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These could be the next hot food and drink trends
Pasta is coming back in different shapes and flavors, drinking vinegar is cool, and comfort food favorites like pancakes are being made with new ingredients. That’s according to the hundreds of items on display at the Summer Fancy Food Show, a trade show that has gained a reputation for being a place to spot the […]
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Starbucks union: Company threatens that unionizing could jeopardize gender-affirming health care
A protester waves a sign near the Country Club Plaza Starbucks store where dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company Thursday, March 3, 2022. Jill Toyoshiba | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Starbucks is telling its baristas that unionizing could jeopardize the gender-affirming health care coverage for […]
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Jack-and-Coke in a can: Coca-Cola and Brown-Forman team up for new drink
Brown-Forman and The Coca-Cola Company announce plans to debut Jack Daniel’s® Tennessee Whiskey and Coca-Cola®™ Ready-to-Drink Cocktail Courtesy: Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola is teaming up with Jack Daniel’s distiller Brown-Forman to make a Jack-and-Coke cocktail in a can. It marks the fourth new alcoholic drink in Coke’s portfolio in less than two years, but the first […]
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Chipotle and Kraft use this start-up to track and prove how green they are
Consumers are now demanding environmental accountability in everything — from the buildings they live in to the products they purchase. Food is a big one. While more and more food companies are claiming that their products are “sustainable,” a Brooklyn, New York-based startup is asking how good that claim really is. The company is called […]
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Starbucks is looking externally for its next CEO, Howard Schultz says
Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle, Washington on March 22, 2017. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Starbucks’ next CEO will come from outside the company, interim leader Howard Schultz told The Wall Street Journal. Schultz returned for his third stint in the top job […]
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Union claims Starbucks illegally closing cafe to retaliate, Bloomberg reports
A pro-union poster is seen on a lamp pole outside Starbucks’ Broadway and Denny location in Seattle’s Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood on March 22, 2022. Toby Scott | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The workers union at Starbucks is claiming the coffee chain is shutting down a recently unionized cafe in retaliation for […]
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Starbucks union creates $1 million fund to cover lost pay for striking baristas
A protester waves a sign that read "unionize" near the Country Club Plaza Starbucks store where dozens of Starbucks employees and union supporters protested alleged anti-union tactics by the company Thursday, March 3, 2022. Jill Toyoshiba | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The union backing organizing efforts at Starbucks is creating a $1 million […]
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Taco Bell locations are running out of Mexican Pizza less than two weeks after its return
Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza Source: Taco Bell Taco Bell is running out of its Mexican Pizza, less than two weeks after the chain brought back the menu item. The chain owned by Yum Brands said in a statement that it’s working with its restaurants and suppliers to get the item back on its menu permanently […]
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Carl Icahn loses proxy fight with McDonald’s over animal welfare
Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Activist investor Carl Icahn lost his proxy fight with McDonald’s on Thursday, signaling that shareholders weren’t swayed by his animal-welfare concerns. Preliminary counts of votes during the company’s annual shareholder meeting showed that Icahn’s board nominees only […]
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McDonald’s shareholders to vote on proxy fight with Carl Icahn over animal welfare practices
Signage outside a McDonald’s Corp. fast food restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s shareholders meeting on Thursday morning will mark the climax of a proxy fight waged by activist investor Carl Icahn, who is pushing for two seats on the fast-food giant’s board […]
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