Give A Gift
Displaying all articles tagged:

United Kingdom

  1. controversies
    Chick-fil-A Expanded to England. Days Later, It Announced Its Departure.The conservative chicken chain won’t last long in the United Kingdom.
    By Nikita Richardson
  2. crumbling empires
    Jamie Oliver’s U.K. Restaurant Empire CollapsesIt could mean the loss of upwards of 1,000 jobs.
    By Chris Crowley
  3. the chain gang
    McDonald’s Is Using Classical Music to Calm Drunk CustomersA little Bach apparently encourages everybody to chill the eff out.
    By Clint Rainey
  4. climate change
    Climate Change Could Mean the End of Fish and ChipsCod and other species are fleeing rising temperatures.
    By Chris Crowley
  5. drunk and disorderly
    A McDonald’s Is Testing a ‘Walk-Through’ for Drunk CustomersPartiers are invited to stumble over for a meal “after their night out.”
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Crime Scenes
    Red-Handed: Meat Thieves Steal Over 2,000 Pounds of BeefThese thieves only steal locally raised beef.
    By Belle Cushing
  7. Mediavore
    Kildare’s Reopens After Being Cited for Serving Minors; Hail Storm ofPlus: McDonald’s cops a farm-to-table stance; and bootleg liquor claims 115 lives in India, all in our morning news roundup.
  8. Marketing Gimmicks
    Molson Coors Will Release a Lady-Specific BeerThe new brew is being marketing to female drinkers.
    By Collin Keefe
  9. Mediavore
    What’s Beer Pong Without the Beer?; Get Ready For Some Bieber-cue!Plus: The U.K.’s most popular food is not fish and chips; and the push is on to make borscht cool again, all in our morning news roundup.
  10. Mediavore
    Trick-or-Treaters To Be Tracked; Even In Brazil, McDonalds Makes You FatA new Android app lets you trace the path of your little goblins, while Mickey D’s must pay an employee $17,000 for his weight gain.
  11. Mediavore
    Off-Shore Drinking Ban Considered in San Diego; Sports Concessions Riddled withThe end of “Floatopia” might be drawing near, while eating at the game poses health risks.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  12. Mediavore
    British Soccer Players Blow Small Fortune at XIV; White House Chef Cooks UpWhile Britain weeps, two players have a ball and Sam Kass helps lead the charge on healthy food initiatives.
  13. Mediavore
    Thomas Keller Compares the Coasts; Okie Bar Manager Slices Off Customer’s NoseThe Bouchon chef thinks New Yorkers and Californians are similar, while an Oklahoma bartender goes to jail for his messy handling of a noise complaint.
  14. Mediavore
    A Beer Stronger than Whiskey Debuts; Chefs Defend Veal SuppliesA new Australian ale is 41% alcohol and British chefs urge eating an inhumane dish as humanely as possible.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  15. Mediavore
    Soldiers Survives on Spam; EU Considers Bluefin Fishing BanAfter their helicopter was shot down, British troops lived off canned meat.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  16. Mediavore
    Absolut Collaborates with Spike Jonez; Sundance Gets a Food TruckThe filmmaker received funds for his new love story and the famous film festival has a new food vendor.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  17. Mediavore
    Emeril Lagasse to Host Talk Show; Hot Sauce Stunt Lands Teens in HospitalA celeb chef ditches the pan for a microphone and ten teens drink a spicy solution 200 times hotter than Tabasco.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  18. Mediavore
    Mariah Carey Leaps Into Wine Business; Gordon Ramsay Set to Start TweetingThe singer is releasing a rose and television’s most fiery chef plans to go viral.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  19. Mediavore
    Michelle Obama To Appear on Iron Chef; Coke Comes Back to CostcoIron Chef goes Presidential and Costco settles a pricing dispute with Coke.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  20. Mediavore
    Tiger Woods Loses His Focus; Man Arrested for Stealing LeftoversTiger Woods sees his Gatorade product dropped, while a hungry, hungry man gets arrested.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  21. Marketing Gimmicks
    Is It Burger Porn or Is It Art?UK Burger King takes burger porn to the next level with showercam
    By Kirsten Henri
  22. Mediavore
    Fat Duck to Serve Whale Vomit For Christmas; Cannabis Cafe Coming to PortlandA British restaurant serves the ultimate in gross-out food, while a Portland Cafe attempts to serve marijuana with food.
    By Hadley Tomicki