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Buy Crikey: Eateries dominate discount book deals
Kiwis love discount vouchers. And June 1 is the start of the current year for anyone who has bought an Entertainment Book.
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This week in the War on Workers: Low-wage workers keep pressuring fast food chains
Several of the low-wage federal contractors who went on strike on Tuesday were told not to come back to work on Wednesday, Josh Eidelson reports: Bassett's employee Suyapa Moreno told The Nation in Spanish that three of her outlet's four staff went on strike Tuesday, and that when they showed up to start their shift on Wednesday, "the owner told my ... (more)
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McDonald's CEO chastized by 9-year-old B.C. girl
Hannah Robertson and her parents run the website Today I ate a rainbow, which promotes healthy eating for kids.
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You're eating more calories than you think
Calorie counting has long been touted as an effective tool for losing pounds or maintaining a healthy weight.
Currently, fast food is becoming more and more popular all over the world, especially among youngster and office workers.
Wendy's Shareholder Meeting Protested by Fast-Food Employees and Farmworkers
While shareholders gathering inside the Sofitel for their annual meeting yesterday, multiple protests mobbed the sidewalks outside on West 44th Street.
A screen shot of the McDonald's Italy website shows its "Insalata di Pasta," being offered in Italy.
The fast-food giant is partnering with Italian pasta brand Barilla to serve a pasta salad with tuna, tomatoes, peppers, capers and olives with a price of 4.90 euros.
Study: People Underestimate Fast Food Calories
Harvard researchers found adults underestimate the calories in fast food meals by 20 percent, and teens underestimate calorie counts by 34 percent.
Oldest living American says TV and fast food keep her 114 years young
But for Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., watching TV and fast food have apparently kept her alive for 114 years.
McDonald's Stands Behind Its Clown
That was the message Thursday from the fast food chain's chief executive Don Thompson, who defended his company from attacks by the watchdog group, Corporate Accountability International, before a shareholders' meeting.
Fast Food Forward McDonald's Workers and Supporters Protest...
May 23 - McDonald's shareholders were greeted at the company's annual conference Thursday by a hundred workers and supporters calling for decent wages to support their families, and the right to form a union without interference.
Diners badly underestimate calories in fast-food meals
Teens underestimated the calories in fast-food meals by 34%; parents of school-age children by 23%; adults by 20%, says lead researcher Jason Block of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
Consumers largely underestimating calorie content of fast food
People eating at fast food restaurants largely underestimate the calorie content of meals, especially large ones, according to a paper published today in BMJ .
Whopper of a refusal ends with customer shattering Newark Burger King's front window
Police say a mouthy and disgruntled drive-through customer shattered the front window of a busy Burger King after he couldn't get it his way: a Whopper Jr.
Farmworkers protest Wendy's in NYC
The protesters said Thursday they want Wendy's to sign an agreement to safeguard working conditions for Florida tomato pickers.
Togo Burger By Seulbi Kim Rethinks Fast Food Packaging
One look at a creation by Seulbi Kim , a student of industrial design at Rhode Island School of Design, and we're smacking our heads thinking, "Why didn't we think of that?" Kim's Togo Burger is a folding cardboard caddy that allows an entire fast food meal to be held with one hand.
We Try the New McCafe Blueberry Pomegranate Smoothie from McDonald's
The hardest part about leaving Serious Eat Head Quarters en route for the nearby Bowery McDonald's is passing Great NY Noodletown, where roast baby pig is nigh impossible to pass up.
No beef with these chef-made veggie burgers
"I hate the word 'veggie.' I don't even like the word 'burger,' " she says, "and I'm not really into veggie burgers." Like it or not, the veggie burger is everywhere these days, from fast-food chains to hipster hangouts and places in between, including the frozen-food case in the supermarket.
The Missoula Independent Online
Why frozen meat is better by Ari LeVaux There is an unfortunate stigma attached to frozen meat, a widely held assumption that it's inferior to fresh meat.
The Science of Grilling Burgers
From fast food drive-throughs to backyard barbecues, a hamburger is the iconic American food.