It has finally happened. “The New Starbucks” has come up with a solution to the much-despised (especially by myself) “sippy cup lid.” I can now confirm the availability of of a green plug with a rod that fits somewhat securely on the lid’s opening. Much in the fashion of Apple’s Mighty Mouse, where the computer manufacturer…
Category: Food & Drink
No More Starbucks Breakfast Sandwiches
I can’t believe this story is already over a month old (time flies), but it’s still annoying me. I know that my recent posts probably make you thing I wander the streets with a crossed-out mermaid t-shirt, but come on… Maybe this is Starbucks punishing me for increasingly defecting to Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee. In that category,…
Kindergartners Taught About Nutrition by Domino’s
Kindergartners toss pizzas, learn about food pyramid This “article” is ridiculous. Teaching kids about the food pyramid with pizza!? As one reader noted, a slice of Domino’s pizza has at least 250 calories, and processed tomato sauce is hardly a serving of vegetables. This just shows what’s wrong with our society today… We’re teaching kids…
“Tarter Sauce Taste Adjustment” and The End of the “Big Mäc”
This is kind of old news, but nonetheless amusing: McDonald’s Germany decided that, after 36 years, Germans probably had figured out how to pronounce the chain’s signature sandwich, and that spelling it phonetically in German would no longer be necessary. OK, well, officially it has to with “global unified branding”—The “FishMäc” has also become the…
The Lid at Starbucks
When is Starbucks going to redesign their lid? I complained about this over a year ago and mentioned the specific location of a Starbucks where I was burned, spawning a tirade of hate mail by that location’s baristas. Since then, I have been burned and stained by Starbucks coffee on several occasions. Dunkin Donuts has…
Regular Discouragment
I took some time off today to watch Morgan Spurlock’s Supersize Me, something I like to do regularly when I think I’m eating too much fast food. It is pretty effective. As a college student, I stereotypically eat unhealthy most of the time. A good 90 percent of my meals are consumed at Kimmel Food…