According to a new study by market research firm C+R Research, 85% of shoppers are paying more for groceries during the coronavirus pandemic. The price of meat increased the most, according to those surveyed. Higher meat prices were caused by supply chain issues early on in the pandemic, but have […]

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 […]

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 […]

A leaked email from a CVS district leader told staff not to inform patients that their prescriptions were filled by someone who tested positive for COVID-19. CVS spokesperson Michael DeAngelis told Business Insider, “It is not our policy to prohibit our pharmacies from informing patients if their prescription was filled […]

CVS just raised its profit forecast this month, but some employees say that the chain’s outward optimism hides major health violations. Business Insider spoke with three CVS employees in Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas who said that the pharmacy chain ignored reports of potential COVID-19 exposure at stores and required sick […]

Burger King is giving 250 customers in Belgium facemasks with their orders custom-printed on them, the chain announced on August 10. Customers can post their orders in the comments on Burger King Belgium’s Facebook or Instagram for a chance to be shipped a custom facemask with their order printed on […]

Sisters Vanessa and Kim Pham founded Omsom to “give the middle finger” to the model minority stereotype. The sisters started selling their chef-designed meal starter kits in May, after mentors advised them not to. Their first sampler kits of sauce and seasonings packets for Southeast Asian meals sold out within […]

Independent restaurant owners told Bloomberg that they’re paying up to 50% more for their pepperoni than they were paying before the pandemic. The rising cost of pepperoni is largely due to two factors: lower supply from meat processors and higher demand from customers. While most meat production facilities are operating […]

On Tuesday, White Castle released cocktail recipe pairings for its menu as states continue to urge bars to close early. The late-night segment has long been vital to White Castle’s business, but the chain’s popularity with late-night workers and drinkers has been dampened by the pandemic. White Castle’s vice president, […]

McDonald’s employees may call the police on a customer who refuses to wear a mask, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said. McDonald’s announced a mask mandate after weeks of reports concerning harassment and abuse directed at its workers by customers who refused to wear masks. Although many major retailers announced mask […]

On Thursday, Impossible Foods announced that Walmart would roll out the Impossible Burger grounds at 2,100 stores starting that day. “It’s a major milestone for Impossible Foods,” Impossible Foods’ chief financial officer, David Lee, told Business Insider in an interview. “Around nine out of consumers in retail are really close […]

A newly-opened Taco Bell in Newman, California will give a free taco to anyone who pays with coin rolls. The restaurant created the offer after being informed by its bank that there was a limit on coin withdrawals. This Taco Bell isn’t the first fast-food restaurant to offer food for […]

On Monday, Planet Fitness announced it would require members to wear masks at its gyms at all times starting August 1. Planet Fitness is the first major fitness chain to require masks, although many retailers like Walmart have already implemented their own mask mandates. However, mask mandates aren’t easily enforced, […]

States that reopened their economies early from coronavirus pandemic shutdowns saw no economic gain over those that had longer closed periods, according to a recent study from the Centre for American Progress. In states with shorter shutdown periods, troubles with paying a mortgage, rent, and loss of earnings increased for […]

On Wednesday, Walmart announced it would require shoppers to wear masks at stores nationwide after a spate of mask-related violent incidents at its store. The most recent incident happened on Tuesday evening, when a Louisiana customer hit a police officer with his car after telling the officer “You can’t make […]