing trend toward eating more local beef, there simply aren’t enough people going into the profession of butchering to meet the increased demand. [More]
Police: “Brisket Bandit” Has Robbed Texas Restaurants Of Thousands Of Dollars Of Meat
By 2.6.15
Desperate times often call for desperate measures, but while the current brisket shortage might seem like a reason to go out and do bad things to get your hands on some of that tender meat, robbery is no way to go. Police in San Antonio have alerted local restaurants to keep on the lookout for a person dubbed the “Brisket Bandit,” who’s suspected of stealing thousands of dollars worth of meat. [More]
Burst In Brisket’s Popularity During Nationwide Beef Shortage Means Higher Prices At The Table
By 1.23.15
While brisket lovers may be rejoicing to see Texas-style barbecue restaurants popping up around the nation and fast food chains like Arby’s sticking the tender meat on the menu, its newfound popularity is coming with a higher price. [More]
Scientists Whipping Up “In Vitro” Lab Burgers Just In Time For Summer Grilling Season
By 5.14.13
Okay, so you’ve assigned all your summer barbecue guests a food to bring — chicken, some veggies for the grill, perhaps a six-pack or two and someone please grab a bag of ice? When it comes to meat…. hmm, how about a couple five-ounce so-called “in vitro” hamburger? Yep, scientists are currently working on creating beef patties in a lab. [More]
Horsemeat Shows Up In UK Taco Bell Beef; Iceland Discovers Meat Pies Without Meat
By 3.1.13
If you thought the horsemeat hullabaloo was settling down over there in Europe, you’d be wrong. IKEA was one of the most well-known companies to announce it was investigating its products for contamination, and now it’s been joined by Taco Bell and Bird’s Eye. Will it ever stop? Let’s hope so. [More]
Horsemeat Found In UK School Meals But Kids Likely Didn’t Eat Much Of It
By 2.15.13
Someone over there in Europe, please, can you just make it stop? Reading about the ever spiraling horsemeat scandal hurts our horse-loving hearts so, but it doesn’t sound like the scandal is going away any time soon. UK officials say horse DNA was found in cottage pies sent to 47 schools in Lancashire, but the kids probably didn’t eat much of it. Whew. [More]
USDA Upsets Meat Lovers By Posting Internal Memo Pushing “Meatless Mondays” On Its Website
By 7.26.12
Encouraging your employees to go vegetarian one day a week might not seem like that big of a deal — unless you’re the United States Department of Agriculture, the agency tasked with promoting all agriculture products, including meat. The USDA said a post about “Meatless Monday” on its website was from an internal newsletter that went up without proper clearance. [More]
This Kebab Seasoning Is Unlike Any Other Meat Spice We've Seen
By 4.12.12
Consumerist reader Ashi was surfing the interwebs, perhaps on the hunt for just the right kebab seasoning, when he happened across a promising item sold through Amazon. “Sadaf Ground Meat Kabob Season, 1-ounce.” Sounds tasty — too bad it’s being sold with a picture of an entirely different product. [More]
Man Accused Of Tossing Molotov Cocktail At Taco Bell For Not Giving Him Enough Meat
By 10.28.11
There’s better ways to lodge a complaint against Taco Bell than by lofting a Molotov cocktail at the drive-thru window, but filling out a suggestion card wasn’t the one this incensed Georgia customer chose at 5am. [More]
Via Full-Page Ad, Taco Bell Asks "Meat Filling" Lawyers For Apology
By 4.22.11
Taking a victory lap around the tactical retreat by the lawyers who had sued it for its beef not being beefy enough, Taco Bell took out a full-page ad asking the firm to say “sorry.” [More]
Lawsuit Questioning Beefiness Of Taco Bell Beef Dropped
By 4.19.11
The Alabama law firm that filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Taco Bell regarding the quality and contents of its ground beef–or “taco meat filling”–has voluntarily dropped the suit. The original lawsuit accused Taco Bell of serving ground beef in its “Mexican-inspired” meals that didn’t meet the USDA definition of “ground beef.” Even before the suit was dropped, Taco Bell was able to turn the suit into a marketing opportunity, describing the contents of that meat filling in detail, and taking out full-page ads thanking the plaintiffs. [More]
Lawsuit: Taco Bell Ground Beef Is Really Just "Meat Filling"
By 1.24.11
To be beef, or not to be beef, that is the question in a lawsuit against Taco Bell for what one Alabama law firm claims is the company’s dubious pronouncements of ground beef. The suit says the fast food purveyors are misleading customers by advertising its ground beef offerings as such. [More]
38,700 Lbs. Of Ground Beef Recalled For Possible E. Coli Contamination
By 6.23.10
Yesterday, the Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service announced two separate recalls — one in California and one in New York — totaling nearly 40,000 pounds of ground beef after learning that the batches of meat could have been contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. [More]
