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From Doritos to Pop-Tarts, Big Food’s $67 billion obsession is protein-packed everything: ‘It’s going to keep coming’
Health-conscious Gen Z consumers and Ozempic users looking to maintain muscle mass are expanding past protein…
The froyopocalypse is over. Gen Z is swarming frozen yogurt shops like it’s 2010
If you’re a froyo fiend, get in line (literally). The frozen yogurt winter is over, as…
Pizza Hut’s fate is unknown as it goes from 1990s nostalgia darling to private equity sale
After years of being a struggling business and losing ground to competing chains, Pizza Hut’s fate…
Marc Lore’s robots make 500 burrito bowls an hour. A human can make 45.
An “infinite bowl-making machine” can make 500 salads, Tex-Mex, and poke bowls with the exact ingredients…
A Biden-era study told Americans to drink less alcohol. The Trump admin ‘sidelined’ the research
A study commissioned by President Joe Biden’s administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms was released independently on Tuesday,…
Even the ultra-wealthy are having to shop in Walmart right now, CEO John Furner says
“We do continue to see the higher-income customers coming to Walmart,” Furner told reporters during the…
The worst summer job market in 80 years has teens scrambling for swimming pool and ice cream jobs
Summer jobs have been teenagers’ rite of passage for generations—from scooping ice cream and babysitting, to…
More Americans face hunger as people face a ‘remarkable’ rise in food insecurity, per New York Fed
There are more Americans experiencing food insecurity now than there were during the pandemic, a new…
The Everlane and Allbirds sagas prove that consumers won’t pay more for virtue
When Everlane burst onto the apparel scene in 2010, its “radical transparency” on matters of pricing…
Pizza Hut franchisee claims $100 million losses from ‘cascading operational breakdowns’ in AI adoption gone wrong
A major Pizza Hut franchisee is suing the pizza chain, claiming gig workers leveraged its AI…
A new lawsuit about PFAS and other ‘forever chemicals’ is heating up the cookware industry
Two of the largest cookware conglomerates in the world are suing a six-year-old startup over claims…
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol, a $9 premium experience, and a divided reacton
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is living in two realities this week. On social media, he’s become…
A Chick-fil-A worker got fired and returned to allegedly refund himself over $80,000 in mac n cheese
When most people get fired from a job, they pick up and move on. For Keyshun…
Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores
Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly sales growth in the U.S. that blew past Wall Street’s expectations,…