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Beyoncé increases Red Lobster sales by 33%
Red Lobster’s sales jumped by 33% on Sunday after Beyoncé released a new song featuring a mention of the seafood chain. The new song ‘Formation’ mentions Red Lobster as a reward for sex. The new single was released on Saturday and was then performed at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. The restaurant chain […]
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McDonald’s is ditching toys in its Happy Meals for one week
If you head to McDonald’s and order your kid a Happy Meal from February 9 through February 15, they will not receive a toy. That’s because the company is giving children a free book instead. Franchises in the United States will take part in the promotion. Books being given away include the following well known titles: […]
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Subway just killed the $5 Footlong
Subway’s most widely used and beloved deal for the better part of a decade has been the $5 footlong. That deal is no more. The struggling sandwich chain announced on Tuesday that it is now charging $6 for a classic footlong. Subway responded to annoyed customers on Twitter, saying the move to $6 from $5 was […]
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Chipotle shares surge on reports that CDC might declare E. coli outbreak over
Shares in Chipotle jumped 5% in premarket trading on Monday following reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), may soon declare that the E. coli outbreak at the popular Mexican food chain is over. The Wall Street Journal reported that the CDC may make such an announcement as early as Monday. While the […]
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Chipotle is shutting down all of its restaurants on February 8
Chipotle will shut down all of its restaurants on February 8 for a few hours to hold staff meetings regarding food safety. Chipotle has suffered from several outbreaks of E. coli , salmonella and norovirus that poisoned customers and caused the company’s stock to fall by more than 30% over the past three months. 64 […]
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Chipotle got absolutely hammered in December as sales fell 30%
Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak absolutely destroyed sales at the fast casual chain in December 2015. In a filing with the SEC on Wednesday, the company revealed same-store sales — or sales at locations open for at least a year — were down 30%. Fourth-quarter sales at Chipotle are expected to fall by 14.6%, that’s a huge […]
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More Restaurants Are Ditching Tips. Could This Be A Rapidly Growing Trend?
The newest trend is America is ditching tips at restaurants. But it’s not customers that are ditching the policy, it’s the restaurants themselves. High profile restaurants joining the trend include Per Se in New York; Berkeley, California’s Chez Panisse; Bar Marco in Pittsburgh, and Alinea in Chicago. Fox Business points to the restaurants of the Union […]
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10 Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Who Began Their Careers Flipping Burgers
Being a fast-food chef isn’t exactly the most glamorous profession in the world. After all, the wages are far from life-changing, the uniform is more functional than beautiful, and smelling of grease at all times is a given. Flipping burgers, though, doesn’t have to be a dead-end job by any means. Indeed, working the grill […]
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These Five Restaurant Chains Are Costing American Taxpayers $1 Billion Per Year
The next time you sit down for a $20 bowl of spaghetti with unlimited breadsticks or pony up your cold hard cash for a $15 steak that isn’t really an Australian favorite in any stretch of the imagination, you might want to consider how some massive U.S. dining establishments are milking you out of your […]
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10 of the Most Pretentious Restaurants on Earth
Ever want to go out for a nice dinner, but instead find yourself choking down bite-sized portions of strangely shaped concoctions delivered by your gourmet chef? Ever simply want a burger and end up in what looks like a high chair, eating raw meat slivers from some unknown country? Stiff dress codes and valet parking […]