Tag Archives: Jamie Oliver

School lunches: processed, fried, and driving up corporate profits

By Mark | December 5, 2011

Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about British chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to make America’s school lunches less toxic? Well, it would seem that, perhaps thanks to him, the press in this country is beginning to take the subject more seriously, looking into just why it is that our schools seem incapable […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged agricultural surplus, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Aramark, Berkley, Chartwells, childhood obesity, Compass Group, fat, Michigan Department of Education, National School Lunch Program, nutrition, Pilgrim’s, privatization, Roland Zullo, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, Sodexo, sugar, Tyson, University of Michigan | 14 Comments

Doubling down and packing on the weight

By Mark | April 5, 2010

A few people, in the wake of last night’s post on Jamie Oliver and the so-called “food revolution” that he’s bringing to our shores, have demanded that, in the spirit of fairness, I put something up on the site about Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recent announcement that they’ll be going live with the Double Down – […]

Posted in Food | Also tagged April 12, calories, dialysis, Donna Simpson, Double Down, fast food, fat, food revolution, healthy food access, Huntington, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, obesity, processed food, Ricky Gervais, sodium, Treasure Bombshell, weight issues, West Virginia | 26 Comments

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