Tag: fast food nation
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Before Food Reaches Your Plate, So Much Behind the Scenes
‘The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table’
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2/16 Binge and Purge: Arsenic and Old Taste
Organic Food Can Have High Concentrations of Arsenic // EU and US agree to Historic New Partnership on Organic Trade’ // Organic Farmer Prince Charles on Changing Our Faulty Food System // China’s Xi, US officials talk food trade in Iowa // Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning // Obama’s budget cuts bacteria testing in produce…
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Episode008 – Organics to You
On Thursday nights, Media Monarchy joins Corbett Report Radio live on Republic Broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health. This week James Evan Pilato guest hosts the show and covers Organics to You, seed catalogs, headlines, updates and more…
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2/9 Binge & Purge: Seasick, Yet Still Docked
Wal-Mart’s new labels tell shoppers what’s “Great For You” // Gates and the millions funding geoengineering // Junk foods still plentiful at elementary schools // Taco Bell Should Learn From Long History of Outbreaks // While govt discredits raw milk, salmonella outbreak restaurants kept secret to protect corporate profits // China: Fast food nation. Too…
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Jack in the Box Wants to Serve You a Bacon Shake
Jack in the Box has plans to offer a bacon milkshake, but some consumers aren’t impressed.
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Taco Bell Joins Other Fast-Food Heavyweights Vying For Breakfast Crowds
Taco Bell, the fast-food chain that caters to late-night snacking, is making a play for the breakfast crowd. The Mexican-style restaurant chain introduced a breakfast menu Thursday at almost 800 restaurants, mostly in nearly a dozen Western states.
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Fast Food Made Faster: Burger King Gives Home Delivery A Try
Just what this country needs: a Whopper and fries delivered to its front door. Burger King, in a bid to catch up with McDonalds and take a bite out of the competition posed by fast-food rivals such as Wendys, is experimenting with home delivery.
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fast food: hotel room service speeds up
from usatoday.com: Some hotels are starting to deliver room service like Domino’s delivers pizza: fast, and sometimes free if it isn’t. •The Four Seasons is rolling out “15-minute room service” at all its hotels. At resorts with long distances between the kitchen and rooms, the wait can be 20 minutes. •At the new Public Chicago…
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12/29 binge & purge: check, please!
gastro roundup: best food of 2011* top ten food & farm stories of 2011* the bad food news of 2011* the biotech industry is growing bioweapons* bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn* food bill doesn’t promote security* discover the doomsday seed vault’s secrets* mexico rehab clinic food poisoning kills five* hunger warning for…
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‘globesization’: research says market policies, fast food driving obesity
from emaxhealth: Researchers suggest it’s free market policies that may be driving obesity. In a study, the investigators found higher numbers of fast food restaurants in a given populated area is linked to obesity rates. Since the advent of trade liberalization policies in the 1980’s, there are more restaurants that serve high calorie fast foods,…
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fast-food outlet stirs concerns in a mecca of healthy living
from nytimes: In this small city, home to a large Seventh-day Adventist community, the average lifespan goes well past 80, and it has one of the highest rates of longevity in the world according to some estimates. When researchers descended on this affluent city east of Los Angeles several years ago to determine why, the…
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mcdonald’s delivery service drives growth in foreign markets
from wsj: When Americans are too busy or lazy to cook, they often place an order with their favorite Chinese restaurant. So who do people in China call when they want food delivered? Increasingly, McDonald’s and KFC. Delivery is becoming an important part of the growth strategy at McDonald’s Corp. and Yum Brands Inc.’s KFC…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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chick-fil-a files trademark lawsuit against ‘eat more kale’ campaign
trademark flap more complex than simple slogan* from youtube: Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin and Eat More Kale creator Bo Muller-Moore discuss the trademark lawsuit between the small Montpelier-based business and Chick-fil-A, a fast-food chain restaurant with locations around the country.
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11/3 binge & purge: stamps, pantries & the car connection
$15t in debt, 45m on food stamps & zero solutions* US seeks china aid on food safety* cupboard is bare at staten island’s food pantries* people eat more fast-food as income rises* video: michigan rethinks food stamp-car connection*