So Good Blog/News Round-up 1/17/08 Eick January 17, 2008 Fast Food, News, Salad, Sandwiches Buyer Behaviour speculates on what Indian fast food can learn from McDonald's. Both Sphinn and Adweek offer praise for the Whopper Freakout campaign. Albion Cooks offers up a salad with edamame,...
Ronald McDonald’s Daughter? Eick January 16, 2008 Advertising, Bizarre, Burgers, Fast Food, YouTube 4 Comments No probably not, but this ad for McDonald's answers the question we've all had at one point or another, "what would an attractive woman in a Ronald McDonald get-up look like?" The ad was aired in 2004 in...
So Good’s Top 6 Posts of 2007 Eick January 16, 2008 Advertising, Bizarre, Burgers, Cheese, Comedy, Condiments, Fast Food, Marketing, Pizza, Sandwiches, Steak 6 Comments Although blogging at So Good did not begin until mid-August of 2007, the amount of "food, folks and fun" that we packed into those 4 1/2 months is surely enough to get me arrested in 23 of the lower 48...
Potato Chips? Enough with the Ketchup! Eick January 15, 2008 Condiments, Snacks 4 Comments On the website taquitos.net, there are reviews for 39 different brands of ketchup chips. Huh? People, people, people. Ketchup as a flavor is boring, plus we're talking potato chips here, not french fries. What...
Death Valley Chipotle is the New Kettle Chip Eick January 14, 2008 Snacks, Web Sites 7 Comments Kettle Foods, the makers of many delicious chips, announced today the winner of their latest consumer vote to pick a new Kettle Chip flavor. This was the "Fire & Spice" match-up. The four other finalists,...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/14/08 Eick January 14, 2008 Candy, Cooking, Desserts, Health, News, Politics 2 Comments The Pioneer Woman Cooks has some awesome ways to combine cookie dough and candy. DCist tells you how to make some gourmet hot chocolate. Best Bites Blog gives their Foodie In/Out list for...
Analysis of the Whopper Freakout Campaign Eick January 11, 2008 Advertising, Burgers, Fast Food, Marketing, News, Television, Videos, Web Sites, YouTube 24 Comments Wednesday, January 9th marked the one-month anniversary of the launch of the Whopper Freakout campaign. The thousands of people who have visited So Good in order to watch the full-length Whopper Freakout...
How to Eat Like a Hot Chick Eick January 10, 2008 Television 1 Comment The authors of this new book were just on the Today Show on Tuesday. The premise seems to be just eat a tiny bit of what you like, and lots of spinach. ‘How to Eat Like a Hot...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/10/08 Eick January 10, 2008 News, Politics, Salad, Top Chef Chocolate & Zucchini offer up picks for the Best of 2007. Coming Soon: Top Chef, the cookbook. I'm a year late on this one, but turns out Top Chef judge Padma Lakshmi is quite the fan of smoking...