Finding the perfect Mother’s Day gift can be a difficult, if not impossible, task. At least it’s fairly simple to figure out …
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Efficiency Backlash: Businesses Find Too Much Downsizing Can Hurt the Bottom Line
One national restaurant chain realizes that overburdening its employees hurts sales, as well as the company brand. Will more businesses follow its lead?
The Latest Chicken Wing Crisis: Too Much Meat on the Bone
Despite the alarmist headlines that surfaced around the time of the Super Bowl, there is no real shortage of chicken wings in the marketplace. But sellers are facing an odd wing problem lately: The chickens they come from are …
How to Celebrate Anti-Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day, there will be plenty of lovey-dovey couples exchanging the usual romantic gifts and engaging in the usual romantic nights on the town. What about the people—the legions of people—who are sick of this …
In the Fast Food World, Is Fish the New Chicken?
McDonald’s and Carl’s Jr. are among the big fast food chains casting out new fish items as a way to reel in customers—especially during Lent, when many diners cut back on meat.
Valentine’s Day Deals: Romance in the Form of Heart-Shaped Meat, Fast Food By Candle Light
This Valentine's Day, you can serve your sweetie a heart-shaped donut for breakfast, follow it up with heart-shaped pizza for lunch, then a heart-shaped pretzel mid-afternoon snack, and finally a heart-shaped steak for dinner. …
How Fast Food Restaurants Tempt You into Breaking New Year’s Resolutions
Naturally, restaurants launch some of their most tempting deals of the year in January, making it extra difficult to keep resolutions.
Why Restaurants Have Been Holding Back on Hiking Menu Prices
As food prices rise, the cost of dining out inevitably inches up as well, right? Well, maybe not.
Snack Culture Rising: Why Restaurant Menus Will Feature Even More Snacks Next Year
According to a study conducted a couple years ago, the number of fast-food menus featuring the word “snack” tripled from 2007 to 2010. Our snacking seems to have only picked up pace since then.
Like Free Money? Bonuses Abound With Holiday Gift Card Purchases
Why buy gift cards at face value when the holiday season is filled with deals giving 20% bonuses on card purchases?
Is the Daily Deal Model Dying a Slow Death?
As we enter the most deal-crazed time of year, daily deals sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial try to adapt to the changing marketplace — while facing the possibility that the original coupon model may one day soon be viewed …
Hot Buns! In Fast Food, a New Focus Is on What’s Outside the Sandwich
Specialty buns and breading will be hot at restaurants in 2013 — which is being dubbed the Year of the Bun.
