Share Companies that cave to political pressure might find themselves reversing course when they start listening to consumers: As you may have heard, McDonald’s announced Tuesday that it’s revamping its Happy Meals to include apples or other fruit as standard instead of an option, make milk the beverage unless a customer asks for soda and [...]

Share Despite growing opposition from parents and consumer choice advocates, who believe the toy ban is an overreach of government and an affront to parents’ rights, it is picking up steam. In New York, state officials–including the State’s Health Czar– are now on the record, supporting the measure and considering its implementation statewide: New York [...]

Share Mayor Bloomberg has become infamous for his taxpayer funded crusades against food freedom: banning ingredients, restricting products available for purchase, taxing food and beverages, and running public ad and public relations campaigns demonizing normal ingredients and products. But, who’s micro-managing the Mayor’s consumption? In accordance with Hizzoner’s hypocrisy, it appears he has no problem [...]

Share When private advertisers use creative ads to sell a product, the government steps in to take it off the market. But, what happens when it is the government who is producing blatantly false advertising? We know health czars are overriding their own experts and advisors, approving marketing campaigns against food and drink products where [...]

Share In yesterday’s New York Post, Sally Goldenberg wrote about NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s latest tax-payer funded war on salt (No soup for you! Mike targets salt sellers): The ads, which will be plastered on subways for the next two months, feature a half-opened can of soup with a geyser of salt spewing from the top [...]

Share By J. Justin Wilson From taxing soft drinks to banning bake sales, public health activists and dietary do-gooders have been beating us up over what we eat and drink. Now they want to rub salt in our wounds. The Institute of Medicine released a report last month calling on the Food and Drug Administration [...]