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This Was The First Western Fast Food Chain To Open In China VasiliyBudarin/Shutterstock By Julia Mullaney/Dec. 2, 2021 3:47 pm EST Though it feels like fast food has been around forever, the concept only started to materialize back in the 1950s and 1960s, when chains such as McDonald’s and Burger King opened their doors and quickly grew in popularity. Fast food restaurants tried to balance quality with low prices, which was a huge draw for the average consumer....

TikTok Thinks This Cheesy McDonald’s Secret Menu Item Is A Total Fail Tama2u/Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/Sept. 9, 2021 8:49 pm EST Fast-food eateries are serving up some pretty delicious food these days, far beyond the standard cheeseburger or chicken sandwich, but some people have found that venturing off the menu will yield an even tastier meal. Patrons at McDonald’s have gotten particularly creative with this concept, coming up with things like the Snickers iced coffee and the McGangBang, which Hack The Menu dubs as one of the chain’s most famous secret menu items....

Viral TikTok Allegedly ‘Exposes’ How Wendy’s Chili Meat Is Made Wendy’s By A. C. Grimes AND Molly Clark/Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 11:35 am EST There was a time when the biggest question associated with Wendy’s was “where’s the beef?” In those halcyon days of 1984, Wendy’s did the asking (via Wide Open Eats). That question became a rhetorical smackdown that casts doubt on how well-grounded an idea is. But in more recent years, people have had a beef with Wendy’s ground meat....

Why Mountain Dew Once Apologized To The State Of Michigan MDV Edwards/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Oct. 12, 2021 6:44 pm EST The premise was simple. Mountain Dew would design a bottle for each state in the United States. They would be like the personalized Coke bottles, but they would celebrate regions instead of names. The 50 bottles would be filled with the soda’s newest flavor, Liberty Brew. Best of all, the brand could name the promotion the Dewnited States....

Why The Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Super Bowl 2022 Commercial Stars Look So Familiar Hellman’s By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 11:13 am EST Super Bowl commercials are 30-second bits of high-quality entertainment that football fans, foodies, or really anyone can appreciate. These ads are seen by millions and this is why the sellers of television ad space can charge upwards of $6.5 million for 30 seconds of airtime during the big game....

Workers Reveal What It’s Really Like To Work At Kroger Eric Glenn/Shutterstock By Naveena Vijayan/Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 1:01 pm EST When it comes to customer experience, Kroger is king. A 2022 report by online management company Qualtrics has the stats to prove it. Customers are happy with the store, but how is the employee experience at Kroger (and Kroger-owned stores like Fred Meyer, King Soopers, Smith’s, etc.)? The Cincinnati-born grocery chain employs 465,000 workers in 2,742 stores across the US (via Macrotrends and Statista)....

30 Minute Po Boy Recipe Tynia Peay/Mashed By Ty Peay AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 7:57 am EST You’d think a sandwich originally designed to feed hungry street car workers on strike in New Orleans would be an easy affair, no? Indeed the first so-called Po Boy sandwiches (for feeding the “poor boys” doing the striking) were simpler, more slapdash eats, but over the years this Louisiana shrimp sandwich has become more intricate and delicious....

Aldi Fans Are In Love With This Strawberry Beer Aldi.MadeMeDoIt Instagram By Cristine Struble/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 5:27 pm EST Who doesn’t love a great Aldi find? A recent Instagram post by @Aldi.MadeMeDoIt showcases a six-pack of Shiner Strawberry Blonde beer. Although the account doesn’t say where this seasonal beer was found or how much it costs, many people were quite excited to see the beverage on the shelf. One commenter even shares, “This is my favorite Shiner beer....

Basil Pesto Sauce Recipe Tara Rylie/Mashed By Tara Rylie/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 10:20 am EST Basil pesto is an easy condiment to make and magically makes any dish a tasty treat. Whether you grow an abundance of herbs in your garden, hit up the farmer’s market, or just pick up some basil at your grocery store, this dish always tastes fresh. A little salty, a smidgen nutty, delightfully cheesy, and can be made as thick as you’d like or as thin as you desire, basil pesto is the perfect sauce to brighten up your cooking repertoire....

Cîroc Flavors, Ranked Worst To Best Kester Urwin/Shutterstock By Lauren Johnson/Dec. 29, 2021 5:34 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When producer-turned-rapper-turned-reality TV personality Diddy decided to work with a once-struggling vodka label, the world took note. The brand Cîroc launched in the United States in 2003 and saw mediocre sales numbers until 2007, which is when Diddy came aboard, per the Financial Times. Since then, the brand has enjoyed a reputation as an elevated, party-ready vodka available in many varieties....

