http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wirestory?id=9535136&page=3
I appreciate brutal honesty in my life, so when Domino’s Pizza decided to finally take the hint that their product was garbage I was filled with warm feelings. I have always hated Domino’s Pizza, and to be honest now after seeing they are revamping I will be willing to try their product again. Me and my family have never been picky where we get pizza, but the one place we won’t go is Domino’s yes it will be there fast, but once it gets to the house I would stick up my nose. I would wonder “who eats this?” Their market must be people who are intoxicated by flavorless beer and under the influence of other narcotics needing a munchy fix, basically people who don’t demand an iota of quality in their culinary lives. But this is my opinion. The fact that this company has hung their head in shame, and decided to admit their mistakes speaks highly of their character. I admire their drive and willingness to be honest. There isn’t enough of that in companies. Sell, sell, sell, regardless if it’s garbage or not, just make the dollar. Domino’s has changed my view of them and they might get my business in the future, which is their goal with this new campaign. Hopefully other companies will be inspired to rethink their products. I think this is a brilliant play by them, and shows great character, respect and ethical standing in Domino’s CEOs.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Nursing Home Food
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/4246311/detail.html
I was looking up articles to choose one to post, and figured I may as well use the topic I'm planning on speaking about for the project. There are a lot of snip-its on the web about nursing home food and how bad it is, as well as what people at certain nursing homes are doing to make the food better. The article I found was through a local news channel in Pittsburgh, and it was really surprising to me how awful businesses can be to people when trying to save themselves money. The article wrote about Kane nursing homes and how they have been losing money over the past few years. To rectify this, they have cut their food costs by offering lower quality dishes and giving less beef to their residents. However, what I found really backwards, was that the home still offered free food to all of their employees every day, and did not cut those costs! My grandmother is in a nursing home and reading this article made me very angry. Instead of taking care of those who need it, they are providing unnecessary free food, of better quality, to their employees. On top of these injustices, the article later goes on to write that the Kane nursing homes, though 'trying' to save money, spent more than $11,000 on special functions (not for residents) in one month. It is really surprising to me to see how some nursing homes are going above and beyond to make dining a more enjoyable experience for the residents, yet some still turn a blind eye and stand behind their cost-cutting decisions, denying the residents are suffering because of them.
I was looking up articles to choose one to post, and figured I may as well use the topic I'm planning on speaking about for the project. There are a lot of snip-its on the web about nursing home food and how bad it is, as well as what people at certain nursing homes are doing to make the food better. The article I found was through a local news channel in Pittsburgh, and it was really surprising to me how awful businesses can be to people when trying to save themselves money. The article wrote about Kane nursing homes and how they have been losing money over the past few years. To rectify this, they have cut their food costs by offering lower quality dishes and giving less beef to their residents. However, what I found really backwards, was that the home still offered free food to all of their employees every day, and did not cut those costs! My grandmother is in a nursing home and reading this article made me very angry. Instead of taking care of those who need it, they are providing unnecessary free food, of better quality, to their employees. On top of these injustices, the article later goes on to write that the Kane nursing homes, though 'trying' to save money, spent more than $11,000 on special functions (not for residents) in one month. It is really surprising to me to see how some nursing homes are going above and beyond to make dining a more enjoyable experience for the residents, yet some still turn a blind eye and stand behind their cost-cutting decisions, denying the residents are suffering because of them.
restaurants look for a place in customers' diet plans
http://www.nrn.com/breakingNews.aspx?id=377992&utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=clg071@jwu.edu&utm_content=NRN-News-NRNam-1-11-10&utm_campaign=Jan.%2011,%202010%20-%20Restaurants%20look%20for%20a%20place%20in%20customers
I think its great that restaurants are trying to improve their menus and add healthier menu items. Places like subway have had healthier menu items form the start, but it’s nice to see other chains venture in that area. For me personally I like knowing how many calories I consume daily and with restaurants telling us these are your lower calorie choices it makes it easier for me to make a healthier choice. This is important to me because I work two jobs and go to school full time and can’t always have a meal at home. It might also influence people who normally don’t watch what they eat to change it up a little and eat healthier. However this article warns us, we still have to be careful what we chose to eat on these lower calorie menus because U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows restaurants to have up to a 20 % margin of error when posting calories for their menu items. 20 % is huge, let’s pretend that you are eating a 500 calorie meal but it is actually 20% higher than reported that is an extra 100 calories you ate without even knowing it. Now you might be saying who cares it’s only 100 extra calories but for someone trying to lose weight that is 100 more calories they have to burn. And for those who don’t know 1 lb is equals to 3500 calories.
I think its great that restaurants are trying to improve their menus and add healthier menu items. Places like subway have had healthier menu items form the start, but it’s nice to see other chains venture in that area. For me personally I like knowing how many calories I consume daily and with restaurants telling us these are your lower calorie choices it makes it easier for me to make a healthier choice. This is important to me because I work two jobs and go to school full time and can’t always have a meal at home. It might also influence people who normally don’t watch what they eat to change it up a little and eat healthier. However this article warns us, we still have to be careful what we chose to eat on these lower calorie menus because U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows restaurants to have up to a 20 % margin of error when posting calories for their menu items. 20 % is huge, let’s pretend that you are eating a 500 calorie meal but it is actually 20% higher than reported that is an extra 100 calories you ate without even knowing it. Now you might be saying who cares it’s only 100 extra calories but for someone trying to lose weight that is 100 more calories they have to burn. And for those who don’t know 1 lb is equals to 3500 calories.
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