Soon, thousands of customers in seven cities around the U.S. won’t have to get off the couch to grab a bag of McDonald’s (though one might need to get off the couch to answer the door). The fast food giant has expanded its partnership with UberEATS to deliver McNuggets and Big Macs from more than 1,000 McD’s locations. [More]
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Target Still Hopeful For Turnaround As Its Shoppers Spend Less At Store
By 5.17.17 — Updated: 5.25.17
Americans are still shopping at Target, but they aren’t buying as much as they did before. That’s a huge problem for the retailer, which claims to have some tricks up its sleeve to turn things around. [More]
Starbucks Apologizes For Outage, Says All Stores Should Be Operational Again Soon
By 5.16.17 — Updated: 5.25.17
After Starbucks stores around the country had to shut down or give out free food when their payment system stopped working, the coffee giant says that most affected locations are back to normal and that all stores should be back online soon. [More]
Lucky Charms Brings Back Marshmallow-Only Version, But You Can Already Make Your Own
By 5.16.17
Have you been craving sugary, candy-colored, magical food items since the Unicorn Frappuccino went away? General Mills has some good news: In a promotion, it will be giving away thousands of Lucky Charms boxes that contain only dehydrated marshmallows, fulfilling a fantasy that many people have had while intoxicated. But getting one of these rare boxes of cereal won’t be as special as it was the first time — and there are much easier ways to eat a bowl of hard, candy-colored marshmallows. [More]
Walmart Lowering Grocery Prices To Prep For Battle With U.S. Newcomer Lidl
By 5.16.17
Walmart is already engaged in a price war with one Germany-based discount supermarket chain, Aldi, and now it has to prep for competition from a second low-cost German grocer, Lidl, which is set to open its first U.S. stores this summer. [More]
Delivery Man Brings Pizza To “Hangry” Passengers On Stalled Amtrak Train
By 5.16.17
In an act of pizza heroism that earned him $32 in tips, a delivery man brought grub to hangry — hungry and angry — passengers stuck on a stalled Amtrak train. But while his move was met with cheers from Amtrak riders, the train operator is warning against walking that close to the tracks. [More]
Starbucks Registers Reportedly Down, Some Locations Giving Out Free Coffee
By 5.16.17 — Updated: 5.25.17
If you were able to pick up your morning cup of joe from Starbucks today count yourself lucky, as some of the coffee chain’s locations were closed Tuesday thanks to a reported payment system outage. [More]
Customer Service Worker Gone Rogue Tells KFC, Pizza Hut Customers To Order Domino’s Next Time
By 5.16.17
If you’re going to fire a customer service rep, you need to make sure they can’t get back into your system and wreak havoc… like the former rep who managed to reply to dozens of emails from KFC and Pizza Hut, telling them the restaurants don’t care about complaints anymore, and to just “order from Domino’s next time.” [More]
McDonald’s Sorry For Using Grieving Child To Sell Filet-O-Fish Sandwiches
By 5.16.17
McDonald’s has apparently given up on the idea of associating its food with even moderately enjoyable moments in life. Instead, the fast food giant decided to go dark — like, really dark — for a recent ad that markets the chain’s fish sandwich as some sort of replacement for a dead father. [More]
The Honest Company Recalling Possibly Moldy Baby Wipes
By 5.15.17
While we wouldn’t put it past some companies to market pre-dirtied baby wipes as some kind of publicity stunt aimed at millennials, that is not what The Honest Company is doing with a recent product recall. Nay, these wipes may come with mold, but not on purpose. [More]
Medical Marijuana Industry Uneasy About Its Future Under Trump Administration
By 5.15.17
Despite the fact that Congress recently passed a new spending bill that included a provision prohibiting the Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Agency from interfering in states’ medical marijuana programs, the industry remains wary of President Trump’s administration and its stance on the drug. [More]
Why Won’t Grubhub Delete My Account After It Was Hacked?
By 5.12.17
Having one of your online accounts hacked is like having a reality show on Bravo — it’ll happen to all of us at some point. Given how commonplace hacks are, you might assume that multibillion-dollar online operations would have a process in place for dealing with compromised accounts. You’d be mistaken. [More]
Man Gets Hypothermia Hiking Snow-Covered Mountain In Shorts, Trying To Score Free Pizza
By 5.11.17
If a pizza place is offering free food to people who can hike or bike their way up a snow-covered mountain, you have to ask yourself: Is the pizza really free? And if you’re one Arizona man who had to be rescued while trying to cash in on this promotion, you’re probably wondering: Why did I wear shorts? [More]
Bloodhound Sniffs Out Pizza Thieves Who Lured Delivery Driver To Abandoned House
By 5.11.17
It’s not an episode of Scooby-Doo* but a recent crime caper in California does sound pretty darn close: A police bloodhound came to the rescue after teens lured a Domino’s delivery driver to an abandoned house and then robbed him of both money and pizza. [More]
How Aldi Plans To Beat Walmart’s Prices On Groceries
By 5.11.17
For many of us, the most important thing about shopping for groceries isn’t the technology at the checkout line, or the number of artisanal ketchups available; it’s about getting a decent product for the best possible price. Aldi is hoping these pragmatic shoppers will help it win a price war with America’s largest supermarket chains, including Walmart. [More]
Whole Foods Tries To Avoid Selling Itself By Replacing Most Of Its Board
By 5.10.17 — Updated: 5.25.17
A month after shareholders told Whole Foods to shape up and see if someone was interested in buying the chain — Amazon and Kroger, apparently, for a while — the health foods store hasn’t put up the “for sale” sign yet. Instead, the company says it will completely revamp its board. [More]
Publix Recalls Artichoke And Spinach Dip For Possible Glass Pieces
By 5.10.17
An artichoke and spinach dip is a tasty addition to a party that you can almost pretend is healthy, because there are vegetables in it. One seasoning that you should leave behind, though, is tiny pieces of glass. That’s why supermarket chain Publix is recalling house-brand dips sold in the deli departments of its stores in six states. [More]
Vermont Lawmakers Pass Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
By 5.10.17 — Updated: 5.12.17
Your dreams of getting a good buzz in the Green Mountain State have moved one step closer to reality, as Vermont is on the verge of becoming the first state to enact legislation legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. [More]
