Chuck Wagon Eick January 5, 2009 Burgers, Fast Food, Marketing, Restaurants 5 Comments Editors Note: The following post comes from my good friend Cary, who you might remember as the comedic genius behind "A&W Sunkist Float: A Study in Liquid Flagellation." In addition to drinking...
Domino’s Sandwiches Better Than Subway’s? Eick January 5, 2009 Advertising, Sandwiches 11 Comments That's what Domino's is alleging, with the release of a new commercial from Crispin, Porter & Bogusky touting that their four new oven baked sandwiches beat Subway in a taste test "two-to-one."Â The...
Robocop Looooves Fried Chicken Eick January 3, 2009 Advertising, Chicken, YouTube 3 Comments An ad for a Korean fried chicken that is so tasty, Robocop is compelled to step out of a television set in order to get some. Via Unique...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/31/08 Eick December 31, 2008 News 1 Comment Please register and vote for So Good as Best Food Blog. Slice reports their Top 8 posts of 2008. My pepperoni pizza rant makes the list. Endless Simmer has the Best Food Moments of 2008. Leftover...
Would You Rather? Christmas Foods! Eick December 25, 2008 Would You Rather? 27 Comments Merry Christmas to all my So Good readers! I hope everyone is having a terrific holiday. It's been a couple months since we did a Would You Rather? so I figured I'd bust one out for Christmas. This is...
Sun-Sentinel: “Our New Favorite Blog” Eick December 24, 2008 Cool 2 Comments The internet does not sleep for the holidays, and neither, apparently, do web-surfing reporters. This morning I woke up to discover a nice mention of So Good in the Sun-Sentinel, a Florida newspaper...
Complain All You Want About Inflation… Eick December 23, 2008 Advertising, Fast Food 5 Comments But as the commercial below shows, in 1987 they were offering a McDonald's double cheeseburger for $.99 for "a limited time." 21 years later, you can still get a double cheeseburger (or at least a McDouble)...
Obama Orders Spam Musubi Eick December 22, 2008 Politics 3 Comments An article at The Huffington Post notes that a New York Times reporter observed on Sunday that while on a golf outing in Hawaii, President-elect Obama ordered spam musubi. Wikipedia describes spam...
Heinz Ketchup: Still a Slow Pour Eick December 22, 2008 Advertising, Condiments, Videos 3 Comments The Wall Street Journal has a video up of the newest Heinz ketchup commercial, which continues their "slow pour theme."Â The ad is well done, and the kid's line of, "hey you can't shake it Dad!", and his...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/22/08 Eick December 22, 2008 News Burger King served a "cease and desist" notice via Twitter... Surin Farmers Support is not happy about the Whopper Virgins ads.... Neither is Chris Abraham, writing at Adage. The campaign also...