Cat Food and Fajita Slinging Robots
Stuck inside with nothing to do? Join us while we run down the top food news stories of the week. You’ll learn something, shed a tear, and most certainly laugh yourself silly.
This is NomNews Episode 7 for the week of March 15, 2020.
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Episode
Stories
Scientists Create Sugar That’s Healthier and Tastier Than Real Sugar
https://marker.medium.com/the-mad-scientists-who-engineered-healthier-sugar-that-actually-tastes-good-4e0951d718fe
Penn State Students Hold Vigil for Closed Taco Bell
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1234334433441746951
Founder of Trader Joe’s Passes Away
https://apnews.com/7e58cf76e73aba70736081a06e2715fa
(Cut for time) Impossible Foods Signs Deal Bringing Plant Based Options to Disney Parks and Cruises
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/business/disney-impossible-partnership/index.html
PepsiCo Buys Rockstar Energy Beverages
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-11/pepsico-to-purchase-rockstar-energy-drinks-for-3-85-billion
Super Size Me 2 Free on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSyicDf9UvI
Independent American Dairy Farms are Being Forced Out
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-28/the-dairy-farm-of-your-imagination-is-disappearing
McDonald’s & Starbucks backed reusable cup exchange tested in silicon valley
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-18/reusable-coffee-cups-being-tested-for-mcdonald-s-and-starbucks
Prototype Edible Food Packaging Developed Using Kombucha Scoby
https://onezero.medium.com/kombucha-slime-is-an-edible-solution-to-the-worlds-plastic-problem-d1b87ce3085e
Miso Robotics Creates Burger Flipping and Fry Frying Robot That Restaurants Can Hire
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-27/flippy-fast-food-restaurant-robot-arm
Farmers Fight for Right to Repair John Deere Equipment
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-05/farmers-fight-john-deere-over-who-gets-to-fix-an-800-000-tractor
White Claw Launches in Toronto with Lines!
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1233821154743242752
Asia Block:
Parasite’ Turned a Korean Instant Noodles Dish Into a Hit at Fancy NYC Restaurants
https://ny.eater.com/2020/3/6/21153398/jjapaguri-ram-don-specials-nyc-parasite
Yoshinoya Now Selling Mail-order Frozen Gyudon Packets
https://soranews24.com/2020/03/11/from-beef-bowl-to-beef-pouch-taste-testing-yoshinoyas-instant-gyudon-packs/
Yoshinoya Starts Selling Canned Beef Bowls
https://www.sankei.com/economy/news/200212/ecn2002120016-n1.html
You Can Now Buy a One Person Bento Sized Rice Cooker - Cool!
https://soranews24.com/2020/03/05/japan-has-an-awesome-one-person-bento-box-rice-cooker-and-heres-what-we-made-with-ours/
Lightning Round:
Japanese Man Fulfills Life-Long Dream of Filling Bathtub with Curry and Rice (He’s Living the Dream)
https://soranews24.com/2020/03/13/crazy-japanese-man-achieves-dream-of-filling-his-bathtub-with-curry-rice%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/
Note to Self: Don’t Order Extra Creme Cheese at McDonald’s
https://mobile.twitter.com/i/events/1232375879407263744
Tattoo Artists Makes the Most Amazing Cakes - Grab our Link for Full Video
https://mobile.twitter.com/damian_quinn666/status/1226072965768450050
Retrovision: Martin Scorsese’s Mom Makes Pizza on Letterman Show - Grab our Link for Full Video
https://twitter.com/FilmLinc/status/1239664052814729217?s=19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGfAFkj4zw
Kid Sent Home for Selling Pumps of Hand Sanitizer - Legend
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-51843128