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Best Selling Girl Scout Cookies

by · March 22nd, 2010 · 12 Comments

Mmmmm, Girl Scout cookies. Who doesn’t love ‘em right?  Whether it’s scrapping the insides out of a Peanut Butter Sandwich or throwing a sleeve of Thin Mints in the freezer, everyone has their preferred eating method. I used to always wonder, “hey, which is the best selling Girl Scout cookie and by how much?” I [...]

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Tags: Desserts

Fast Food Bracket Round 1: Burger King vs. Zaxby’s, Panera vs. Popeye’s

by · March 22nd, 2010 · 16 Comments

Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. In a stunning upset, #8 Zaxby’s (60%) defeats #1 seed Burger King (40%). In a tight battle, #5 Popeyes (53%) defeats #4 Panera (47%). Today’s match-ups feature #1 seed Burger King vs. #8 seed Zaxby’s and #4 seed Panera vs. #5 seed Popeyes. Click HERE to see [...]

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Tags: Fast Food Bracket

Great Name for a Pizza Shop

by · March 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Via BuzzFeed.

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Tags: Pizza

Fast Food Bracket Round 1: Jack in the Box vs. Five Guys, KFC vs. Checkers

by · March 19th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. Five Guys (56%) defeats Jack in the Box (44%) KFC (72%) defeats Checkers (28%) Today’s match-ups feature #3 seed Jack in the Box vs. #6 seed Five Guys and #2 seed KFC vs. #7 seed Checkers. Click HERE to see a full bracket and read the initial [...]

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Tags: Fast Food Bracket

So Good Blog/New Round-Up 3/19

by · March 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Endless Simmer’s cutest eater contest. Epic Portions walks through its picks for Beer Madness. Jezebel has a “Cake vs. Pie” bracket. Serious Eats looks at 64 foods from the towns of tournament teams. McDonald’s will be pushing $1 drinks this summer. SlashFood has 5 questions for Spike Mendelsohn. Top Chef’s Marcel nabs a show on [...]

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Tags: News

Fast Food Bracket Round 1: McDonald’s vs. Little Caesar’s, Quizno’s vs. Dairy Queen

by · March 18th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. McDonald’s 59% (566 votes) defeats Little Caesar’s  41% (397 votes) Dairy Queen 68% (650 votes) defeats Quizno’s 32% (302 votes) Following up on the success of last years Meat Madness, on Tuesday So Good unveiled The Fast Food Bracket, a 32-chain tournament to determine who is the [...]

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Tags: Fast Food Bracket

The Fast Food Bracket

by · March 16th, 2010 · 90 Comments

Have you filled out your Fast Food Bracket yet? (Click on Bracket for larger view) Ah March, that time of year when people put anything and everything into “bracket” form. Last year, So Good brought down the house with our wildly popular Meat Madness tournament. One full month of debates, arguments and voting, leading to [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Fast Food Bracket

McDonald’s Burger Domination: A Tale of Conflicting Maps

by · March 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments

A few days ago, Consumerist had a blog post showing an interesting map alleging to show the concentration of fast-food burger joints across the U.S. The Consumerist post is based off an “Infographic of the Day” post from the magazine Fast Company.  The map above appears to show a far less dominant market position for [...]

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Tags: Burgers · Fast Food · Interesting

Big Mac Wrap: Sad Falafel

by · March 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments

As I sit in my office this morning, it is out there.  In the tangible world, a burger exists that is not truly a burger.  It is an IMPOSTER.  A fink.  I am speaking of McDonald’s new-ish Big Mac Wrap. Take a Big Mac.  Remove the buns.  Cut the patties in half, sometimes quarters. Wrap [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Reviews

California Tortilla Dropping Cold Hard Cash

by · March 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

….well, assuming you think a one dollar bill qualifies as “cold, hard cash.” The Maryland/DC based burrito joint California Tortilla will be placing hundreds of $1 bills around the DC area on Thursday, March 11th with messages attached to them promoting its $5 “Fiesta Combo.”  To raise awareness of this promotion, California Tortilla is apparently [...]

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Tags: Marketing