Red Robin, the globe-trotting mascot of American casual-dining excess, has landed in fourteen countries and counting—proof that if you fry it, they will come. The chain’s crimson-capped robin now perches above the neon streets of Dubai, the megamall food courts of Manila, and a repurposed Cold-War bunker in Riga that still smells faintly of surplus…
**The Wagyu Whopper: How Burger King Turned Japan’s Sacred Cow into Global Fast Food Fodder** TOKYO—In the land where cattle once lived better than most humans, the news landed like a sake bomb in a hostess bar: Burger King Japan has unveiled the “Wagyu Whopper,” a ¥1,980 (US$13) slab of allegedly premium beef wedged between…
McDonald’s Monopoly: How a French Fry Bribe Became a Global Morality Play By Dave’s Locker International Desk From Manila to Manchester, the same ritual unfolds every autumn: otherwise rational citizens queue for lukewarm nuggets in the hope that the paper sleeve will cough up a Boardwalk sticker and finance their escape from late-stage capitalism. Welcome…
