Topic: Convenience and Fast Foods

Devil's Food

Big Food wants everything bad to be good for you.READ»

25-Foot Junk Food Pyramid to Raise Awareness... and Hunger

Junk food tastes better than it looks--place a pile of neon orange Cheetos next to a basket of fresh strawberries to see for yourself. Now an unidentified group of people (or person) wants to show us just how unappealing junk food ...READ»

Education: Eat Your Vegetables! Or At Least a Nutritionally Modified Burger....

Quite a few headlines about nutrition have cropped up in the past week and a half. Although the battle against obesity still rages on, a federal judge struck down New York City's requirement that restaurants, including chains like ...READ»

cheap your way thin

Cheat your way thin diet review is going to provide an uncensored review of the Cheat Your Way Thin Diet. This is considered an unusual diet because it allows you to eat foods that you typically wouldn’t associate with diet food. ...READ»

Can Burgerville Bring the Local Food Movement to the Masses?

Fast food chains like Burger King and McDonald's aren't known for being particularly healthy, gourmet, or sustainable. It doesn't matter if tomatoes or potatoes aren't in season--McDonald's customers want their fully-garnished ...READ»

Fast Food for Thought

Stefan Stern's Business Life piece in today's Financial Times makes me shake my head. An SVP at McDonald's in Europe is circulating a petition to nix the term "McJob" from the dictionary. That senior executive, and the writer, ...READ»

Fast Food Nation

This Friday, November 17, Eric Schlosser's best-seller, "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal," hits the big screen. Directed by Richard Linklater of "A Scanner Darkly," fame, the film takes audiences on a tour of ...READ»

Web Video on Pay on Results Publicity Shop

Every publicist gets asked (often) to explain what, exactly their job is, and most people 'kind of' get the answer. Ryan Gerding from InkIncPR.com took two minutes to record a message for you to explain what life in the PR fast food drive up lane is all about… READ»

PepsiCo's Healthy Project in the 'hood

Here's an interesting story of a company taking a grassroots approach to market a new product. The product: PepsiCo's Baked Doritos and Baked Lay's potato chips -- an attempt at an image overhaul as the company is often criticized ...READ»

Wanted: Rob Lilleness

What it takes to attract the best talent.READ»

Florida Tomato Pickers Get a Penny Raise From Chipotle

One penny might sound inconsequential, but for these workers it translates into a 64% wage increase.READ»

Numerology: The Business of Candy

Don't snicker at the confectionery business: Sales in the $32 billion -- plus industry are expected to be up almost 4% this year. Until candy's Christmas arrives on October 31, sate yourselves with these informational bonbons, which, thankfully, can be enjoyed guilt-free.READ»

Doughnuts for Dollars

In a column yesterday in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nancy Hauge comments on the role junk food can play in team development, project management, and a business's success. The rapidity with which an enterprise creates value is ...READ»

Work/Life: My Child is Student of the Month at McDonald's!

Any parent reading this knows how hard it is to resist bargaining with your children, i.e. “do your chores right now or no TV time tonight.” Why, we ask ourselves, must there always be an incentive program associated with a ...READ»

Best of TreeHugger: The Bidet Fit for Americans, a Blogger Goes 9 Years Without Money, and a New Solar Skin Covers Taiwan

This week on TreeHugger: Could Americans really be convinced to stop using toilet paper? The brains behind a brand new, mass market-ready bidet is betting they are. Also, a 48-year old blogger has gone 9 years without spending a cent, and a new solar skin lights up Taiwan.READ»

The Char Mark Conspiracy

"Would you like that chicken breast cooked in our restaurant, or in a factory in Arkansas?"READ»

Big Mistake?

Who the hell would buy music from McDonalds? That's like buying DVDs at a seven-eleven. Yet, people do. Then again, maybe it isn't crazy. Look at Starbucks. A business expands into new markets, new product-lines. When is such a ...READ»

Customers First Local Hero: Fresh Direct

Fresh Direct In New York City, where "butt brush" with fellow customers is the grocery store norm and most recipes require a three-store tour to prepare, Fresh Direct takes the pressure off by virtually creating the kind of ...READ»

Three Business Models the $38 Billion Newspaper Industry Could Copy

Three ideas the $38 billion newspaper industry could copy to buoy its business.READ»

• Made to Stick: Stop Solving Your Problems

Veggie King

A veggie burger is coming from Burger King? That is too little too late. First, the fast food companies offer fruit salads. And now more vegetarian fare. But, that is only a band-aid on internal bleeding. The big chains need to ...READ»

Candy-Coated Publicity

Sure, we've all heard about the addictive effects of chocolate. I mean, what would you do for a Kit Kat bar? But the latest breaking news on CNN.com -- a British woman who bought every last Mars bar at her local Woolworths (over ...READ»

Milk <amp></amp> Cookies and Kudos for Ideas

This company rewards employees for their contributions.READ»