http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore A blog dedicated to the discussion of food, restaurants and life Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/07/shocker-healthy-fast-food-is-an-oxymoron/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/07/shocker-healthy-fast-food-is-an-oxymoron/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:06:11 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/07/shocker-healthy-fast-food-is-an-oxymoron/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2008/07/07/shocker-healthy-fast-food-is-an-oxymoron/feed/ 0 Hey, guess what. You’ll never guess. It seems that chain restaurants advertising healthy dining choices may be stretching the truth. A Seattle resident has filed two class-action suits against Applebee’s and three chains owned by Brinker International. We’re not talking marginal differences: An independent laboratory tested the dishes, according to a Scripps Howard News Service article. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/07/20/merger-of-the-tasteless-titans/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/07/20/merger-of-the-tasteless-titans/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:18:35 +0000 Cliff Bostock http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/07/20/merger-of-the-tasteless-titans/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/omnivore/2007/07/20/merger-of-the-tasteless-titans/feed/ 0 Oh, here’s some good news. Now you, too, can own an Applebee’s: GLENDALE, Calif. – IHOP Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy Applebee’s International Inc. for $1.9 billion in cash, and plans to sell restaurants to franchisees to reduce costs and debt. News of the agreement sent IHOP shares to their biggest gain in [...]