{"id":23442,"date":"2017-07-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=23442"},"modified":"2021-01-10T21:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T07:11:04","slug":"weekend-reading-782017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/08\/weekend-reading-782017\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEKEND READING – 7\/8\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy.<\/i><\/p>\n

Man Tweets at KFC for a Year Until They Bring Back His Favorite Dish<\/a> (via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n

25 Ice Cream Flavors You Won\u2019t Believe Exist<\/a> (via Mental Floss)<\/em><\/p>\n

Chipotle Employees Fume Over Customer’s ‘Brilliant’ Menu Hack<\/a> (via Munchies)<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Here\u2019s How A Global Cyber Attack Affected The World\u2019s Snack Stash (via Consumerist)<\/em><\/p>\n

So Long, Hamburger Helper: America’s Venerable Food Brands Are Struggling<\/a> (via MSN via The Wall Street Journal)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. Enjoy. Man Tweets at KFC for a Year Until They Bring Back His Favorite Dish (via Munchies) 25 Ice Cream Flavors You Won\u2019t Believe Exist (via Mental Floss) Chipotle Employees Fume Over Customer’s ‘Brilliant’ Menu Hack (via Munchies) Here\u2019s How A […]<\/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-23442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20864,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/19\/weekend-reading-11192016\/","url_meta":{"origin":23442,"position":0},"title":"WEEKEND READING – 11\/19\/2016","author":"Marvo","date":"November 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few interesting junk food-related stories from the past week or so. 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