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The Christian Science Monitor reports
Nashville residents who dropped by their local Arby's beginning [the week of November 2] could try the restaurant's limited-time-only venison, or deer meat, sandwich, which the fast-food chain debuted in commemoration of the beginning of deer hunting season.
[...] Many of the Arby's locations that are selling the sandwich are located in more populous or urban areas rather than rural areas where one might expect people to hunt. But Evan Heusinkveld, the president and CEO of the Sportsmen's Alliance, tells The Christian Science Monitor that the urban population is exactly the group that should have the opportunity to try venison.
"Many people who live in the country either have their own freezer of venison or know somebody who hunts", he says, "Selling to city dwellers is exactly what the hunting community would love to see."
While Arby's venison is sourced from farm-raised deer in New Zealand due to USDA rules against serving wild-harvested meat, it will still give customers a taste of what they're missing. The sandwich features a juicy venison steak, crispy onions, and juniper berry sauce.
Arby's venison sandwiches will be offered in just 17 locations in six states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia) during deer season, with the promotion ending the Monday after Thanksgiving.
So far, the company says the sandwich has been a big hit.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MostCynical on Sunday November 06 2016, @11:24PM
I once tore apart a car charger for one of my phones when it died.
Cost me a few dollars at a market.
"Packed in China" on the packet
"Made in the Philippines" on the case
"Made in India" on the circuit board.
Sold to me in Australia.
Something like 20,000 or more sea miles.
No idea how anyone could make any money.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 07 2016, @02:41PM
The fossilized algae and plankton paid for most of the shipping?
Ships are actually very efficient in transporting stuff. However apparently they are very polluting because they use really dirty fuel:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/09/shipping-pollution [theguardian.com]
Confidential data from maritime industry insiders based on engine size and the quality of fuel typically used by ships and cars shows that just 15 of the world's biggest ships may now emit as much pollution as all the world's 760m cars. Low-grade ship bunker fuel (or fuel oil) has up to 2,000 times the sulphur content of diesel fuel used in US and European automobiles.
That said a lot of the components are shipped by air too nowadays, including lithium batteries: http://www.joc.com/air-cargo/cargo-airlines/phone-recall-rattles-air-cargo-confidence-lithium-battery-rules_20160929.html [joc.com]
It is believed that 30 percent of the batteries are shipped via air, but new International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO, standards that took effect April 1 include a temporary ban of bulk lithium ion batteries shipped as cargo on passenger aircraft, and a requirement that any cargo shipments of these batteries be at a state-of-charge no greater than 30 percent.