{"id":20409,"date":"2016-08-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20409"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:39:39","slug":"weekend-reading-862016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/06\/weekend-reading-862016\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 8\/6\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"text-align:center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theimpulsivebuy\/27836526086\/\" title=\"Burger King Mac n&#x27; Cheetos 3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7223\/27836526086_f6d0c142ae_z.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Burger King Mac n&#x27; Cheetos 3\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/consumerist.com\/2016\/08\/05\/did-burger-king-rip-off-mac-n-cheetos-from-the-vulgar-chef><\/a>Did Burger King Rip Off Mac N\u2019 Cheetos From The Vulgar Chef? <i>(via Consumerist)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2016\/08\/04\/486960237\/when-food-firms-cut-the-salt-what-do-they-put-in-instead>When Food Firms Cut The Salt, What Do They Put In Instead?<\/a> <i>(via NPR&#8217;s The Salt)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-08-04\/food-startup-ran-undercover-project-to-buy-up-its-own-products>Hampton Creek Ran Undercover Project to Buy Up Its Own Vegan Mayo<\/a> <i>(via Bloomberg)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/venessawong\/food-labels-that-are-often-bullshit?utm_term=.gyWD3JWzKW#.ejP41d5W25>9 Bullshit Labels You\u2019ll Often See On Food<\/a> <i>(via BuzzFeed News)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week. Enjoy. Did Burger King Rip Off Mac N\u2019 Cheetos From The Vulgar Chef? (via Consumerist) When Food Firms Cut The Salt, What Do They Put In Instead? (via NPR&#8217;s The Salt) Hampton Creek Ran Undercover Project to Buy Up Its Own Vegan Mayo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1461],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21056,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/31\/weekend-reading-12312016\/","url_meta":{"origin":20409,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 12\/31\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"December 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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Enjoy. The hidden war over grocery shelf space (via Vox) Jim Delligatti, who gave the world the Big Mac sandwich, dies at 98 (via The Washington Post) Hot-Dog Tiaras And Other '70s Dinner Party' Delicacies (via\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weekend Reading&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weekend Reading","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/weekend-reading\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21164,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/21\/weekend-reading-1212017\/","url_meta":{"origin":20409,"position":5},"title":"WEEKEND READING &#8211; 1\/21\/2017","author":"Marvo","date":"January 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Mars investigating Skittles said to be intended for cattle (via The AP) This Food Critic Will Take The Taco. Again. And Again. And Again. 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