Not-so-evil corporations rid themselves of trans fat
Red Lobster and Olive Garden have added their names to the list of restaurants cleansing themselves of trans fats.
As someone who rails against corporations for their rampant irresponsibility, it is always pleasant to see them step up and do the right thing from time to time.
While I love small businesses, sometimes locally owned restaurants are as stubborn as the old coots that hold the deeds to the properties. I suppose when recipes are passed down from generation to generation there's an emotional attachment to tradition – even traditions that clog arteries and stop hearts. I suppose I understand that.
i also understand the need for a healthier public and less poison in our food. It's good to see more businesses, even big businesses, are wising up to that simple fact.
As someone who rails against corporations for their rampant irresponsibility, it is always pleasant to see them step up and do the right thing from time to time.
While I love small businesses, sometimes locally owned restaurants are as stubborn as the old coots that hold the deeds to the properties. I suppose when recipes are passed down from generation to generation there's an emotional attachment to tradition – even traditions that clog arteries and stop hearts. I suppose I understand that.
i also understand the need for a healthier public and less poison in our food. It's good to see more businesses, even big businesses, are wising up to that simple fact.
Labels: health, local business
Mmmm...Olive Garden.
Posted by Maureen | 8:08 PM
Of course they don't do this because they care about your health. It's always about their bottom line and people are paying more attention to what kind of crap is going into their bodies.
Posted by Anonymous | 3:05 PM
Of course. It is always nice when the consumer can make the right decisions to sway the focus of the industry to a more healty alternative.
Posted by Maureen | 3:24 PM
Olives don't grow in gardens. You are stupider just for eating there.
Posted by Yossarian | 7:28 AM
I don't know who you're talking to, but I don't eat there.
Posted by Andrew Warner | 7:57 AM
"You" was meant in the plural sense. No one specific. It was an offhand comment, meant to make somebody think about where olives really grow and the inaneness of the "olive garden" name. They grow in groves by the way.
I really do enjoy the time I have take explaining my posts to you (that time I meant to "you" specifically Andrew Warner).
Posted by Yossarian | 9:24 AM
Don't blame me for your lack of clarity.
Posted by Andrew Warner | 9:34 AM