Entries from August 2008
If you haven’t done so already, become a fan of So Good on Facebook. Endless Simmer has their Top Ten carb-loading foods. Best Bites gets eater feedback from the new Nando’s in DC. Raphael is unimpressed with the Ruby Tuesday stunt. The Great American Cooking Project made Tobacco flavored ice cream. America’s hardest drinking cities. [...]
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Tags: Booze · News · Recipes
PC World has a new article out called Lame and Lamer: 10 Dumbest Viral Marketing Campaigns. The list includes such classic viral disasters as the Wal-Marting across America blog and the ill-fated Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare. Two food and beverage campaigns make the list: Coors Code Blue and Cheetos Orange Underground. The author [...]
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Tags: Marketing
So, August 8th marked the one-year anniversary of So Good. Considering that I went from about 500 readers in the first month, to 75,000 last month, I probably should have said something about how great my readers are, thanks for spreading the word etc. etc. Or maybe I should have prepared a post looking at [...]
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Tags: Cool
Lando Calrissian likes to relax. When it’s time for Lando to relax, he reaches for a Colt 45.
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Tags: Advertising · YouTube
I love Sonic. Every time their ads come on TV, I find myself drooling at the unique food and drink combinations advertised as part of their extensive menu. Fresh fruit limeades? Tater tots with cheese? Sandwiches served on Texas Toast? Delicious. Sign me up. There’s just one problem with my “loving” Sonic: I’ve never actually [...]
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Tags: Advertising · Fast Food · Rant
This makes a trifecta for So Good in the last 6 months…three appearances in the Express “Blog Log.” Once for my post on bacon-wrapped hot dogs. Once for my rant about Starburst, and then last week for my post about Dr. Pepper’s new ads with Dr. J.
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Tags: Advertising
by JT · August 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments
(Editors note: please welcome JT to the So Good mix, as he debuts with his first post). This just in from Jacksonville, Florida… “The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce. Peterson [...]
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Tags: Condiments · News · Sandwiches
(Editors note: This is the first of many future “I try it so you don’t have to” columns from one of So Good’s new contributors, Lemmonex. Look for the column each and every Wednesday morning). My father once read the label on a Kraft Single and said, “Cheese food? If they have to tell me [...]
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Tags: Bizarre · I Try It So You Don't Have To · Reviews
You know the economy is bad, when even a behemoth like McDonalds is feeling the pain! Apparently, the dollar menu is at risk! It seems Mickey D’s is reducing the amount of cheese on the double cheeseburger due to rising dairy prices. Really McDonalds? I mean what’s next, no bun due to the rising cost [...]
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Tags: Cheese · Fast Food
It seems the Soup Nazi may have some competition on his hands! This Subway is hardcore. I wonder if anyone ever actually enforces this rule? via consumerist
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Tags: Bizarre · Fast Food · Sandwiches