Did your favorites make the cut? On Monday, Trader Joe’s announced the 15th Annual Customer Choice Awards. The only products not eligible for these honors are the ones that won so often over the years that they’ve been installed in the TJ Hall of Fame. (Hello, Mandarin Orange Chicken.) This year’s winners are: Favorite overall: … Read more
J.W. Lee’s first restaurant in downtown St. Louis sat in an old warehouse with only a glowing green neon sign from a nearby nightclub to illuminate the dark street corner. Customers from a previous sushi bar where he’d worked had pulled the money together to help him get Wasabi Sushi Bar up and running in … Read more
Peanut, the world’s oldest chicken, is dead. She was 21 years and 238 days. Guinness World Records (GWR) revealed that Peanut died on Christmas Day at her residence in Michigan, United States of America (USA). GWR reported the passing of Peanut, as announced by Marsi Darwin, Peanut’s owner. Darwin expressed grief, stating, “Peanut was a … Read more
Cost of Living1:56Mike von Massow Skyrocketing prices have taken a big bite out of what Canadians are able to serve up for dinner but food economists say our ability to cope has been worsened by our collective decline in cooking skills. “We are less able to cook than we were 30 or 40 years ago, … Read more
McDonald’s is expecting to go through a growth spurt. The Chicago-based burger giant wants to establish thousands of new locations around the globe in the next few years, aiming to have 50,000 locations operating by 2027. That’s up roughly 25 per cent from more than 40,000 McDonald’s locations in operation today. The company says its anticipated expansion would represent the … Read more
According to SFA’s data in 2022, Singapore approved 30 countries as sources of poultry which includes chicken, duck, turkey, goose and quail. Brazil, Malaysia and the United States are Singapore’s top sources of chicken. SFA said in a media statement earlier this year that as part of the accreditation, it assesses the countries to ensure … Read more
If you had to sign a waiver before a meal, would you? Raina Huang does it for sport. The Los Angeles-based competitive eater visited Denver in November and shared videos of her completing various food challenges with her 435,000 Instagram, 497,000 YouTube and 3.6 million TikTok followers. Food challenges bring competitors like Huang from around … Read more
Savvy shoppers should be able to find a few bargains at the grocery store next year, but even with prices for some essentials falling the typical Canadian family’s overall grocery bill is set to increase by about $700 next year. That’s the main takeaway from a closely watched annual report on the food industry, the … Read more
