A gift from a friend, brought back from Britain.

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We bash and mock food companies quite a bit around here, and rightly so, there are a lot of terrible and ridiculous marketing decisions that get made by corporate America. But sometimes, a company actually listens to what consumers are saying, understands the problems people are complaining about, and addresses them.  Such is the case [...]

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This might be even more disgusting than the bacon lip balm. Via Book of Joe.

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Yet another one of the crazy Pepsi flavors they make over in Japan, much like the Ice Cucumber flavor I posted about this spring.  AV Club has a taste test and review.

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Some of the comedic minds from Upright Citizens Brigade have come up with a new web series about competitive eating called “Quest for the Golden Hot Dog.”  According to Tubefilter, the series features a number of actors from the Los Angeles indie comedy scene, along with UCB veteran Matt Besser.  The series will debut with [...]

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Despite the fact that Phelps openly campaigned for a deal with McDonald’s, Subway has locked him in to an exclusive fast food contract and he will serve as the chain’s new primary spokesperson.  Read the full article about this endorsement deal over at AdAge. Photo credit to Stuart Ramson, via Adage.

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Who doesn’t love a good nug?  Nugs, nugs, nugs.  But the queston is, what is a nuggnut? Well, to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Chicken McNugget, McDonald’s has started a new “Nuggnuts” campaign.  It features a Nuggnuts website and Facebook group. A visit to the website greets you with this image: Ah yes, the [...]

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Please register and vote for So Good as Best Food Blog. The gang at Endless Simmer let me join their live blog of Top Chef last night. They also have an exit interview with booted chef Jill Snyder. Five Guys has come to Chicago. …and Fast Food Critic reviews their bacon cheese dog. Snackerrific tells [...]

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It appears that in the last few days, there are a handful of bloggers who, by finding wallets on the ground, have unwittingly stumbled across the latest under-the-radar Burger King promotion. The fast food chain has dispensed agents across major U.S. cities (indications are it’s just been Chicago and Orlando so far ) to “lose” [...]

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If you’ve been reading So Good for a while, you could probably speculate that Papa John’s wouldn’t be my biggest fan. After all, who knows how much money the company lost after So Good broke the Papa John’s/Lebron James/Crybaby story. But where I criticize companies for boneheaded moves, I also praise them for a job well done, and Papa John’s [...]

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