All The Bite
- Facing falling sales, fast food turns to mobile payments
Burger King says it will introduce its mobile payment platform for smart phones next month, and Wendy's has been testing its own mobile payment app. Can the technology help reverse falling sales for major burger chains?
- Can local food reach mainstream supermarkets?
Regional food hubs help meet consumer demand for local food by aggregating products from local farmers. The next step: expanding the supply chain to national retailers.
- World Water Day: Global efforts to conserve our most precious food resource
World Water Day is celebrated Saturday, March 22, and agriculture innovators in many countries are finding ways to use water more efficiently. Eaters and consumers can do their part to save water through the food choices they make each day, long after World Water Day.
- Learning gardens teach kids to love the outdoors
What happens when you outfit over 100 schools with 500-3,000 square foot outdoor gardening classrooms? Spontaneous gardening and a lifelong love of growing, hopes one nonprofit.
- Restaurant traffic thins in the US, but customers are spending more
The foodservice industry in the US saw a 1 percent drop in customer traffic but an 1.8 percent rise in spending in the last quarter of 2013, according to a recent survey. Most of the spending increase is likely due to restaurant price hikes.
- Is Big Food really the next Big Tobacco?
At its core, the notion of treating ‘Big Food’ like ‘Big Tobacco’ means bringing litigation against large food companies in an attempt to hold them financially liable for obesity and other food-related health issues. Can it work?
- Best St. Patrick's Day burgers around the country
Put the 'patty' in St. Patrick's day with the best Irish-themed burgers around the country.
- McDonald’s workers file lawsuit for ‘stolen’ wages
McDonald's workers have filed class-action lawsuits in three states alleging franchisees stole wages from workers by forcing employees to work off the clock and refusing to pay overtime. The McDonald's suits are the latest in the effort to draw attention to the issue of low worker wages.
- New study highlights gender inequality in African farm ownership
Acknowledging that many claims on women’s land ownership in Africa are oversimplified, the researchers still identified a consistent trend of African women owning less land then men, regardless of how land ownership was defined.
- EU wants to ban US use of Parmesan, Gouda. Lawmakers cheesed.
The European Union wants to stop American cheese producers from using European names like Parmesan and Muenster on their products, but US lawmakers and dairy farmers are fighting back.
- Breakfast makes a comeback
Call 2013 the year of bacon, eggs, and pancakes: a new survey shows breakfast drove customer traffic in restaurants.
- Sbarro pizza chain files for second bankruptcy. It can do that?
Sbarro pizza chain's bankruptcy filing is its second in three years. There's no rule preventing Sbarro pizza from a second Chapter 11 filing, but it still doesn't bode well for the company's future.
- No second banana: Fruit giants Chiquita and Fyffes merge
Chiquita will merge with Irish fruit distributor Fyffes in a deal worth about $1.7 billion, the two companies announced Monday. The merger, if approved, will create the world's largest banana supplier.
- Sbarro pizza chain files for bankruptcy. Again.
Sbarro filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday for the second time in less than three years. The filing comes on the heels of Sbarro's announcement last month that it will close 155 of about 400 restaurants it owns in North America to cut costs.
- Bacon Clubhouse headlines McDonald's premium menu
Thick-cut Applewood smoked bacon, caramelized grilled onions, fresh veggies-- all ingredients on McDonald's new premium-price Bacon Clubhouse burger.
- Honoring the work of women on International Women's Day
International Women's Day celebrates the lives and achievements of women. Today, Food Tank is honoring a group of women who are working to end poverty and hunger around the world.
- Chipotle guacamole scare: Climate change means menu change?
Chipotle: Guacamole could be taken off the menu if prices on ingredients continue to rise. However, according to Chipotle's annual financial report, the guacamole worries are simply a routine disclosure of future risk.
- Young farmers hope to have a bigger role in Europe's food future
Famers under age 35 make up only seven percent of all EU agricultural producers, but demonstrate 40 percent more economic potential, according to recent reports. A council of young farmers is seeking to change that.
- Burger King 'Satisfries' moving to kid's meals
Burger King announced it will be making low-cal 'Satisfries' the only fry option for kid's meals, making a healthier side choice standard.
- McDonald's menu identity crisis
Has McDonald's overloaded its menu? That seems to be the tune of the company these days. Here's a look back at the multitude of menu changes in the past few years.