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...growers. Of course, you don't have to be a fervent Thai patriot to enjoy a cup of coffee at Banrie. At the end of the day, it's simply a pleasant place to relax and refuel. Try the aforementioned, temple-like branch on Sukhumvit Road. It's the chain's largest and is open 24 hours a day. The fight against the world's coffee superpower takes place around the clock, after...
...Some chain restaurants have had a tougher time. McDonald's promised in September 2002 under heavy criticism that it would change the oil in its fryers. (Buyer beware: a medium order of French fries contains 4 g of trans fats.) When that hadn't happened a year later, Joseph sued the chain for inadequately publicizing the delay. McDonald's agreed to settle with Joseph in February, promising to give $7,500 each to BanTransFats.com and a co-plaintiff and $7 million to the American Heart Association. It also agreed to spend $1.5 million posting temporary signs...
McDonald's spokesman Bill Whitman says the chain has been testing new oils and has had some success cutting trans fats in its chicken dishes. But it still has a long way to go. Burger King seems in no particular hurry to address the issue. Spokeswoman Lauren Hammann maintains that trans fats have "never been an issue" with customers but adds that the company is looking into the question. Yum! Brands has been testing oil blends for Taco Bell and KFC (Pizza Hut has always been trans fat free), but Yum! senior vice president Jonathan Blum says the scarcity...
...average American diner really care? The Hartman Group, a Bellevue, Wash., consultancy, has found that although a majority of consumers have heard about trans fats--mainly because of Joseph's Oreo lawsuit--only about 14% are likely to actively avoid them. Charlie Lousignont, an executive at Fazoli's restaurant chain, based in Lexington, Ky., which cut trans fats from most of its menu last April, points out that consumers tend to make choices based on taste, not virtue. "The ultimate food product," he says, "is low in calories, carbohydrates and sodium and has no trans fats. That leaves you with...
...Once they decide they’re going to do something,” he says, “they’ll find a spot.”An important and largely unknown fact about the College is its place on the Harvard University food chain. Think bottom feeder. The President’s Office is on top, and beneath it a number of schools, including the Medical School, the Kennedy School, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Beneath them is the College, which must report to FAS, which must then report to the President: a long...