So Good Blog/News Round-Up 6/5/09 Eick June 4, 2009 News, YouTube Kellogg's is adding fiber to most of its cereals. Tom Hanks (like everyone else) loves In 'n Out Burger. Burger Beast compares Nicaraguan and American Whoppers. Bittman notes that real food CAN be...
Dancing, Singing Bears Make Me Want Coke Zero Eick May 26, 2009 Advertising, Soft Drinks 5 Comments Under the title, "If Birds Pooped Candy", AdRants reports on a recently aired Coke Zero ad titled "Unbelievable": Created 15 months ago by Weiden + Kennedy and directed by Buck Production, this "epic rock...
Ben & Jerry’s: Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road Eick May 26, 2009 Desserts 10 Comments Nothing says tasty ice cream like Elton John. Ben & Jerry's has unveiled a new limited edition flavor that features chocolate ice cream, peanut butter cookie dough, butter brickle, and white chocolate...
Fling: A New Chocolate Bar from Mars Eick May 25, 2009 Candy, Marketing 5 Comments Fling is the new chocolate bar from Mars. With its pink wrapper and website that opens with the words "Ladies, life is short" there is no secret that this product is being marketed to women as the target...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/25/09 Eick May 25, 2009 News 1 Comment Traces of cocaine found in Red Bull Cola, could be banned in Germany. The history of beer cans. The top 25 pizzas in the country. Comedian Judah Friedlander discusses his food choices last...
2 Girls, 1 Sub: Quizno’s Marketing Department Disgusts and Baffles Me Eick May 21, 2009 Advertising, Comedy, Fast Food, Marketing, Restaurants, Sandwiches, YouTube 43 Comments Update #2: Since many people don't seem to believe that Quiznos didn't play a role, or at least didn't have an understanding that the video was being made, I placed a call to Playboy to see if they could shed...
Food Inc. Eick May 20, 2009 Movies, Politics 9 Comments A new documentary, entitled "Food Inc." is scheduled to be released in NYC, L.A. and San Francisco on June 12th, and will hopefully be shown soon around the rest of the country. The film's website...
Eaten Last Week: Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers Eick May 19, 2009 Candy 5 Comments Some website called Grassshopper.com, which is for "advanced phone numbers" or whateves, sent me a package of chocolate covered grasshoppers last week. In my never ending quest to make going to my office...
Choose the Next Dunkin Donut Eick May 18, 2009 Breakfast 12 Comments A couple months ago, Dunkin Donuts sent a bunch of "create your own donut" kits to bloggers to promote their new "Create Dunkin's Next Donut" contest. Today the 12 finalists were announced: You can...