McDonald’s Chicken McBites Get a National Rollout

Fast Food: Is It Worth The Cost?

September 27, 2011 // 12:00 pm

Are fast food meals actually cheaper than home cooked meals? Mark Bittman, author of “How to Cook Everything” and columnist on The New York Times, says forget about it.

According to Bittman, we’ve created this mythical idea that junk food has a better value nutritionally and economically, thanks to…

Toys Make Kids Healthier?

September 27, 2011 // 12:00 pm

So it looks like playing with toys will make kids healthier.

A study conducted by the Journal of Public Policy and Marketing shows that children’s taste preferences for either healthy or fast food can be influenced. The children, through various studies, were given toys that correlated to different…

Popeyes Introduces Dip’n Chick’n

September 27, 2011 // 11:16 am

For a limited time only, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has released another deep-fried finger treat. Known as the Dip’n Chick’n, this new item features premium chicken breast fillets, marinated in their signature Louisiana herbs, hand-breaded, and deep fried to a perfect golden brown. What’s so special about it? The chicken is…

Mocha Brownie Cupcakes

September 27, 2011 // 11:00 am

It’s a cupcake, no, a brownie, no, a cupcake… It’s chocolate. And coffee. It’s “mocha”. Gail sent me this recipe for our baking date. It’s straight from the Hershey’s website where they call it a “European Mocha Fudge Cake”. As I was reading the recipe I decided that it looked suspiciously similar…

Yum! Brands Sells A&W and Long John Silver’s Restaurants

September 27, 2011 // 11:00 am

Yum! Brands Inc. has agreed to sell its A&W and Long John Silver’s Restaurants to two different companies in efforts to put their focus on their other brands. Known to most as the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, Yum!’s chief executive, David C. Novak states that…

Bendy Mr. Bacon

September 27, 2011 // 8:00 am

Bendy Mr. Bacon bends, bends, bends and bends some more. This flexible toy is the best companion for any meat lover. Is there anything bacon can’t do? ($4.99 @ Think Geek)

Coke Invests $3 Billion in Russia for 2014 Olympics

September 27, 2011 // 7:00 am

The Coca-Cola Company and its Russian bottling partner Coca-Cola Hellenic announced a new investment program of $3 Billion US Dollars over the next five years. This announcement was made as part of the official opening of of a new Coca-Cola plant in the Rostov region. The opening of the plant…

Doritos Creator Dies at 97

September 27, 2011 // 4:00 am

Arch West, the creator of the famous Doritos chips, passed away on Tuesday of natural causes.West had founded Doritos in 1961 while he was a marketing vice president for Frito-Lay in Dallas.

The family has scheduled a graveside service for West. His daughter told the Dallas Morning News…