It’s something I hadn’t even really thought about until this Business Insider video pointed it out: The vast majority of fast-food logos are red-based. The educational (yet under-four-minute) video also outlines that there are reasons for that that go back thousands of years.
I’ve gone on record as an unabashed and enthusiastic fan of Wendy’s. There were times in my impoverished early 20s when I subsisted on its Mandarin Chicken Salads and Double Stacks. Even today, as my palate expanded and matured, I still believe their burgers are on a higher plane than other multinational chains like…
In a startling turn of events this morning, fast food giant McDonald’s announces that the chain is starting to introduce fresh beef into its restaurants, gradually switching over from its frozen stock. CNBC reports that “The burger giant… has already brought fresh beef Quarter Pounder patties to about 3,500 domestic…
Why is fast food a pejorative? It carries the perception of mediocrity, as food for people of a lower social standing, and I’ve always found that unfair and classist. Truth is, that a restaurant could expeditiously serve a fried chicken with the consistency and quality of Popeye’s—even if it’s been sitting under a…
In the bloodthirsty, no-holds-barred turf war between fast food social media teams, Wendy’s is the hunter and McDonald’s the hunted.
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
America is fast food. In those two words we have synthesized our collective dietary philosophy to the core: Food, fast. Nevertheless, we seem to resist admitting that much of it is delicious—or at the least, animalistically pleasurable. Put in front of us a bowl of spring onion vichyssoise or a plate of Jack In The…
