When Chipotle announced they were not extending paid sick days to hourly employees last year, there were some who suggested that they might pay a price in food safety. As they post big losses following a series of disease outbreaks, that strategy does indeed look penny wise and pound foolish.
Retail and office space is measured in square feet. Farms are measured in acres and 42,000 square feet of urban farm is pretty much one acre.
Welcome news from Chipotle. “We just made an announcement internally that we are now going to be offering sick pay and paid vacation time for […]
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older pieces of writing on the theme. This piece previously was published on 9 […]
As part of our series on Culinary Modernism, I’m republishing some older posts and essays from REALFOOD.ORG. This piece was originally published 27 January 2014. […]
As appealing as calls for more home cooking are, more nutritious, better convenience foods point to the straightest line to improving the American diet.
In our last volume, we looked at attempts to grapple with and improve fast food and convenience foods. Here we stress test the three legs […]
What does improving our diet look like for the consumer who doesn’t want to eat like their great grandparents and how can technology and the food industry develop more sustainable, more nutritious foods for the contemporary eater? We need better convenience food.
Two stories hit the same day in remarkable parallel. The first from France: French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food […]
A quick follow up note on the previous thread about sub-minimum wages for tipped employees. In theory, the way a sub-minimum wage is supposed to […]
Writing about the restaurant industry’s attempts to weasel out of Los Angeles’ new $15 minimum wage, the New York Times editorial board is exactly correct: […]
The last few days at Chipotle HQ could not have been much fun for the people running the marketing and public relations operation. The response […]
Earlier last month news hit that a Republican state legislator in Missouri had introduced a bill that would limit SNAP (food stamp) recipients from using […]
Chipotle, in a move to meet consumer demand, will be removing (some) GMOs from their menu and switching from sustainable ingredients to “sustainable” ingredients. To […]
Scientific American: In 2012 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of baby bottles that contain bisphenol A (BPA), a compound frequently […]
Arby’s Meat Mountain “Sandwich”. Why can’t we get a food culture in this country that isn’t hopelessly precious at one end and completely brain dead […]
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