Posts Tagged ‘Fast Food’

Iceland bids bye-bye to the Big Mac

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:55 By GSerrano

The world’s largest restaurant chain opened its first franchise store in Iceland in 1993, with then Prime Minister David Oddsson being the ‘first person on the island to consume a Big Mac.’ The island’s three McDonald’s restaurants will close at the end of the month after suffering profit losses due to the collapse of the [...]

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War on (bad) food

Monday, October 12, 2009 7:07 By NARUTO

In the war against the obesity, the scientists found a new enemy: the sugary drinks. A group of renowned studious and specialists in nutrition asked the federal government from the USA that applies a new tax on that type of refreshments, that, according to them, are big responsible for the overweight epidemic that the [...]

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Eating Out in Singapore

Wednesday, May 13, 2009 22:34 By GSerrano

Singapore is a country of diverse cultures where a variety of ethnic food abounds. The country’s range of cuisine offering is veritably international. Singapore is known for delicacies that are likewise influenced by other culinary cultures.
“Satay” is originated by the Malays but also now sold by the Chinese. Some other delicacies include “Roti Prata” (Indian [...]

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Condom’s Appearance In McDonald’s Happy Meal Turns Things Ugly For Little Girl

Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:04 By Anna

McDonalds is in the news for, unfortunately, the wrong reasons, reasons which are quite gross and may turn you completely off fast food. Not many people would have the stomach to reach over for some French fries after this bit of news.
A 7 year old girl allegedly found a condom inside her order of French [...]

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Specialty Burger Zone Outlet Opens In Minneapolis

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:28 By MB

Imagine all the gourmet burgers of all sorts under one roof to choose from.  This is the exact idea that has made Phil Roberts, CEO of Parasole Restaurant Holding, Inc announce the opening of Burger Jones in Minneapolis.
The spring of 2009 will see the burger joint serving everything in the burger kingdom, right from the [...]

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Burgers May Finally Get Healthy!

Friday, November 21, 2008 14:50 By MB

Major fast food joint like KFC, Mc Donald’s and even Burger King are few names in the block that has finally decided to go the healthy way. Other being Subway, Wimpy and Nando’s are among the few to join the league.
The idea is to serve a healthier food, with less salt, saturated fat and even [...]

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