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Food delivery app Zesty cuts the grease and guilt from takeout
A world where we could eat takeout every single night, without the consequences of cost or calories, would be a wonderful world. Alas it is not the world we live in, but Zesty is working to make takeout food less terrible for you.
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McDonalds ponders in-store 3D printing for Happy Meal toys
McDonalds is considering installing 3D printers in its stores to produce the pocket-sized toys which are a key part of their Happy Meals.
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FDA to ban artery-clogging trans fats
Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job.
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'Big guy' sues White Castle over small booths
Wedging White Castle burgers into his mouth has admittedly never been a problem for a 290-pound stockbroker from New York. Trying to wedge himself into a seat at his local White Castle, however, has him mad enough to sue.
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Pizza Hut reinstates manager fired after refusing to open Thanksgiving
After being fired for refusing to open his restaurant on Thanksgiving, a Pizza Hut manager has his job back. Tony Rohr, who worked his way up from cook to general manager at the company, was told it was mandatory to keep his Elkhart, Ind., store open on the holiday.
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Charts: Why fast-food workers are going on strike
This Thursday, fast-food workers in more than 100 cities are planning a one-day strike to demand a "livable" wage of $15 an hour. They have a point: The lowest-paid Americans are struggling to keep up with the cost of living—and they have seen none of the gains experienced by the country's top earners. While average incomes of the top 1 percent grew more than 270 percent since 1960, those of the bottom 90 percent grew 22 percent.
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Apparently McDonald’s Thinks Its Employees Have Swimming Pools and Nannies
In a post on its employee website, McDonald’s gave some particularly tone-deaf holiday tipping advice to its employees, suggesting what they might give to an au pair or a pool cleaner as a holiday bonus.
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These Disturbing Fast Food Truths Will Make You Reconsider Your Lunch
McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell -- which one are you craving today? It's pretty likely that you have a favorite fast food chain and that you love many of the tasty options offered at these restaurants.
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The Changing Demographics of Fast-Food Workers
The recent strikes show just how untenable the current makeup of the fast-food labor force really is.
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McDonald's Has 10 Million Pounds Of Unsold Mighty Wings
This fall, McDonald's introduced Mighty Wings, those seasoning sticks vaguely flavored like chicken. Remember those commercials with Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick? They threw footballs for wings! What a world! Anyway, the promotion started with an inventory of 50 million pounds of wings, and there are still 10 million left in frozen storage.
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McDonald's on employee resources site: Not lovin' it
It seems that McDonald's has finally realized how tone-deaf its internal employee resource website was. It has shut it down. The final straw? A tip on the site to employees to avoid McDonald's fare. A graphic on the site shows a meal with a cheeseburger, fries and drink under the caption "Unhealthy choice." Next to it is a picture of a sub, a salad and water under the caption "Healthier choice."
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Eat McDonald's for 3 months, lose 37 pounds?
Science teacher goes on McDonald's-only diet to prove it's not where you eat, but what you eat (and how much you exercise) that matters.
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Pizza Hut In Luxembourg Is Surprisingly Fancy
On New Year's Day in Luxembourg, when most local restaurants were closed, I ate a late lunch in one of the six Pizza Huts in the tiny and extremely wealthy country. The meal was surprisingly fancy, costing more than $100 for an appetizer, two large pizzas, and soft drinks.
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Fighting a McDonald’s in Queens for the Right to Sit. And Sit. And Sit.
Shortly after New Year’s Day, Man Hyung Lee, 77, was nursing a coffee in his usual seat in a narrow booth at a McDonald’s in Flushing, Queens, when two police officers stepped into the fluorescent light of the restaurant.
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McDonald's Plan To Overtake Starbucks Is Hurting Business
McDonald's is relying on its McCafe business to revive sluggish sales. Last week, company executives said that expanding its coffee offerings would be a priority going forward. The fast food chain already offers about 15 McCafe items. But McDonald's vow to become the "envy" of Starbucks is hurting business, reports Leslie Patton at Bloomberg News.
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McDonald’s is running out of ketchup in Argentina
In Argentina, McDonald’s is running short of ketchup. And pretty much everyone has noticed. “I was just told at McDonald’s there’s no ketchup because it’s stuck at customs,” one fast food goer remarked on Twitter this past Saturday.
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Subway says it's removing chemical from bread
Subway says it's in the process of removing a chemical from its bread as part of an ongoing effort to improve its recipes. The announcement comes after a popular food blogger launched a petition this week asking the sandwich chain to stop using the ingredient, called azodicarbonamide. A representative for Subway says the change was underway before the petition was launched, but did not immediately provide details on when it started or when it would be complete.
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McDonald's brings Big Mac to Vietnam
Fast-food giant McDonald's - often seen as a symbol of American capitalism - has opened its first restaurant in communist-controlled Vietnam.
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15 Secret Menu Items At McDonalds
ltems on McDonalds secret menu
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Headmaster expelled junk food boy weeks after giving pupils McDonald's
A headteacher who expelled a six-year-old boy after he brought in Mini Cheddars for his packed lunch fed pupils food from McDonald’s, it was revealed today.
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