Costco Shoppers Are Divided On This Halloween-Themed Ravioli melissamn/Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Sept. 27, 2021 4:52 pm EST You’re preparing Halloween dinner for your little ones before trick-or-treating, and they protest that they need to save all the room in their tummies for candy. If only there was a food just as fun as Halloween candy with some measure of nutritional value. Costco is ready with a possible solution: TikToker @costcoguide reports that the membership warehouse chain is selling Nuovo Pasta Pumpkins & Bats Ravioli....

Duff Goldman Got Schooled On Instagram About This ‘Bread Blanket’ DFree/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Nov. 20, 2021 5:33 am EST Imagine rolling about in bed dreaming about the smell of fresh bread being baked, tearing off a piece, and eating it slathered in butter while actually being wrapped in a blanket made of bread? While we aren’t sure about the dreaming bit, it turns out that Charm City Cakes owner Duff Goldman certainly managed to taste a “bread blanket....

Everything We Know About The Official Nailed It! Cookbook Abrams Image/Nailed It! By Ashley Steinberg/Oct. 7, 2021 10:29 am EST Baking shows seem to be en vogue lately. One of the biggest baking phenomenons is “The Great British Baking Off,” which, as Spoon University points out, has fans swooning for several reasons. But “Nailed It!” fans seem to match that enthusiasm, with Slate calling it a “radically kind show to cure what ails you....

Fresca Is Getting A Makeover And It Packs A Punch Fresca By Katherine Mclaughlin/Jan. 10, 2022 9:15 am EST The Coca-Cola Company recently announced that Fresca, one of its historic brands, will be getting a makeover. According to a press release, the soft drink will be “mixing things up in 2022.” Fresca first hit the market in 1964 as part of a test run (via The Coca-Cola Company). Customers quickly loved the zero-calorie, grapefruit-flavored soft drink, which was marketed as an alternative option for water or seltzer drinkers and a mixer for alcoholic beverages....

How Chrissy Teigen Really Organizes Her Fridge Sky Cinema/Shutterstock By Lucy Maddox/Dec. 31, 2021 8:09 am EST If your refrigerator is long overdue for a good cleaning, you are not alone. According to The Wall Street Journal, many Americans don’t like cleaning their appliance, and most only do so once or twice a year. Even if you’re already in the kitchen cleaning your stove, the idea of sifting through decomposing heads of lettuce and pungent takeout boxes can be overwhelming....

Leftover truffles are only a problem for the lucky few HQuality/Shutterstock Truffles are a prized type of fungi that grow underground near certain trees, such as oak or hazelnut, per Wide Open Eats. White truffles come almost exclusively from northern Italy, and their short growing season (September through late fall or January) makes them all the more valuable. They also have a very short shelf life — about 10 days, as Stewart’s urgent Instagram post suggests....

Instagram Is Swooning Over Bobby Flay’s Thanksgiving Squash Denise Truscello/Getty Images By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 18, 2021 4:03 pm EST What do you know about celebrity chef Bobby Flay? Perhaps most recognized for his many years of hosting cooking shows on the Food Network — a 25-year relationship that will draw to a close at the end of this year — the chef and cookbook author also has decades of restaurant experience under his belt, launching his solo career with the opening of his flagship restaurant Mesa Grill in 1991 (via the Food Network)....

Is Instant Coffee Really Coffee? Shutterstock By Jorie Mark/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 9:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. About half the world drinks instant coffee instead of coffee made from whole beans, with heavy caffeine sluggers in Finland largely responsible for most global fresh coffee consumption (via World Population Review). That means rest of universe is apparently fine pouring boiling hot water over rough brown crystals every morning, and calling that “coffee....

Is Subway Open On Christmas 2021? Subway/Facebook By Amanda Tarlton/Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 2:20 pm EST Just to give an up front answer to the question you came here to find, as far as we can tell, there is no companywide Subway holiday schedule. Your best bet is to contact your local store to see what they’re planning to do on Christmas Day. However, if you’d like to know a bit more about why that is, please keep reading!...

Nearly 27% Agree This Is The Worst Breyers Ice Cream Flavor Rimma Bondarenko/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Sept. 17, 2021 7:13 pm EST You might remember that in the not-so-distant past, Breyers started a “Cookie Coverage” insurance policy for its cookies and cream ice cream flavor. Apparently, people had complained about the ice cream not having enough cookie pieces in it, so Breyers responded to critics by adding an additional 20% more cookies to the recipe, according to the website....