Entries from July 2009
A cool blog called The Ragbag had a post go up a few weeks ago with a venn diagram titled “Towards a Grand Unification of Cutlery” which followed up on the idea of a spork, by also introducing people to the knork and spife, which ultimately combine to form the splayd. So what kind of [...]
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Tags: Interesting
On Thursday morning, residents of New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia will awake to find their cities have been targeted with a new, cutting edge form of marketing: GreenGraffiti. Not only that, but a scavenger hunt will ensue, and those that spot these GreenGraffiti logos can win a free pizza. Domino’s Pizza, a client of [...]
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Tags: Cool · Interesting · Marketing
This ad is made by DDB Stockholm, and since it’s really creative and good, it is, of course, not running in the U.S. Spotted on AdGabber. Find more videos like this on AdGabber
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Tags: Advertising · Videos
When it comes to food, I am very open-minded. I will give just about everything a try.  But as Dirty Harry once said, man’s got to know his limitations. Enter, the Pizza Cone. I know that the sharp folks in R&D think that America wants food “on the go†and “quick to prepare†(and yes, [...]
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Tags: Fast Food · Pizza
Nah, for this Would You Rather? we aren’t just going to see which you’d rather never eat again, ice cream or burgers. Instead, we’re going to take a look at how much variety counts for you, and with which food you can better handle being limited. Option #1: You must pick one specific burger, from [...]
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Tags: Would You Rather?
As in Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appears on the U.S. dime. This Taco Bell ad/video was made by Chris Applebaum, best known for videos for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna. Message is pretty straight forward, “our food is cheap, you can buy it with pocket change.” I’m not jumping out of my seat for [...]
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Tags: Advertising · Fast Food · YouTube
SFoodie’s Five Favorite Local White Trash Dishes. Subway is finally putting Michael Phelps back in their ads. General Mills is making gluten free cereal. Unfortunately named restaurants. Pepsi and Coca-Cola make nice on Twitter. Joey Chestnut eats 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Mmmmmm….placenta. Strawberry and feta salad. $5 Dinners makes balsamic chicken pasta salad. [...]
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Tags: News
(Want to try a McDonald’s Angus Third Pounder? See the bottom of this post to win free Angus burgers!) Today, July 2nd, McDonald’s introduced a new burger to their menu across the nation. The Angus Third Pounders are the first new burgers the company has launched since the Big ‘N Tasty in 2001, this after [...]
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Tags: Fast Food · Reviews
I get a lot of crap e-mailed to me by food companies. But every once in a while, an interesting piece of information slips through all the junk. Such was the case today. Hormel foods just conducted a survey asking American’s what their eating pet peeves are. Check out some of the results below. Which [...]
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Tags: Interesting
This video was spotted by our friends over at Brightest Young Things, who note about the video: At first I thought this was a children’s video, but by the end of the first verse I think it’s about actually fucking fast food- as in making sex with fast food, getting turned on by fast food, [...]
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Tags: Bizarre · YouTube