McDonald’s is shaking up its beverage menu. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the fast-food chain is set to offer energy drinks and specialty sodas as part of a broader overhaul of its cold drinks menu at US restaurants later this year. Internal company documents viewed by WSJ indicate that the new … Read more
Delta Air Lines is the latest airline to increase their checked bag fees. Passengers on domestic flights and select short-haul international routes will now pay $45 for their first checked bag and $55 for the second — a $10 increase. The cost of checking a third bad will increase from $150 to $200. The price … Read more
Move over Dunkin’ — America runs on Taco Bell. Or at least a certain subset of iron-gutted ultra-runners does. On Saturday, Oct. 5, about 1,200 registrants are expected to toe the line at the eighth annual International Taco Bell 50K Ultramarathon, a queasy urban adventure that challenges the quads and the colon in equal measure. … Read more
This could leave you at a loss for words. A New Zealand man has won the Scrabble world championship for Spanish words — despite not speaking the language. Nigel Richards — who now holds an impressive five English-language titles for the game, plus two for winning in French after a nine-week week crash course — … Read more
There are new dogs in this fight. This year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is up for grabs after sixteen-time champion Joey Chestnut was banned from the annual July 4 showdown after signing a deal with vegan protein purveyor Impossible Foods. “With Joey out, there is a pretty big door open,” said Nick Wehry. … Read more
Things are heating up. Momofuku’s David Chang, the New York chef once known for a punk rock ethos that upended the city’s white table cloth-dining scene, is now accused of being a “bully” who targets mom-and-pop food purveyors. Chang’s Momofuku, which has a big business selling pantry items — including a spicy oil with bits … Read more
LONDON — Intrepid athletes donned snorkels and slithered through slime on Sunday during one of Britain’s quirkiest sporting events: the World Bog Snorkeling Championships. The annual competition in the tiny town of Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, sees competitors race to complete two lengths of a 60-yard (55 meter) water-filled trench cut through a peat bog. They … Read more
Bud Light sales continue to reel in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney controversy, as new data shows Corona Light and Coors Light have reaped the benefits of Bud’s decline. Data from Evercore ISI shows that in the 12-week period leading up to July 2, Bud Light’s sales volume fell by 27.1% over that timeframe – … Read more
Inez Carrasquillo used to live in her car. Now she can haul a 700-pound car chassis across a 50-foot course by her own strength. The Rolling Meadows, Illinois, resident spent part of her twenties homeless and sleeping in her Honda Civic She eventually moved into her boyfriend’s house but, after having her son in 2016, … Read more