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- Is trying to make some money off wine inspired by a dystopian feminist drama a good idea? Probably not. Vino merchant Lot 18 and Hollywood studio MGM have learned this lesson the hard way after they introduced a line of Handmaid’s Tale-branded wines. Tuesday afternoon’s news of this ill-advised booze resulted in relentless mocking on the internet, and the product has already been canceled.
- The creators of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia are releasing a Paddy’s Pub mobile game. This is a more reasonable way to expand a pop culture brand.
- McDonald’s wants to boost use of its mobile app by offering discounted food as a reward. From now through September, those who download the app can get an assortment of burgers and sandwiches — including the Big Mac — for $1.
- Some people like the flavor of ancient beef, so this farmer in Spain specializes in growing cattle until the animals are really old.
- World Central Kitchen, hero chef José Andrés’s non-profit that provides aid to victims of natural disasters, is having issues with the Salvation Army in Hawaii.
Thank you @RedCross Hawaii for being good partners of @WCKitchen like in @RedCrossVentura together feeding many! Unfortunately @SalvationArmyUS Hawaii thinks we are competition & made us leave the shelter into parking lot... We should be working together to serve people in need! pic.twitter.com/ftACZQetFj
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) July 11, 2018
- Paradigm-shifting restaurateur Danny Meyer shares his travel goals. Meyer really wants to visit Vietnam and India. His favorite restaurant abroad is River Cafe in London.
- In an effort to combat waste, Starbucks’s United Kingdom branch will charge customers an extra five pence for beverages served in the company’s paper and plastic cups. This will, in theory, encourage coffee drinkers to drink from their own reusable cups to avoid the upcharge.
- Canadian doughnut giant Tim Hortons is expanding into China. The chain hopes to establish 1,500 new locations in the country over the coming decade.
- Every few months or so, some researchers somewhere release a study declaring coffee to be either a life-extending elixir or a sure-fire ticket to an early grave. It’s time for the former argument to come around again.
- In Lexington, Kentucky, DV8 is doing its part to fight America’s opioid epidemic. After losing 13 employees to addiction at their previous restaurant, owners Rob and Diane Perez now hire people in treatment for substance addiction and try to make their workplace a part of the rehabilitation process. “We are not certified experts on this, nor do we claim to be,” Diane Perez tells the New York Times. “We are just providing the piece of the puzzle that is giving people a job right away when they are getting clean.”
- Netflix is launching a new stand-up comedy series. Nailed It! host Nicole Byer is getting her own 30-minute special.
- And, finally, someone got ahold of some military rations from World War II and ate them on camera. One has to imagine these food items tasted fairly stale.
