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August

The Big Mac turns 40 this year.  The Big Mac was first introduced in 1967 by Jim Delligatti, a McDonald’s franchise owner in Uniontown, Pa. and within one year it was adopted nationwide. There are more than 550 million big Macs sold each year (which is about 17 per second), making it one of the

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August

Hey FTC surprise, fast food restaurants try to sell food to kids.  In a a move that seems completely motivated by the meddlesome, nanny-wannabe attitude of our government officials, the FTC decides that they should investigate the marketing practices of 5 restaurant company giants.  The two largest restaurant companies, the number 2 and 3 hamburger

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July

Oh man, I’ve been TAGGED by Troy Bettinger of NotJobs. I’ve been tagged before, by my buddy Jason (not related to Jessica) Alba [and yes you can scroll down to the end and find a fresh pic of our favorite eye-candy] and enjoyed the links that game provided as well as getting to learn about

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July

Now that is one ugly mug, don’t you think? I can only imagine the face behind the name Recruiting Animal, if he prefers using a weird little puppet as his countenance. The mental image that I conger up when I think of the Animal is of Morton Downey Jr. Morton was a wildly popular shock

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July

"How ’bout a double cheeseburger to go with that large Super Supreme?" or maybe "So that’ll be a bucket of original and a nacho supreme, right?"If you haven’t been keeping up with the news in the restaurant industry this one may shock you – YUM Brands (parent company of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, KFC, Long

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July

In an apparent attempt to raise cash needed for Paris Hilton’s future bail, court fines, and criminal penalties – Hilton Hotels has agreed to be purchased by the Blackstone Group. From Nation’s Restaurant News – BEVERLY HILLS , Calif. (Jul. 5) Hilton Hotels Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by The

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