Entries from April 2010
I’m a simple man. I don’t ask for much. While I’m reasonable, I demand people have a good sense of priority. If you had to choose between eating a sandwich and saving a child thrown from a building, the decision would be tough. After a decent amount of deliberation, you catch the child…but you probably [...]
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Tags: Beer · Marketing
I came from a family of spreaders. When making peanut butter sandwiches, you unpacked two slices of bread, took the peanut butter out of the cupboard and WHAMMO you have a peanut butter sandwich. Where I grew up, constructing a PB sandwich was a salve on an otherwise useless day. Hey, I might not have [...]
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Tags: Breakfast · Desserts · Sandwiches
by JT · April 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments
From the sustainability desk of So Good comes a news story about an idea to transform one of the most recognizable consumer icons for the good of the planet. The object: the Coca-Cola bottle. The idea: to turn the famous curves of the bottle into a rectangular shape for the following reasons, according to the [...]
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Tags: Media Coverage · News · Soft Drinks
The best foods to eat while you’re stoned. Is organic food marketing hype? Manolith reminds us the Double Down is not the first bunless sandwich. KFC continues to lose ground to competitors. Jamie Oliver’s school lunch makeover has not gone well. Brooklyn man attempts to eat nothing but pizza for a month. In ‘n Out [...]
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Tags: News
Update: Voting for the Fast Food Bracket FINAL is now closed. Dairy Queen (37%) defeats Wendy’s (34%) and Sonic (29%). Congratulations to Dairy Queen. After more than 50,000 total Fast Food Bracket votes, they now hold the title of top Fast Food chain in America as voted on by So Good readers. The final vote [...]
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Tags: Fast Food Bracket
This is a true gem, brought to us by the folks at the New York Post: New York Senator Charles Schumer is just like us.  He has a secret awesome sandwich that he adores. Dig on this: Roast beef, banana peppers, pickled jalapeños, extra onions, extra tomatoes, two layers of pickles, mayonnaise and mustard on [...]
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Tags: Politics · Sandwiches
Update 3: This is absolute madness. It’s now 24 hours since the polls closed, and it appears all the votes have been tallied, and with more than 8,500 votes cast, someway, somehow, we ended up with an exact tie. 4,267 votes for both Sonic and DQ. UNREAL. I’m calling this one. I’m sure all the [...]
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Tags: Fast Food Bracket
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, on this day, Monday, April 12th, KFC introduced, nationwide, a new “sandwich”: The Double Down. So Good first wrote about this bizarre creation last August when it was being test marketed in Nebraska and Rhode Island. At the time, I spent a week investigating in order to be the one that [...]
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Tags: Bizarre · Chicken · Fast Food · Rant
After several weeks of voting, it all comes down to this: the Fast Food Bracket Final Four! We’ve had some spirited battles, but now, in a match-up of fast food titans, #4 seed Dairy Queen faces off against #3 Sonic for a spot in the championship match. Both of them have been mowing down the [...]
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Tags: Fast Food Bracket
Update: Voting on these match-ups is now closed. Arby’s (56%) defeats White Castle (44%) Wendy’s (53%) edges Taco Bell (47%) Today we kick off the next two match-ups of the Elite Eight. To catch yourself up on the results of the Fast Food Bracket so far, click the bracket below to see all the winners, [...]
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Tags: Fast Food Bracket