KC Meesha has the lead on some good goulash at Grinders this coming Monday. [Kansas City with a Russian Accent]Might want to think twice about those hens before eating an Egg McMuffin. McDonald's is in direct violation of California's Prop 2 with its hen cages. [Civil Eats]Tobacco plants can help fight diabetes but don't rush out and get cigarettes. It takes modified tobacco plants and the benefits will come in pill form. [Scientific Blogging]The Internet has made it easy to customize everything
McDonald's is hoping to lure back customers with a new, five-item, $1 value menu for breakfast that will launch nationwide in January. According to the National Restaurant News, this menu will include the Sausage Burrito, the Sausage Biscuit, the Sausage McMuffin, a 12-ounce coffee and a hash brown. I get the feeling there's a high margin on sausage for the burger chain. McDonald's test-marketed the breakfast items in Chicago this past August.
Not content to duel it out over double cheeseburgers, Burger King is taking aim at another McDonald's staple -- the Egg McMuffin. Burger King announced plans last week to introduce a $1 BK Breakfast Muffin: egg, sausage and American cheese on an English muffin. The company's memo indicated that this is the first of several changes to the breakfast menu: Later this month, BKC will introduce its BK(R) Breakfast Muffin sandwich priced at more than one dollar and BK Breakfast Bowl to enchance its