Rapidly modernizing has caused the McDonald’s company some growing pains, but embracing Big Tech might just save them from their old analog self.
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The Last Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in America
Megan Reynolds tries the much ballyhooed (and at least temporarily unavailable) Popeye’s chicken sandwich and considers the minimum-wage workers exploited in responding to the frenzy for it, along with other problematic aspects of its popularity among bougie foodies.
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The Burrito That Brought Enlightenment
One Tucsonan writes a love letter to the 24-hour Mexican food joint that shaped his youth.
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The Secrets We Keep Amid All the Sweets
Talking about male bulimia.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
Eating to America
When Naz Riahi was 9, she escaped tragedy in Iran only to be confronted by a cruel new world in America. Food became her solace and her tool for assimilating.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Burger Made of Money
Portland’s most successful restauranteur doesn’t care about your fancy, fresh-picked, locally sourced garden ingredients. He cooks for $$$.
Posted inCulture, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
I’ll Have an Open-Face Nacho Sandwich With Extra Pork Fat and a Side of Mop Water, Please
Investigating the benefits of menu hacking and customer re-personalization.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, History, Quotes
The Little Franchise That Couldn’t
Ollie Gleichenhaus cooked up a mean hamburger. How come Americans are eating Big Macs and Whoppers instead of Ollieburgers?
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It’s Time for Hooters to GTFO
My recommendation: a complete rebrand, where all Hooters restaurants are converted into owl sanctuaries.
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Come for the Crullers, Stay for the Community
“It’s funny, how a seemingly soulless franchise started to feel like an old friend, once I spent enough time there.”