Tuesday, the 20th of November
Climate will hit all nations – World Bank
All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world’s poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank said in a report on climate change. [read more]
McDonald’s USA ousts president after sales decline
One week after reporting its first monthly same-store sales decrease in nine years, McDonald’s Corp. has decided to replace Jan Fields as president of McDonald’s USA. [read more]
London’s fast food restaurants told to get healthy
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson is calling on local authorities to help combat rising obesity in the capital by working with independent fast food takeaways to make their food healthier. [read more]
South Korean Women Make 140 Tons Of Kimchi To Feed Poor
To help South Korea’s hungry, a group of volunteers cooked a hefty batch of a local favorite dish. So hefty it weighed the equivalent of 35 elephants. [read more]
Monday, the 19th of November
Burger King mum on potential partner
Two years after speculation started that Burger King was making its way to SA, the US group is finally poised to enter the vibrant domestic sector already dominated by homegrown brands and a number of well-established global chains. [read more]
Jamie Oliver Has Never Read A Book
I’ve never read a book in my life, which I know sounds incredibly ignorant but I’m dyslexic and I get bored easily. The one book I nearly finished was Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. [read more]
Gordon Ramsay and Usain Bolt plan to open Restaurant
Olympic track star Bolt has proposed a partnership with the biggest bad-ass in the food world Gordon Ramsay. [read more]
Chef names his Restaurant “WTF” – didn’t realise what it meant
What the… an eatery that just opened in Washington, D.C. called Woodward Takeout Food is going by its rather unfortunate acronym, WTF. [read more]
