Sandwich fans around the world were likely sad to hear last week that New York City’s famed Carnegie Deli would be shutting its doors for good at the end of the year. At least one person has stepped forward thus far to express interest in buying the business and keeping it open. [More]
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Burger King Customers Upset To Find Nasty Messages Written On Food Wrappers
By 10.4.16
We get it: everyone can have a bad day at work. But if you work in a consumer-facing industry, taking out those frustrations on your customers could cost you your job. [More]
Sonic Drive-In Fires Worker Over Receipts With Offensive Language
By 10.3.16 — Updated: 10.31.16
A Sonic Drive-In in Fort Worth has fired an employee after two customers said their lunch receipts included offensive language. [More]
Report: Starbucks Is Now Testing Curbside Pickup
By 9.30.16
If you’re the kind of person who would rather fall asleep at your desk than venture inside a Starbucks during rush hour, avoiding the crush inside the store could change everything about your morning routine. To that end, the Seattle-based chain is testing curbside pickup.
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Chipotle Giving Loyalty Program Members More Than $20M In Free Catering
By 9.30.16
Chipotle customers who joined the chain’s temporary loyalty program — a program aimed at winning back customers after a spate of food-borne illness outbreaks at its restaurants — are finally getting a reward, in the form of free catered food. [More]
Want A Sandwich From NYC’s Carnegie Deli? You’ve Got Until Dec. 31
By 9.30.16
If you’re the kind of person who visits New York City just for the sandwiches, you’ll probably want to pay attention: the famed Carnegie Deli announced it’ll be closing its flagship location by the end of the year. [More]
Domino’s Customer Gets Year Of Free Pizza For Returning $5K She Found In Wings Box
By 9.26.16
No good deed goes unrewarded, or so they say, and if you’re lucky, that reward might just come in the form of free pizza. For a year. [More]
McDonald’s Is Testing A Breakfast Happy Meal
By 9.23.16
McDonald’s just can’t stop riding the breakfast wave that has boosted the company’s sales and brought customers back through its doors, it seems: after scoring with all-day breakfast, the fast food chain is now toying with the idea of offering Happy Meals in the morning hours. [More]
Archaeologists Find Evidence Of 3,000-Year-Old Cheesy Cooking Disaster
By 9.21.16
Have you ever left a pan on the heat a bit too long while cooking, resulting in a hardened, inedible mess that even the strongest scrubbing sponge can’t clean? You’ll be glad to know that Norsemen living 3,000 years ago are just like us: archaeologists say they’ve unearthed evidence of a cooking disaster involving burnt cheese. [More]
Panera Nixing Artificial Additives In New “Clean Bacon”
By 9.21.16
In its continuing quest against artificial additives, Panera Bread says it’s made some recent changes to its bacon. Before you freak out, company executives want you to know it’ll still taste “bacon-y.” Because we all know there’s nothing worse than un-bacon-y bacon. [More]
McDonald’s Nationwide All-Day Breakfast Menu Including McGriddles Launches Tomorrow
By 9.20.16
As it was foretold, so it has come to pass: McDonald’s is launching its nationwide all-day breakfast menu tomorrow, bringing McGriddles and both biscuits and McMuffin sandwiches to about 16,000 locations. [More]
NYC Health Officials Investigating Report Of Fried Rat Head Served At Popeyes
By 9.20.16
Let’s start with a warning: if you have recently eaten food, are planning to eat food in the near future, or ever want to eat food again, you might want to stop reading. Now that that’s covered, let’s talk about a Popeyes customer who claims she received a fried rat head with her chicken. [More]
Olive Garden Unlimited Pasta Passes Hit eBay With Prices Up To $4,500 Because Of Course
By 9.16.16
Despite the fact that Olive Garden put 21,000 Never Ending Pasta Passes up for sale yesterday, 19,000 more than it offered last year, those passes sold out immediately. Demand remains, it seems, as there are already listings for the passes on eBay with asking prices up to $4,500. [More]
Olive Garden Already Sold All 21,000 Unlimited Pasta Passes
By 9.15.16
You read that headline right. Even though Olive Garden is often desperate for customers, and despite the company’s boardroom brawls over breadsticks, people still have to get their hands on that unlimited Pasta Pass. [More]
Lawsuit: Chipotle Worker Fired After Complaining That Coworkers Got Preferential Treatment
By 9.14.16
A new lawsuit filed in California claims that a former Chipotle worker was fired after she complained to her bosses that her coworkers were receiving preferential treatment, giving them coveted daytime shifts while she was stuck working at nighttime. [More]
Police: Wendy’s Customer Trashed Restaurant Because She Was “Dissatisfied” With Her Order
By 9.13.16
It can no doubt be frustrating when you’re not happy with your fast food order, but taking out that anger by trashing the restaurant is not a productive way to deal with your emotions — and it’ll also get you in trouble with the police. [More]
Town Really Wants Kevin Bacon To Attend Bacon Festival, Because Of Course It Does
By 9.12.16
If you’re a celebrity whose last name happens to be the word for a delicious, crispy pork product, it goes without saying that people are going to want you to attend any celebrations dedicated to that food. Just ask Kevin Bacon. [More]
Why Do Purple Skittles Taste Different Outside The U.S.?
By 9.9.16
The idea that purple Skittles could taste like anything other than grape is not one familiar to folks who are used chomping on the candies in the U.S. — what else could it possibly be, after all, with that color? But outside the U.S., the purple part of the rainbow tastes completely different. [More]
