Would You Rather? Marshmallows vs. Graham Crackers Eick February 9, 2011 Would You Rather? 7 Comments Time for a new Would You Rather. Today's question guarantees you can never eat s'mores again. Ever. But if forced to choose between two of the primary ingredients of s'mores, which would you elect to keep in...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/9/11 Eick February 9, 2011 News A bacon marinated burger? NPR eats/reviews some Chicago style Italian beef sandwiches. GrubGrade reviews the new Subway Raspberry Cheesecake cookie. Slashfood reviews McDonald's Chipotle BBQ Bacon...
Would You Rather? Circus/Ballpark Edition Eick February 3, 2011 Would You Rather? 4 Comments Time for a new Would You Rather! Apologies I didn't get this up on the usual Wednesday schedule. My internet was a nightmare yesterday. So bad that I called to get a new internet service provider. Tomorrow...
Is Taco Bell Meat 88% or 35% Beef? Eick February 2, 2011 Fast Food, Marketing, News 2 Comments That's a big difference, no? By now, many of you may have heard the news that a law firm in Alabama sued Taco Bell for false advertising, alleging: what Taco Bells calls "ground beef" does not meet the...
Egyptians Flocking to Hardee’s Eick February 2, 2011 Comedy, Fast Food 1 Comment This week millions of Egyptians have been gathering with one obvious destination in mind: Wait, really? They have Hardee's in Egypt? Joke/reference/screenshot/image from last nights episode of The Colbert...
KFC Ad in China Features Fake Obama Eick January 28, 2011 Chicken, Fast Food, Politics, YouTube 2 Comments Stumbled across this on YouTube. KFC has a new ad in China for what appears to be the Fish Fillet Soft Roll. But the 10 second ad features a surprise endorser at its beginning. Check out this screen...
Would You Rather? Food I Don’t Like Edition Eick January 26, 2011 Would You Rather? 7 Comments It's Wednesday! Which means it's Would You Rather time. Today's match-up of foods will seem like quite a bizarre combo. But what they both have in common is they are two examples of the maybe 7-8 foods in the...
DiGiorno Pizza & Cookies Eick January 25, 2011 Bizarre, Pizza 5 Comments The other night, friend of the blog Mark sent So Good a picture he snapped in Wal-Mart of a just-hit-the-shelves product from DiGiorno. Pizza & Cookies, in the same box: Let me ask the first, obvious...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/23/11 Eick January 23, 2011 News Does McDonald's marketing make you addicted to fast food? Breeding "super jalapenos" for better jalapeno poppers. Is DC suffering from burger fatigue? Food Network's ratings are dropping. McDonald's...
Colgate Uses Pizza Box Images to Promote New Toothpaste Eick January 19, 2011 Advertising, Pizza This is an interesting, bizarre and kind of gross use of imagery to hawk a new product. To promote its new "night" formula of toothpaste in France, Colgate paid some local pizzerias to turn the inside of pizza...
