Fling: A New Chocolate Bar from Mars Eick May 25, 2009 5 Comments Eick May 25, 2009 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” […]
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/25/09 Eick May 25, 2009 1 Comment Eick May 25, 2009 1 Comments Traces of cocaine found in Red Bull Cola, could be banned in Germany. The history of beer cans. The top 25 pizzas in […]
Oscar Mayer Marketing Backfires Eick May 22, 2009 1 Comment JT May 22, 2009 1 Comments Apparently, the hot dog giveaway by Oscar Mayer this past Wednesday generated some unexpected publicity for the famous purveyor of tubular meat-ish products. […]
2 Girls, 1 Sub: Quizno’s Marketing Department Disgusts and Baffles Me Eick May 21, 2009 43 Comments Eick May 21, 2009 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 […]
Food Inc. Eick May 20, 2009 9 Comments Eick May 20, 2009 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 […]
Eaten Last Week: Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers Eick May 19, 2009 5 Comments Eick May 19, 2009 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 […]
Choose the Next Dunkin Donut Eick May 18, 2009 12 Comments Eick May 18, 2009 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 […]
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/18/09 Eick May 18, 2009 Eick May 18, 2009 0 Comments Slate wonders if more food regulation is coming. Did the KFC/Oprah fiasco ruin future “free” giveaways? A KFC franchise owner says he’s “waiting […]
Your Pizza is Awful Eick May 14, 2009 23 Comments Cary May 14, 2009 23 Comments Human beings are territorial creatures. Always have been. Which leads me to my next point: YOUR PIZZA IS AWFUL. No, really, I don’t […]
So Good in Washington Post Express Eick May 14, 2009 1 Comment Eick May 14, 2009 1 Comments Nice quote from So Good’s post about the FDA’s warning to Cheerios in this morning’s edition of the Washington Post Express Blog Log.