Word: kfc
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...latest salvo against fast-food chains, KFC is being sued for frying its chicken in cooking oils that contain trans fats, which can contribute to heart disease and diabetes. Here's the skinny on the fat fight...
...doesn't KFC use a healthier oil? Like most fast-food chains, KFC cooks with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, which doesn't turn rancid as quickly as healthier, nonhydrogenated oils. "Extra crispy" chicken may also taste better when fried in this oil. "The flavor is crunchier, and you don't get that feeling of fat coating your mouth," says Ted Labuza, a food scientist at the University of Minnesota. But the oil does have dangerous trans-fatty acids...
...rooted in the idea that shallowness and venality transcend color and creed. The faculty ranges from an assortment of Anglo ignoramuses to Iqbal, the greedy, sleazy Middle Eastern headmaster. And when the immigrant students discuss their favorite foods and cultural activities for a diversity-day assembly, they all choose KFC and text messaging. Bromwell is a rude cannonball splash into the 21st century melting...
...management. Topping the list of issues were company sustainability reports, which “address the economic, environmental and social performance of the company.” The committees agreed to oppose the issuance of sustainability reports for five companies, including General Electric and Yum! Brands, which owns KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. The vote came despite a two-year boycott of Taco Bell because of allegedly poor working conditions for its tomato pickers. The report called it “unreasonable” to ask for sustainability reports “in the absence of a clear definition...
Then there are advertisers, whose blessed ministrations have made game shows and fish-out-of-water sitcoms free as air for generations of Americans. A future audience willing to buy its way out of commercials is an audience that could go tragically unaware of new KFC menu items. So we may see more product placement--not a case of Coca-Cola washing up on the island in Lost, but more seamless "embedding," such as when media buyer Magna Global Entertainment helped produce the Bravo reality show Blow Out, about a beauty salon, to get clients' products on the show. "There...