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THE INSIDER

Cookin' KFC

BIG MAC
TURNS 50

McDonald's Canada revived The Big
Mac Bacon for the company's 50th
anniversary celebration. The limitedtime menu offering highlighted by streetstyle inspired "teaser" ads across the
country, kicks off a year-long celebration
of the Big Mac's 50th anniversary.
"Over the course of its 50-year
history, the Big Mac has become
a culinary icon and the recipe has
remained unchanged since its
introduction. That's pretty remarkable,"
says Jeff Anderson, McDonald's Canada
Chef. "The addition of another
Canadian classic - bacon - to the
sandwich for a limited-time symbolizes
the modern McDonald's journey, with
innovative menu items alongside
much-loved classics."

KFC fans in select Canadian cities will
have the opportunity to prepare and
cook their own KFC chicken. KFC
Canada has reopened the KFC Cooking
School to consumers after all sessions
sold out in 2017.
For 2018, the hour-long classes
will be held in Saskatoon, Halifax and
Toronto. KFC cooks will discuss the
ingredients used to make KFC chicken
except for the company's proprietary
"11 herbs and spices."
"While the secret recipe will be kept
under wraps, customers will still take
away buckets of information," said
Stephen Scarrow, senior marketing
manager, advertising and media, KFC
Canada. "Last year's Cooking School
was a world-first, and we're excited to
continue feeding fans' curiosities and
teaching them the Colonel's way."

OVERherd
- Michael Formica, assistant vice president and legal counsel,
domestic policy for the NPPC, talking about the US Dept.
of Transportation's Hours of Service (HOS) regulations.

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'FLIPS' OUT
Workers at CaliBurger's Pasadena,
California, location will have
an extra hand in the kitchen
helping during the lunch rush.
"Flippy," billed as the world's
first autonomous robotic kitchen
assistant, will be flipping burger
patties and removing them from
the grill when cooked to order.
Flippy is the creation of Miso
Robotics, which is leveraging
artificial intelligence to help chefs
cook food consistently and improve
working conditions in restaurant
and commercial kitchens. Miso
Robotics developed Miso AI, a
cloud-based learning platform that
powers industrial robotic arms.
Miso AI uses 3D, thermal and
regular vision to automatically
detect when raw burger patties are
placed on the grill. Each patty is
monitored in real-time throughout
the cooking process. Miso AI
displays the cooking time on a
screen which also alerts kitchen staff
when to place cheese on top or add
other toppings to a burger. Miso AI
enables Flippy to switch from using
a spatula for raw meat and one
for cooked meat. Flippy also can
clean spatulas while cooking and
wipe down the grill with a scraper.

McDonald's Canada; KFC; Miso Robotics

"If worse comes to worst and your truck
full of corn has to sit on the side of the
road for 10 hours, it's annoying but it's
not the end of the world. It's not a truck
full of pigs or a truck full of cattle."

CaliBurger

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