Subway Beats McDonald's as the World's Largest Restaurant Chain

We all know that McDonald's is the largest food chain in the world right? NOT ANY MORE!  Subway just passed McDonald's as the world's largest restaurant chain. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, the sandwich food chain beats McDonald's as the largest food chain in terms of number of locations. Subway had 33,749 restaurants open worldwide at the end of 2010, while McDonald's had 32,737 locations opened.

I'm sure McDonald's will be on top again. The question is that if they could do it this year?

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

KFC Replaces 'finger lickin' good' Slogan in UK

Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC is replacing its well known slogan of 50 years. ‘Finger lickin’ good’ is one of the most successful marketing slogans of the 20th century. Colonel Sanders’s fast-food firm will start using 'so good' as KFC's new slogan for rebranding to a healthier image. They will also start introducing healthier frying oils and food cooked on a griddle instead of in a frier. There are also rumored plans to have calorie content on KFC's menus.


The catchphrase ‘finger lickin’ good’ originated by accident in the 1950s when franchisee David Harman was shown eating chicken and licking his fingers in TV then a viewer called to complain about the incident and spoke to manager Ken Harbough, who replied: 'Well it's finger lickin' good.' That phrase then became KFC's world famous slogan.




Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Pepsi's Skinny New Look in New York Fashion Week

Soft drink giant Pepsi is being accused of being sexist after unveiling new skinny can to appeal to women. It's been tagged as "taller, sassier drink for beautiful confident women". But Pepsi's skinny new can backfired when people at the New York Fashion Week disapproved it. Many use Twitter to send their message to Pepsi and are threatening to boycott the brand.

They say that the issue here is that Pepsi is comparing "skinny" with celebrating "beautiful, confident women." The New York Daily News said on an article: 'PepsiCo, which also owns chip maker Frito Lay, is betting on the idea that women will be wild to identify with anything "skinny"'.

But PPepsiCo's Jill Beraud defended their new-look can and said

in a press release: "Diet Pepsi has a long history of celebrating women through iconic fashion imagery seen in our infamous and historical campaigns, and we’re proud to continue that tradition as an official sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week."

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Taco Bell's Fake Beef

I eat at our local Taco Bell once in a while. But seeing this article about the meat they use in their taco makes me think again. They don't actually use "beef" in their dishes. They use "Taco Meat Filling" as shown in the picture, which customers can't see. The list of ingredients
 

Water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth, potassium phosphate, and potassium lactate. 

Base on the label, they use only 36% beef and the rest of the 64% is what you see above. According to the USDA, you can't consider this as being "beef" nor being "grounded beef."

Grounded beef is defined as:

Chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without seasoning and without the addition of beef fat as such, shall not contain more than 30 percent fat, and shall not contain added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders.

Note that Taco Bell does not use "Taco Meat Filling" in their packaging and ads. Would you still eat at Taco Bell if you saw these ingredients in their packaging?

Source: gizmodo.com (Jesus Diaz)

Juice Drinks Are Also Unhealthy

Most of us think that fruit juices are healthy or let's say healthier than cola or any other soda drinks. But fruit juices just has the flavor. It doesn't have the substance of the real fruit. Manufacturers always sell juices by saying they are healthy and keeps you fit and many more sales talk. And people really do believe this. Drinking juice is always connected to
having a healthy diet. And this is so wrong.

Read an article called Unhealthiest Juices in America in Yahoo Health. It says that "It doesn’t mean juice is a terrible choice—after all, it’s still a great way to get your daily quota of vitamins and minerals. Problem is, a lot of what food marketers try to sell us as “juice” is about as healthy for you as, well, being chased down a highway in a white Ford Bronco. Manufacturers have found that mixing a lot of water and sugar with a tiny bit of fruit flavoring and calling it “juice” is a great way to get health-conscious consumers to pony up the bucks for the liquid equivalent of Skittles."

Too many of everything is always not good. So drinking so many juice drinks doesn't make you healthier. Drink water, eat the right food and exercise is still the way to go.

Here are some wellknown brands in the Philippines. Although we don't have these flavors. Check out its sugar and calories. 

Welch’s Mountain Berry (8 fl oz)
140 calories
0 g fat
33 g sugars

Minute Maid Lemonade (20 fl oz bottle)
250 calories
0 g fat
67.5 g sugars

Tropicana Grape Juice Beverage (15.2 fl oz)
290 calories
0 g fat
72 g sugars