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  RESTAURANT PET PEEVES – DON’T SEND FOOD BACK RESTAURANT PET PEEVES – DON’T SEND FOOD BACK – We have a standing rule… “never, under any circumstances, send food back to the kitchen!”  We violated our own rule while on vacation and Elizabeth shares the story. We describe the place …

Audio Livestock Farmers in North Dakota Fight Back – FTN Highlight Livestock Farmers in North Dakota Fight Back – FTN Highlight – From the 9/11/21 show: “Figures Lie and Liars Figure.” The government says inflation at the grocery checkout isn’t an issue… just don’t count beef, chicken or pork in …

FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2021 – Bowling Green, KY, Crestview, FL, Fort Smith, Ark., over 100 locations in Louisiana – post hurricane (check local schedules). August 6, 2021 NATIONAL – Walmart Closings for “Sanitizing” Running List – Employees at selected stores report they are closed, have closed or are in …

Warning Now A Threat to our Pork Supply? – China is largest foreign owner of farmland in the U.S. This week, we discussed some of the possible ramifications of this development and why we are becoming concerned:   OH, BUT THERE’S MORE TO THE STORY… Did you know that a …

From the Food Nation Radio News Desk Shopping Cart – Post Covid-19 It’s a certainty that some of the measures implemented at large grocery stores and big-box retailers during the pandemic will stick around for awhile.  While smaller family-owned retailers, the backbone of our economy pre-Covid 19 were forced to …

From the Food Nation Radio News Desk – Brilliant Strategy by Chuck-E-Cheese What they are doing. So what do you do with your chain of restaurants built entirely around the dine-in experience for kids when a pandemic breaks out and you’re forced to lock the doors?  Brilliant strategy by Chuck …

From the Food Nation Radio News Desk: Restaurant Geo-Fencing Creepy or Convenient? So your local Panera Bread restaurant is rolling out some equipment that have us a bit puzzled.  Is this convenient or creepy?   Used to be, you’d pull up and park, call someone inside the restaurant and they’d bring …

From the Food and Travel Nation Archives Original Airdate:  6/16/2012 Thou Shalt Not Steal Stromboli Pizza Sauce NYC It’s Sunday which means we make sauce in our house. You can find my mother’s meatball recipe here and my sauce recipes and basic pasta here. This week on Food Nation Radio Network …