food and drink
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Domino’s Drivers in the U.S. Now Have to Deliver to GPS Pin Drops
Although satnavs and smartphones with GPS have made work easier for pizza delivery drivers, Domino’s wants to make sure they’re earning their minimum wage with a new app feature allowing pizzas to be ordered from almost anywhere customers can get a GPS signal, and no longer just specific addresses.
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What It Really Takes to Get Food to Your Plate
Getting food from a field to our markets or even our plates creates more emissions than previously estimated. A study published in Nature Food found that the mileage on food (or “food miles”) is responsible for about 6% of all greenhouse gas emissions, making the associated emissions 3.5 to 7.5 times higher than prior calculations.
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That Viral Tweet About the ‘Healthy’ History of McDonald’s Is Dumb and Wrong
Ryan Petersen, the CEO of a logistics tech company called Flexport, tweeted out a photo that went viral Monday, purporting to show a time when McDonald’s used supposedly healthier cooking methods. Petersen suggested the people from this allegedly ancient photo were much healthier than the people of 2022, insinuating it’s because they weren’t consuming seed…
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The Newest Face of Fake Meat? Kim Kardashian
Beyond Meat has brought on Kim Kardashian as its first chief taste consultant, the company revealed yesterday.