San Jose Hates Happy (Meals) Cary May 29, 2010 Fast Food 8 Comments I know this is an old story, but this needs to stay fresh in our minds, especially over this Memorial Day weekend. In lovely Santa Clara county of the small, clean and quiet city of San Jose, CA people are...
Healing Potion Energy Drinks Cary May 28, 2010 Soft Drinks 4 Comments This is incredible. You may have remembered our little piece on Jones Soda's Dungeons & Dragons special edition. Well, the noble warriors at ThinkGeek have already gone to the next level and...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 5/28/10 Eick May 28, 2010 News 2 Comments Top 10 worst fast food meals. In-n-Out is coming to Texas. Fork in the Road reviews the new BK ribs. The top 100 cooking shows of all-time. 10 things you didn't know about bananas. Kraft is...
KFC is….So Good? Eick May 24, 2010 Advertising, Chicken 6 Comments The So Good Inbox has been blowing up this morning with people asking if I've heard the news about KFC's new marketing slogan. After months (potentially years) of research, KFC is kicking aside its old...
In This Economy: Burger King Ribs Cary May 23, 2010 BBQ, Fast Food 23 Comments Here's an interesting bit from Nation's Restaurant News, namely a new menu item from Burger King in yet another bold price-conscious move: The new bone-in ribs, which have been tested in various markets and...
Me ‘N Google: Milk Cary May 20, 2010 Advertising 9 Comments I'll begin by saying I woke up this morning wondering about milk. I did this because we were out of yogurt and I had my heady hippie granola with 2% milk. It was not satisfying. This sent me into a...
Dungeons and Dragons Cola Cary May 14, 2010 Soft Drinks 9 Comments Brought to you by the delightful humans at Jones Soda. Obviously. Who else would take the time to cater to a small percentile of table top role players and pull it off so gloriously. To...
Would You Rather: Peanut Candy Edition Cary May 14, 2010 Candy, Would You Rather? 8 Comments Catching a movie in my pre-teens was an incredible experience. The smell of horrible two-day-old popcorn at the Sangertown Mall, the crunchy disgusting carpets...and the candy. Oh the candy. I...
Gatorade Targets “Tapped†Market JT May 7, 2010 Marketing, Sports 1 Comment In a new marketing campaign recently seen in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine and Us Weekly, Gatorade (from the PepsiCo family of products) has begun to take on what it deems as a prime competitor:...
Cadbury Flake 99 Challenge Eick May 6, 2010 Desserts, YouTube 2 Comments The theme park Cadbury Ice Cream Land had the fun/briliant/insane idea to challenge fans to eat a Cadbury Flake 99 ice cream upside-down on a rollercoaster at speeds of over 40mph and pulling over 3Gs. ...