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Taco Bell's Mea Culpa to Vegetarians: Potatoes Are Back and It Will Test Beyond Meat Menu Item
Taco Bell is bringing back its popular potatoes and will test Beyond Meat’s beef substitute in a bid for vegetarian customers.
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Shake Shack Stock Jumps 6% After Burger Chain Says Sales Grew in Latest Quarter
Shares of Shake Shack rose 6% in morning trading after the company said its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue grew, following several quarters of sales declines.
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How ‘the Lasagna Guys' Collected $1.26 Million in Donations to Feed New York City's Hospital Workers
Restaurateur Luca Di Pietro and his team have become known as the “lasagna guys” among New York City’s frontline workers. That’s because Di Pietro has helped deliver more than 64,000 meals to healthcare workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Main Street Looks Ahead to PPP Relaunch as Covid Outbreak Grows More Severe
Lending advocates are hopeful the funding will help to bridge the gap for small companies and minority-owned businesses that may have missed out last year.
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Starbucks Promotes Rachel Ruggeri to CFO as Pat Grismer Retires, Reiterates Outlook
Ruggeri will be CFO when Grismer retires on Feb. 1.
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KFC to Enter Chicken Sandwich Wars With New Premium Version
KFC is launching a new premium chicken sandwich to help it compete in the chicken sandwich wars.
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Quincy Residents Who Spent Time at 2 Restaurants Urged to Get COVID Tests
Residents who spent time at one of two restaurants in Quincy, Massachusetts, within the last week and a half are being urged to get a COVID-19 test. The city of Quincy posted on its Facebook page Wednesday on behalf of the Health Department to let residents know there were COVID-19 cases that occurred at The Irish Pub and Cronin’s...
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Impossible Foods Cuts Prices for Food-Service Distributors, Moving Closer to Parity With Meat
Impossible Foods is drawing closer to achieving price parity with the meats its products mimic with another round of wholesale price cuts.
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McDonald's Will Launch 3 Chicken Sandwiches Next Month as It Doubles Down on Chicken
McDonald’s will launch three chicken sandwiches on Feb. 24 as it tries to reach new customers with more poultry on its menu.
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Chipotle Launches Cauliflower Rice Nationwide as Consumers Cut Grains From Their Diets
Chipotle Mexican Grill is launching a cauliflower rice option to attract consumers trying to comply with their New Year’s resolutions.
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Last New Year's Was a Party in Boston's Seaport. This Year, ‘We're Just Making the Best of It'
New Year’s Eve will look and feel a lot different this year, including in Boston’s Seaport District. Boston’s up-and-coming waterfront neighborhood is loaded with new restaurants, all of them struggling to survive the economic ravages of COVID-19. Many people are skipping the New Year’s parties this year to stay safe, and that means restaurants will be missing out big-time...
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How COVID Restrictions Will Hit Restaurants on New Year's Eve 2020
You may be skipping the New Year’s parties this year to stay safe, but restaurants will be missing out big-time, with a 9:30 p.m. curfew in Massachusetts.
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Couple Converts Van Into Mobile Dining Room to Visit Their Favorite Restaurants
Winter weather has made outdoor dining more difficult, but one couple in Illinois have come up with a creative way to keep visiting their favorite restaurants while staying warm. Doug and Kim White converted a transit van into a private dining room, purchasing a table and setting up folding chairs to eat at and stringing up some lights. They stop...
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Boston Restaurant Accused of Violating COVID Restrictions
A video taken by the owner of Rabia’s Dolce Fumo in Boston’s North End raised questions with the Licensing Board of Boston.
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Chipotle Will Not Require Its Employees to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine
Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Brian Niccol said Tuesday that the company will “strongly encourage” employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
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COVID Relief Bill Could Be ‘Lifeline' for Portland's Restaurants
For business owners and employees in Portland, Maine, especially in the city’s renowned restaurant industry, news from Washington has given hope of a bit more financial certainty. With congressional leaders reaching a bipartisan agreement on a new $900 billion round of coronavirus relief funding, people in Portland’s business community expect more restaurants, bars and other establishments will be able...
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How COVID Relief Would Help Portland's Restaurants
For many in Portland, Maine, especially the people in the restaurant industry, the federal COVID relief package agreement offers hope for more certainty — and more eateries surviving into the next year.
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New Winter Outdoor Dining Program Begins in Brookline
People will be able to eat outside throughout the winter in Brookline now that officials extended their outdoor dining season. The town launched the Winter Outdoor Dining Pilot Program in an attempt to support restaurants – an industry that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants can continue to offer outdoor seating as long as they adhere to a…
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New Winter Outdoor Dining Program Begins in Brookline
The town of Brookline launched the Winter Outdoor Dining Pilot Program in an attempt to support restaurants – an industry that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Need a Break From Cooking? These Restaurants Are Open on Christmas
Not only will some restaurants stay open, but many will offer special holiday meals, drinks and to-go packages.