Beer Sales Catching up to Hard Alcohol Sales Eick December 31, 2007 Beer, Booze 3 Comments Bet you didn't know that sales of booze and mixed drinks were more than beer did you? I know I didn't. But in an article titled, "Beer closing in on cocktails as drink of choice" MSNBC reports: "After years...
Can I Add Bacon to my Dessert? Eick December 29, 2007 Bacon, Cooking, Desserts 5 Comments Yes, says Never Bashful With Butter, who whips up a batch, and provides a recipe for, Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies with a maple cinnamon...
Paris Hilton Unveils Champagne in a Can Eick December 28, 2007 Advertising, Booze, Celebrities, Marketing 4 Comments Yep, that's right. Champagne. In a can. Paris Hilton was in Berlin 2 weeks ago to promote the European launch of her new canned champagne, called Rich Prosecco. The product will be officially released in the...
Burger King Urges You To Pleasure Yourself Eick December 27, 2007 Advertising, Fast Food 3 Comments If it seems like I write about Burger King's advertising campaigns a lot, it's because I do. They clearly do not shy away from the cutting edge advertising tactics that catch the attention of...
Pizza Hut’s “No Debate” Election Ad Eick December 27, 2007 Advertising, Politics, YouTube 2 Comments For their most recent ad, Pizza Hut decided to compile a bunch of clips of the candidates from Presidential debates, including Dennis Kucinich talking about UFO's and Ron Paul talking about prices coming down....
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/27 Eick December 27, 2007 News 1 Comment Endless Simmer has chosen Anthony Bourdain as Eater of the Year. YumSugar readers pick The Cheesecake Factory as their favorite chain restaurant. Washingtonian has an extensive survey of their reader's...
That’s a Huge Napkin Eick December 26, 2007 Advertising, Burgers, Fast Food, Marketing 1 Comment As part of an ad campaign to promote the release of the new McDonald's "Big 'N' Juicy" burger in Sweden, the advertising agency DDB produced gigantic napkins and napkin dispensers and placed them around...
The Ketchup Crusade Eick December 25, 2007 Bizarre, Comedy, Condiments, YouTube 1 Comment I don't really get it, and I'm probably not alone since it has only 296 views, but if you are bored and have 2 minutes, check out "The Ketchup Crusade" from Will Drinker, who writes sketches and short videos...
Obnoxious, Leftist, Haters Attack Caesar Salads Eick December 24, 2007 Bizarre, Salad 1 Comment I was reading the blog over at Treehugger, which is an environmental site dedicated to promoting sustainability and green solutions, when I stumbled across a post from one of their bloggers titled "Recipe of...
More Obsession with Bacon Eick December 24, 2007 Bacon 3 Comments Check out the "Bacon Scarf" that Heather, over at Bacon Unwrapped got for the winter season: Hot. I want...