Tag: fast food nation
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#MorningMonarchy: March 16, 2016
Chemical safety, anti-packaging and Piss Krispies + this day in history w/My Lai and our song of the day by Wild Nothing on your Morning Monarchy for March 16, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 2, 2016
Wasted medicine, glass action lawsuit and food deserts + this day in history w/Hayes’ sElection and our song of the day by Allen Stone on your Morning Monarchy for March 2, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 17, 2016
Healthy stamps, ugly food and re-Colonelization + this day in history w/the Blaine Act and our song of the day by the Fruit Bats on your Morning Monarchy for February 17, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 10, 2016
Larvicide lingers, depression screeners and federal pharms + this day in history w/the YWCA and our song of the day by Bombino on your Morning Monarchy for February 10, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: January 13, 2016
Glyphosate, National Guard and fizzy drinks + this day in history w/the Pagliacci and our song of the day by Nicola Cruz on your Morning Monarchy for January 13, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode245 – WV Pharms, DNA Database, DuPont Down
Obama enlists big pharma to fight WV drug epidemic; Cops want even more of your DNA; DuPont loses toxic Teflon case.
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#FastFood Kills Gut Bacteria That Can Keep You Slim, Study Finds
from theaustralian.com.au: Fast food diets make people fat not just through excess calories but by killing off the gut bacteria that help people burn off their excess energy, a leading British researcher has found. Diets with just a few highly processed ingredients, rather than the dozens of foods found in a healthy diet, are so…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Is Closing Hundreds Of Stores This Year
from fortune.com: The restaurant company closed 350 stores in early 2015, on top of the 350 it had already said it would shutter, as the burger purveyor seeks to stanch sales declines. McDonald’s shuttered 350 poorly performing stores in Japan, the United States, and China the first three months of 2015 as part of its…
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#FastFoodNation Workers Plan #April15 Strike
from time.com: U.S. fast food workers are planning a major one-day strike on Tax Day, April 15, their latest action in a two-year campaign for a $15 hourly wage and the right to unionize.Workers will walk off the job at fast food restaurants in more than 200 cities across the U.S. to demand higher pay,…
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: McDonald’s Japan Sees Profits Fall Into The Red
from enterjapan.me: On the 6th November, McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reported a substantial, ¥9.4 billion ($82 million) net loss for the July-September period – a stark contrast to the ¥1.8 billion net profit from the same period last year. Still reeling from the scandal of “Mc-Nugget Gate” , the company has revised its annual projections…
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Panera to Give All Food Additives the Heave-Ho
from usatoday.com: Panera is about to announce a radical plan for all artificial additives in the food it sells: junk ’em. Amid growing consumer concern about the ingredients in foods purchased in restaurants and grocery stores, one of the nation’s most successful fast-casual dining chains on Tuesday will announce plans to dump all artificial additives…
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Big Mac, Thin Wallet: Fast Food Breaks Your Bank and Your Brain
from nytimes.com: In recent years we have seen plenty of studies of the impact of fast food on our bodies. But what about our psychological health? … Across several studies, we found that thoughts of fast food spurred participants to hurry through reading a paragraph describing their city; express a greater desire for time-saving products;…
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Robots Will Replace Fast-Food Workers
from money.cnn.com: As protesters across the country call for the fast-food chains to raise their wages, a number of companies have begun experimenting with new technology that could significantly reduce the number of restaurant workers in the years to come. Restaurant industry backers warn that a sharp rise in wages would be counterproductive, increasing the…
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Now Cheap Food Blamed for America’s Obesity Crisis
from nbcnews.com: Why are Americans so fat? A new study suggests we’ve been getting it all wrong. It’s not that we don’t exercise enough or spend too much time at the office, or that good, healthy food is too expensive, researchers reported Thursday. And it’s not about socioeconomic status, race or geography. Rather, the main…
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Fast-food workers announce global protest, walkouts set for 33 countries
from aljazeera.com: Fast-food workers are planning a global strike for better pay and working conditions, with actions set to take place in 150 U.S. cities and 32 other countries in a bid to exert pressure on multinational companies. Strikes are planned for May 15 across five continents in countries including Morocco, Japan, India, Belgium, Germany,…