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Yucky Link: Starbucks to Bring Back Burnt Coffee

partysugar — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:45:06 -0700

Due to popular demand, Starbucks will bring back their bolder — burnt tasting — roasted coffee. If you prefer your coffee burnt, you can request the bolder variety. —The Consumerist

Yummy... Er Make That Yucky Link: Brains in Your KFC?

YumSugar — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:27:11 -0700

A customer is reporting that he found BRAINS in their KFC. Turns out they may be intestines, but either way, talk about disgusting! - The Consumerist

Yummy Link: IHOP buys Applebee's

YumSugar — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:28:39 -0700

In a bold move, International House of Pancakes (aka IHOP) bought Applebee's for $2.2 Billion. - The Consumerist

Where's The Meat?

YumSugar — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:59:32 -0700

I love bacon, there's something about the smell, texture and flavor that just makes me drool, drool, drool. And as much as I love the fatty portions of the meat, we all know it's about how well they combine. You need a good proportion of meat to fat in order to make it work well. Every person has their own personal ratio, but something tells me that this obviously fatty ratio isn't going to become many people's personal favorite. I mean check it out, this piece of Jamestown Brand bacon is what? 90% fat? Oh god, I think my arteries have just hardened...

Source: The Consumerist

Fast Food Ads Versus Reality

YumSugar — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:58:31 -0700

Have you ever gone to some fast food place, taken a look at the pictures on the menu and decided that, despite what you know about fast food, it looks pretty darn good? Then you order it and WTF? Is this the same meal? Well the folks over at The West Virginia Surf Report have decided to start a comparison of fast food ads vs real fast food photographs. There's a lot of debate as to whether or not this is a fair comparison (after all the ads get great lighting and color correction, so maybe the real pictures should have better lighting and color correction), however it is still pretty telling. The picture above shows Taco Bell's Nacho Bell Grande and if you ask me, no amount of lighting, color correction or soft focus lenses would make the one on the right look nearly as good as the one on the left. Some of the ads don't look nearly as terrible as the others - and some look bad no matter what, the fish fillet looks sort of odd and bland even in the ad photo - but don't take my word on it, go ahead and judge for yourself.

What do you guys think? Do you think it's fair to compare them? Is it bad for advertisers to use the images they do?

Also, this isn't the first time this has been done. In fact just last month The Consumerist ran a comparison of the Wendy's 4 Alarm Spicy Chicken ad vs a real picture.