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Eater
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
Mobile Game Hay Day Lets You Swap Pixels for IRL Produce
After a long work week, a Saturday morning stroll through the farmers market can be healing — and make you wish for a simpler life, one where your only concern is how much water your vegetable garden really needs. Cozy mobile game Hay Day brings those daydreams to life. In the game, you grow crops, raise animals, and develop your farm to be bigger and better. And for a limited time, you can even turn your in-game crops into real produce at farmers markets across the country — so you can tap into the satisfaction of eating something you grew (at least digitally) and save some money on groceries while you're at it. The way it works is simple: show up at one of Hay Day's farmers market stalls on the day of the event. They'll be in NYC at Union Square on July 19, Ferry Plaza in San Francisco on July 26, and Chicago's Wicker Park on August 3. Just pull out your phone with Hay Day already downloaded, show the stall what you've managed to grow in-game, and they'll put together a customized produce box just for you. That's right: just show up with your digital vegetables, and they'll give you real groceries. The list of possible foods you could receive is long, and includes corn, tomatoes, potatoes, berries, and more. It'll all depend on what you've got on your digital farm. Image courtesy of Supercell
Scottish Sun
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Huge celebrity chef lands six-figure deal to appear in Burger King TV advert with ‘bombastic' storyline
The deal is surprising given the chef's own burger empire WHOPPER DEAL Huge celebrity chef lands six-figure deal to appear in Burger King TV advert with 'bombastic' storyline Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TELLY chef Gordon Ramsay has landed a whopper deal to front a new campaign for Burger King. The sweary star, 58, has signed a six-figure deal to appear in a TV advert for the fast-food chain. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Gordon Ramsay has landed a whopper deal to front a new campaign for Burger King Credit: gordonramsayburger/Instagram 2 Gordon has signed a six-figure contract to appear in a TV advert for the fast-food firm The Hell's Kitchen favourite was spotted in his whites with a camera crew filming at one of its outlets in Reading, Berks, along with a small cast of actors. A TV insider said of the deal: 'As someone who has a reputation for being fiery, he seemed like the perfect choice for a restaurant whose products are famous for being flame grilled. 'And the advert's storyline is believed to based on his distinctly 'bombastic' style of operating, which is evident in his many TV shows.' Gordon, who's equally famous in the US as in the UK, is sought-after by advertisers and has enjoyed a string of highly lucrative deals on both sides of the Atlantic. The list contains brands including HexClad cookware, washing detergent Tide and a mobile game called HayDay. After years of criticising vegan food he even signed up to help flog Flora's plant-based spread. His latest project is a surprise given he has a string of Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger outlets across the country in cities including Liverpool, Edinburgh and London. Gordon, estimated by Forbes to be worth £176m, started opening the restaurants in 2020 and provided a gourmet twist on the popular fast food. Gordon and Burger King were approached for comment. My husband Gordon Ramsay missed the birth of our first 4 kids, it's controversial but I didn't want the attention on him Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
The Sun
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Huge celebrity chef lands six-figure deal to appear in Burger King TV advert with ‘bombastic' storyline
TELLY chef Gordon Ramsay has landed a whopper deal to front a new campaign for Burger King. The sweary star, 58, has signed a six-figure deal to appear in a TV advert for the fast-food chain. 2 The Hell's Kitchen favourite was spotted in his whites with a camera crew filming at one of its outlets in Reading, Berks, along with a small cast of actors. A TV insider said of the deal: 'As someone who has a reputation for being fiery, he seemed like the perfect choice for a restaurant whose products are famous for being flame grilled. 'And the advert's storyline is believed to based on his distinctly 'bombastic' style of operating, which is evident in his many TV shows.' Gordon, who's equally famous in the US as in the UK, is sought-after by advertisers and has enjoyed a string of highly lucrative deals on both sides of the Atlantic. The list contains brands including HexClad cookware, washing detergent Tide and a mobile game called HayDay. After years of criticising vegan food he even signed up to help flog Flora's plant-based spread. His latest project is a surprise given he has a string of Gordon Ramsay's Street Burger outlets across the country in cities including Liverpool, Edinburgh and London. Gordon, estimated by Forbes to be worth £176m, started opening the restaurants in 2020 and provided a gourmet twist on the popular fast food. Gordon and Burger King were approached for comment.
Otago Daily Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Hay Day's heyday still ahead as 50th marked
"We're so well supported, it's amazing ... A lot of people put in a lot of support, volunteering to do it for the last 50 years. It's amazing." — Frances Calvert. Photo: supplied The 50th annual Waikaka Hay Day was another runaway success, with plenty of baleage and money raised for the town. For the event, farmers in the district donate baleage to be auctioned off, with all proceeds heading back into the community. The money raised will help keep the lights on at the Waikaka sports complex, as well as support local clubs and teams such as the hockey club. The Hay Day, held late last month, resulted in $17,000 being raised through the auction. Hockey club president Frances Calvert was chuffed with the outcome. Mrs Calvert said the day was a good example of a small community looking out for one another. "We're so well supported, it's amazing. Very grateful to the farmers... Waikaka Transport deliver the baleage for free. "A lot of people put in a lot of support, volunteering to do it for the last 50 years. It's amazing," she said. Although the Hay Day itself ran the same way as the previous iterations, a special dinner and celebration to mark the half-century was held at the sports complex, complete with entertainment. One of the first auctioneers, Ken McRae, regaled audiences with memories of Hay Days past, having the audience in fits with his storytelling. A choir of local schoolchildren performed to the crowd, Gore District Mayor Ben Bell mixed and mingled, and a special cake was cut. Fifty years on, Mrs Calvert said the Hay Day shone as an example of how rural communities could come together to help one another. "Waikaka is a very tight-knit community. We'll give money to the golf club, the rugby club, we fund children going to sports tournaments or someone going to Starship [Hospital]. "When it comes around, it goes around. "When money goes out, it comes back into the community," she said.
Economist
09-06-2025
- Business
- Economist
Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen of Supercell
Supercell has 300m monthly players across its stable of mobile games, which includes Clash of Clans and Hay Day. The company's boss says its success is down to letting games teams get on with the job, without interference from above. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.
