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You’re Now a ‘Manager.’ Forget About Overtime Pay.

For four years beginning in 2014, Tiffany Palliser worked at Panera Bread in South Florida, making salads and operating the register for shifts that began at 5 a.m. and often […]







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California Voters to Decide on Regulating Fast-Food Industry

LOS ANGELES — A California law creating a council with broad authority to set wages and improve the working conditions of fast-food employees has been halted after restaurant and trade groups submitted enough signatures […]




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Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries

For a while, it seemed Beyond Meat was taking over the world.Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the […]




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California Governor Signs Bill to Regulate Fast-Food Industry

California will enact a sweeping new approach to regulating fast-food restaurants after Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that he had signed a bill to effectively set a minimum wage in […]




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Elijah Quashie Is a YouTube Star for Fried Chicken. How Is He Dealing With Inflation?

If you are walking anywhere in London and spot Elijah Quashie, a.k.a. The Chicken Connoisseur, he would be grateful if you resist the urge to make a fuss. Do not […]




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Stuckey’s Pins Revival on the Return of the Great American Road Trip

“We look for stuff you don’t see in every roadside place,” Ms. Stuckey said.Certain classics — rubber alligators and coonskin caps — remain popular, as do Mexican blankets and Baja […]




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Starbucks, McDonald’s and Others Pause Operations in Russia

When McDonald’s opened its doors in Moscow’s Pushkin Square in 1990, it was welcomed by more than 30,000 Russians who happily waited hours in line, eager to spend a sizable […]




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Fast-Food Chains Stay Open in Russia, Mostly Quiet About Ukraine

McDonald’s has made no statement about the invasion. A company spokesman did not respond to questions about whether its restaurants in Russia were open, and how they are receiving supplies […]




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Starbucks Workers in Mesa, Ariz., Vote for Union

First they won in Buffalo. Now they’ve scored a victory on the other side of the country.On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board announced that workers at a Starbucks in […]