Would you have guessed that THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY would be named the 2011 FAVORITE CASUAL DINING RESTAURANT in a recent consumer survey?
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Did you know that Heinz Ketchup is NOT served in McDonald’s restaurants?
(disclaimer: it’s still served at McDonald’s in Pittsburgh and Minneapolis, but try to go with the concept here, people)
We know! Who would believe that any major fast food restaurant chain would serve anything other than Heinz Ketchup?
A few year’s ago, Web Watch was out shopping and saw a bottle of Hunt’s catsup in the shopping cart. We asked about it, and we were told “Hunt’s is on sale, so we’re buying it.”
Now Web Watch has always been a Heinz Ketchup family. No other ketchup even comes close in flavor to us. We’ve tried those others, and they were just lame imitators of the true Ketchup King.
End result, we said, “we’ll pay you the extra $0.30 you’re saving on that Hunt’s catsup if that means we get to stick with Heinz Ketchup.” And it’s been Heinz ever since.
Fast Food: A History of Wendy’s, Arby’s, Burger King
and Other Popular Fast Food Restaurants
When we see a question like the one above (“What’s the most popular fast food restaurant in the world”), the answer can be quite varied.
If you’re talking about the most popular in terms of “french fries”, you’re likely going to be talking about McDonald’s.
If you’re talking about most popular in terms of number of US outlets, then Subway has almost twice as many as the next nearest chain.
No, today we’re going to look at this in a slightly different way — using the power of social marketing and community engagement, Web Watch is going to determine the Most Popular Fast Food Chain, based on the number of Facebook Likes. (the list of Top Fifty Fast Food Restaurants provided by QSR magazine)
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
Everybody knows the classic deli line delivered by Billy Crystal’s real-life mom in the movie WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.
But it ends up that what everybody is having in the traditional Jewish deli may not be what you’re going to get anymore. There is a referendum among deli owners to CUT DOWN ON THE SIZE OF THOSE GIANT SANDWICHES, and instead serve meals that are a little bit healthier and better for the customer.
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The 10 most common ingredients in Fast Food
Fast Food Panic for Nintendo. Buy now!
When you order a fast-food combo meal, like Web Watch did today, you’re not just getting a burger and fries – that is, a meal made solely of meat, bun, ketchup, pickles, cheese, potatoes, some salt and oil.
No, you’re getting quite a few more ingredients thrown into the mix. That bun? Probably has some sugar in it. Those fries? Maybe some extra starch was sprayed on them before cooking.
Buy the book “Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes”
For the past few years, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been monitoring what restaurants have been serving, as a way to inform the public about the horrors that await them when eating wonderful, delicious restaurant food.
Web Watch, like you, loves cheese.
We apparently didn’t know that adding cheese to any meal is typically a no-no when it comes to eliminating fat and calories from one’s diet. So we’re torn – cheese tastes good, but it’s bad for you.
Oh well – maybe we’ll just have one or two small bites, then set the rest of these phenomenally sounding meals away to snack on later. Can’t let all that cheese go to waist, can we? (See what we did there? Looks like we mispelled “waste” as “waist”. Ha!)
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip–Confessions of a Cynical Waiter
Eating out is fun for us, the customer.
We get some (usually) good food, brought to us by (usually) attentive waitstaff.
Sometimes, everything lives up to our expectations; sometimes it doesn’t. That’s the risk we take when we decide to put our food preparation into someone else’s hands rather than doing it ourselves.
But there is a flip-side to everything. Which is why Web Watch readers should pay attention to these TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO WHILE DINING OUT, as compiled by Jessica, a former food-service employee and inspired by stories she’s read on WAITER RANT, a blog of restaurant horror stories.
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Nobody likes dirty restaurant kitchens
Nobody likes dirty kitchens, whether it be a dirty restaurant kitchen or watching what is perceived by some to be unhygenic food handling practices.
According to an October survey of over 1,000 adults regarding reasons to eat (or not eat) at a restaurant, it ends up that the primary reasons people choose not to eat at a restaurant all pertain to restaurant cleanliness.. or lack thereof.
Below the cut is the LIST OF REASONS PEOPLE CHOOSE NOT TO EAT AT RESTAURANTS: