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National Cheeseburger Day

Today, Tuesday September 18, is National Cheeseburger Day.

Many restaurants are joining up with charities to donate money when you but a burger or "check in" via apps like Foursquare are participating restaurants.

Happy eating today.

Pizza Vending Machine is Coming to America

Want something different than Hostess Fruit Pies and a Snickers bar the next time you feel a little hungry and find yourself standing in front of a vending machine?

It's Let's Pizza, a pizza vending machine that promises to deliver a piping hot pizza pie made from scratch in less than three minutes.

the invention of Italian entrepreneur Claudio Torghel, the machine will be distributed by A1 Concepts, based out of the Netherlands. It's expected to hit our shores later this year, according to the industry website Pizza Marketplace. The company is expected to set up its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta.

The pizza makes pizzas to order, including kneading and rolling out the dough.

There are more than 200 toppings from which to choose. The machine can even  accommodate a variety of dietary restrictions, such as those for vegetarian and Kosher diets.

The pizza arrives in an insulated take-away box. The machine takes cash and credit cards. A 10-inch pizza will sell for about $5.95.

World's Largest McDonald's to be Constructed for Olympics

McDonald's has been a long time supporter of the Olympics and that includes feeding the athletes and fans.

So to do that, the fast food giant is putting up the world's largest McDonald's in London.

With 1,500 seats and spanning about half the length of a football field, the fast-food restaurant is planning on selling about 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000 orders of french fries and 30,000 milkshakes. To serve all this up, McDonald's is looking to have more than 450 people on staff.

McDonald's Quest to Serve the Best French Fries

Great article in Business Week about McDonald's and their perfect French Fry.

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-19/mcdonalds-pursuit-of-the-perfect-french-fry

Did you know...McDonald’s serves up 9 million pounds of its “world famous fries” globally each day?

It's important to McDonald's and other restaurant chains that they look at their supply chain and see where they are getting the food that they serve from.

A good read.