- The Free Meal Hustle. Are Food Influencers Taking Restaurants for a Ride?
Montreal restaurants face requests for free meals from food influencers. Is it genuine promotion or an expectation of free dining?
- A&W Is Going All In on Pickles With Its New Pickletown Menu
A&W joins the pickle craze with Pickletown, a limited-time US menu featuring pickle burgers, a chicken sandwich, fried pickles and dill pickle ranch cheese curds. Here’s the Canadian connection.
- We Pay Uber Before the Food Arrives. Why Not Pay Before We Sit Down?
Could prepaid dining give independent restaurants a financial lifeline? Montreal’s Sabayon offers an intriguing example of a different way to run a restaurant.
- Tipping the Scales: Who Is Getting Your Tip?
Leaving a restaurant tip seems simple, but what happens after the money is collected? Quebec has rules protecting employees’ tips, and restaurant owners need to respect them.
- The Tip Screen Strikes Again: When Does Generosity Start Getting Expensive?
A daily coffee and Danish seem harmless enough, until the tips add up. One Montreal diner’s credit card statement sparks a bigger question about tipping.
- Wendy’s Calls on Dave Thomas to Save Its Bacon
Seven consecutive quarters of declining sales have prompted Wendy’s to rethink its menu, reconsider breakfast and launch a turnaround strategy named after its late founder.
- Pineapple on Pizza: You Live and Die by the Pineapple
An Italian chef’s refusal to prepare pineapple pizza leads to a dismissal dispute in Brisbane and another round in the great Hawaiian pizza debate.
- A&W Doesn’t Want Ice in Your Drink. But What About Takeout?
A&W skips the ice to protect its drinks from dilution, but should takeout customers have the option of a few cubes?
- Smashberry Décarie: A Little Matcha Makes a Big Difference
A visit to Smashberry’s new Décarie location brings a heavenly matcha mango, a relaxed lounge atmosphere and a welcome change of mood.
- Foodtastic Takes Its MTY Bid Public After Rejection
Montreal-based Foodtastic proposes to acquire MTY Food Group for C$43 per share, but MTY has rejected the non-binding offer.