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ponto
November 24th, 2006, 02:19 AM
The next time you buy a grilled hamburger or chicken sandwich at the local fast food place, look at the grill marks on the food.

It seems they were put on in a factory, far far away before the food was frozen.

Char-marking is a big business.

Pilgrim's Pride runs 45 lines in 10 factories to produce 2 billion pounds of cooked chicken per year.

Asked whether it char-marks for fast-food chains, vice president of marketing Dan Emery says, "They don't really like us to name names, but we do 9 of the top 10, ..........."

source (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/106/next-mystery.html)

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