Starbucks Adds A New Flavor: Olive Oil

CEO Charles Schultz’s latest slick innovation for Starbucks adds a spoonful of extra virgin olive oil to a variety of hot and cold coffee beverages at the Milan roastery location.

Italian customers expressed mixed reactions to this unusual blend of ingredients.


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This post is based on The Guardian article,

Chick-fil-A’s Cauliflower Sandwich

After four years of iterations with multiple vegetables, from beets to mushrooms, Chick-fil-A is adding a plant-based category to its menu.

Unlike other quick serve restaurants’ (QSR) menu items which resemble their meat counterpart, such as Burger King with the Impossible Whopper, Chick-fil-A decided on a cauliflower sandwich.

Customer research indicated that customers not only want more vegetables, they want something identifiable as a vegetable, yet still with the delicious taste of Chick-fil-A.  The decision to go with cauliflower differentiates Chick-fil-A from […]

Update on Fertilizer Shortages and Food Crisis

As we approach the one-year mark (February 24, 2022) of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Putin continues to weaponize several key sectors of the global economy.

Both developing and developed countries have been hit by the domino effect of fuel shortages, which have led to fertilizer shortages, which have reduced global food supplies.

While people across the globe have seen prices rise and some products go missing, often, it’s the poorest countries that bear the brunt of these disruptions.


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McDonald’s Exits Kazakhstan: Beef Sourcing Issues

Another McDonald’s casualty falls due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This time it’s Kazakhstan, home to 20 million citizens and the richest market in Central Asia, that is feeling the loss.  The closure is related to a supply chain issue.  McDonald’s has forbidden its stores from importing meat patties from Russia, which had provided them since the chain opened in Kazakhstan in 2016.


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