Pret A Manger's subscription announcement follows a successful rollout in the UK, which led to 16,500 people signing up on the first day.

Since the onset of the pandemic, 17% of US restaurants have permanently shut down – about 110,000 establishments. That’s according to a new survey from the National Restaurant Association, which was shared on Monday with the majority and minority leaders of both the Senate and House of Representatives. Last week, […]

In August, retiree Mark Potter suddenly stopped receiving his pension payments from Ruby Tuesday. Documents show that Ruby Tuesday advised its trustee, Regions Bank, to stop paying pensions to at least 112 retirees on July 21, months before declaring insolvency on September 2. But the agreement between Ruby Tuesday and […]

New York City will make its outdoor dining initiatives permanent, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday. The city’s Open Streets and Open Restaurants initiatives were initially set to end on October 31, but will now continue indefinitely. Open Streets closes down streets to make way for outdoor dining, while […]

Chuck E. Cheese CEO David McKillips said that the children’s dinnertainment company just launched an entertainment division in a recent interview with Business Insider. The entertainment division will focus on merchandising and toys at first, but McKillips says that breaking into scripted entertainment is part of the company’s strategic vision […]

As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, Dunkin’ has released a collection of doughnut-themed beers in collaboration with Boston-based Harpoon Brewery. The collection includes last year’s coffee porter, as well as a new pumpkin spice latte ale, Boston kreme stout, and jelly doughnut IPA. On Monday afternoon, I tried all […]

Costco has charged $US1.50 for its hot dog and soda combo since 1985, and a quote from Costco founder Jim Sinegal explains why that is. When Costco’s current CEO, Craig Jelinek, approached Sinegal about raising the price of the combo, Sinegal told him “I’d kill you” if Jelinek raised the […]

McDonald’s launched spicy chicken McNuggets on Wednesday in their first new McNugget product launch since the original one in 1983. The fried chicken market is hot right now, and McDonald’s is looking to cash in on America’s appetite for fried chicken. But there’s a reigning champion of spicy nuggets: Wendy’s, […]

Chuck E. Cheese wants to destroy about 7 billion paper prize tickets worth $US9 million in prizes. In a Monday emergency motion, Chuck E. Cheese parent company CEC Entertainment requested permission for its vendors to destroy the tickets, which could fill “approximately 65 40-foot cargo shipping containers.” Destroying the tickets […]

“Ethnic” is a word and a grocery category that’s becoming increasingly outdated as Americans’ tastes shift. Krishnendu Ray, the head of the Nutrition and Food Studies department at New York University, told Business Insider that “ethnic” is a residual category that encompasses anything that is perceived as neither Black or […]

The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in an era of mass retail bankruptcies, and not even chain restaurants are immune. Chain restaurants have combined to close more than 1,500 locations since the pandemic began. We pulled together a list of restaurant companies that have filed for bankruptcy this year. And while […]

New York is allowing indoor dining to reopen at 25% capacity, but experts say it won’t be enough to save restaurants. Most restaurants operate on razor-thin margins, and barely eke out a profit even at 100% capacity, Andrew Rigie, the executive director of the New York Hospitality Alliance, told Business […]

Chinatown districts have been some of the hardest-hit by shutdowns, decreased tourist traffic, and racist stigma. I visited New York’s Chinatown to talk to restaurant owners and managers about how their businesses are recovering. I also sampled some of their food, including taro ice cream, mochi doughnuts, and nasi lemak. […]

New York City will lift its ban on indoor dining, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday. Restaurants will be allowed to reopen dining rooms at 25% capacity starting September 30. This comes soon after over 300 restaurant owners filed a class-action lawsuit against Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill De […]

Taco Bell is taking the “Mexican Pizza” off its menu to “make room for new innovations,” the chain announced on Thursday. The latest revamp nixes the “Mexican Pizza” along with shredded chicken and pico de gallo. Taco Bell will also add new menu items including a chipotle chicken melt later […]

Summary List Placement Nothing says fall like the return of pumpkin spice menu items, and pumpkin spice season started earlier than ever before this year. Krispy Kreme just brought back its pumpkin spice doughnut collection along with a new addition: the pumpkin spice cinnamon roll doughnut. Consumers are gravitating towards […]

Chef and writer Tunde Wey is selling white people $US100 salt through his new venture, A Lot of Salt. Wey is known for charging white people higher prices for food to draw attention to systemic racial inequalities. “White folks set the terms of what value is, they extract value from […]