fast-food
There Are 5 Fast Food Places for Every Grocery Store in America
Maureen O'Connor · 08/12/11 01:18PMAccording to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 23 million Americans live in "food deserts," low-income areas without "ready access" to grocery stores. This, however, is not why Americans are so fat, according to a University of North Carolina study of long-term eating habits and summarized in The Week:
Swedish Prime Minister's Kid Gets Job at McDonald's
Maureen O'Connor · 08/03/11 05:33PMDunkin Donuts Ensnared in Prostitution, ATM Hacking
Max Read · 08/01/11 08:33PMMan Seeks Justice After Bloody Band-Aid Pizza Encounter
Lauri Apple · 07/31/11 02:30PMSay Bonjour to the McBaguette
Seth Abramovitch · 07/29/11 03:13AMChuck E. Cheese Embroiled in Crude Gesture Scandal
Richard Lawson · 07/27/11 02:33PMMcDonald's Makes Happy Meals Slightly Less-Deadly
Adrian Chen · 07/27/11 10:23AMBear Mauls Car In Search of Chicken McNuggets
Jeff Neumann · 07/24/11 11:54PMWhat happens when you leave Chicken McNuggets in your car in the the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico? Leroy Griego knows: "A bear destroyed my car looking for Chicken McNuggets," he told Las Cruces Sun-News. And after surveying the damage Dennis O'Keefe, a local bookshop owner who saw Griego's mangled car, chimed in:
Kim Jong-il Has Big Macs Airlifted Into North Korea
Jeff Neumann · 07/22/11 04:20AMDespite threats from the U.S. State Department last summer that Kim Jong-il would no longer be able to buy jet skis and Iranian caviar, he's still shelling out millions of dollars on everything from Rolex watches to Gucci handbags for his top officials and he's even having McDonald's delivered by airplane from China, according to the Korea Herald.
The Quiznos Death Watch Begins
Hamilton Nolan · 07/21/11 09:18AMTaco Bell Employee Quits in Best Way Possible
Max Read · 07/16/11 08:57AMIs there anything more gratifying than quitting a crappy job in dramatic, bridge-incinerating fashion? I don't think there is! But maybe we could ask Adam, former Taco Bell shift manager, since he seems to have some experience in that department. Adam submitted his sign-based resignation ("I QUIT - ADAM/FUCK YOU :)") on Thursday night; apparently he was upset that he was denied time off on July 4, despite having worked 22 days in a row. [WIVB via Fark]
Kitchen Nightmares: Do Not Think About What's In Your Food
Hamilton Nolan · 07/15/11 02:03PMFood Companies Voluntarily Agree to Change Nothing
Hamilton Nolan · 07/15/11 11:01AMKitchen Nightmares, Vol. 2: Sex, Poop, Murder
Hamilton Nolan · 07/14/11 02:33PMKitchen Nightmares: Fried Rats and 'Beef Stroking Off'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/13/11 03:32PM'Fast Drunks' Coming to Drive-Thru Near You
Hamilton Nolan · 07/01/11 02:34PMOur nation's fast food outlets are all in that "teenage phase" right now, in which they all try to "find themselves" by trying on various new identities. Denny's is a "diner. Panera is a hippie haven. Everywhere else is now a "cafe." The only thing that our nation's fast food outlets can all agree on: they need more drunk people on their premises.
All Fast Food Outlets Now 'Cafes'
Hamilton Nolan · 06/14/11 09:39AMIce Cream 'Cone-ing' Your New Favorite Fad
Lauri Apple · 06/12/11 08:28PMLos Angeles Gets Its Very First Papaya King
Brian Moylan · 05/31/11 03:29PMPapaya King, the red and orange hot dog emporium that has been adding heartburn to Manhattanites' hangovers for decades, finally opened a branch in Los Angeles. So far there are lines out the block for the New York chain's famous hot dogs. Does this mean we're finally going to get an In 'N' Out Burger?