Tag: Fast Food
On Thursday morning, as thousands across America were still sleepy from protesting the non-indictment of officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, another set of protestors prepared to march for liveable wage. In solidarity with fast food workers in 189 cities all over the country, nearly a hundred people gathered outside Manhattan’s City […]
You’re not crazy. Those combination fast food joints — like Taco Bell combination Pizza Hut and Papa John’s combination Subway — are grosser than their individual counterparts, and Ben Wellington of I Quant NY has the data to prove it. Though Wellington previously showed that the Department of Health’s grading system is flawed, here’s a pretty useful chart to help you gauge […]
Nineteen people were arrested yesterday in a Times Square demonstration organized for fast-food workers seeking a livable wage. The protesters were charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing vehicle traffic after reportedly walking into the middle of 42nd Street and sitting down, before being handcuffed and taken to booking. For the last two years, the Service Employees International […]
TMZ is reporting one lucky winner at a Wendy’s in Lovejoy, Georgia, received in addition to her cheese a “half-smoked” blunt, conveniently located inside the sandwich itself. In a stunning display of oblivious ungratefulness, the unnamed customer called the police, leading to the arrest and firing of Amy Seiber, the Wendy’s team member who so generously […]
A group calling itself the Food Liberation Army kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue out of one of the chain’s restaurants last week and threatened to execute “him” in a terrorist-style video. Shortly after the FLA released their latest vid of the bound clown (below), the Finish authorities tracked and arrested the abductors. […]
Some 67-year-old guy in Detroit went to the Burger King and received a deadly punch from an employee, instead of the pleasurable dining experience he was expecting. […]
Who cares if a Burger King in Germany is powered by wind and solar power? Meat production for fast food consumption is still a very, environmentally destructive practice that wastes lots of energy and resources. If the King is really worried about going green, the entire menu would be replaced with a vegetarian one. |Inhabitat| […]
Military commanders are worried that fast food outlets located on U.S. bases in Afghanistan are eating up valuable resources and making life in the hellish country way too cushy for soldiers, so they’re closing them down once their contracts expire. That means no more Burger King, Pizza Hut or T.G.I. Friday’s, but the cutbacks don’t […]
The good residents situated on the Bushwick-Williamsburg border are about to have access to more bad fast food choices. A soon-to-be-opened Burger King on Broadway, located just steps from a McDonald’s (and a Taco Bell), will ensure the neighborhood with a healthy supply of unhealthy crap. Photo: ANIMALNewYork […]
