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CHICK-FIL-A'S REST STOP
Fast food chain Chick-Fil-A is opening a "Brake Room" for delivery workers in Manhattan. The space will have restrooms, refreshments, Wi-Fi, indoor bike docks, and phone charging stations. Any employee can enter who has completed at least one delivery for the chain within the last week. “During the last few years, the delivery function has become an integral piece of our business, particularly in major cities like New York City," the company said on its website. "The Upper East Side is seen as one of the highest delivery areas for Chick-fil-A and the highest number of Manhattan-based Chick-fil-A deliveries throughout the year in 2022 took place in December and March. The space will be open from Monday to Saturday.
Jared Caldwell, who operates a Chick-fil-A restaurant at 1536 3rd Ave. in the Upper East Side, said: “In metro areas like New York City, we see the same food delivery workers come through nearly every day of the week, several times a day, and how taking an extra second to warm-up between deliveries or offering a glass of water helps to fuel them on for their shift."
CHIPOTLE SPIN-OFF
Chipotle is launching a spinoff restaurant, called Farmesa, that will offer more nutritional bowl options for health-conscious customers. The first location will be at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, where a soft opening will take place later this month. "One of our strategic objectives is to create or invest in emerging culinary spaces and restaurant concepts that fit within Chipotle's food with integrity mission and make fresh food daily," said CEO Brian Niccol, "Our New Ventures team, which was created in 2022, developed a unique restaurant concept that uses classic culinary techniques with flavorful ingredients in a fast casual setting that we're excited to test and learn on before we determine a broader rollout strategy."
MORE SUGAR, MORE PROBLEMS
Research published in the journal BMC Medicine has found that diets with higher quantities of free or added sugars are more likely to lead to heart disease and stroke. For background, sugars that pop up naturally in fruits and vegetables are not considered free sugars, which are commonly found in preserves and confectionaries such as cookies and pastries. The study found that people who eat 95 grams of free sugar per day were at the highest risk.
You'll just have to wait for interest rates (and prices) to go down. Plus, this deal's a steel, the big carmaker wedding is off, and bribery is back, baby!
It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, nearly quadrupled its locations over the past decade to 570. Fast-food chains like Starbucks and Wendy's added more egg-filled breakfast items. In normal times, egg producers could meet the demand. But a bird flu outbreak that has forced them to slaughter their flocks is making supplies scarcer and pushing up prices. Some restaurants like Waffle House have added a surcharge to offset their costs.
William Falcon, CEO and Founder of Lightning AI, discusses the ongoing feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman, and how everyday people can use AI in their lives.
U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum “will not go unanswered,” European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday, adding that they will trigger toug
The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal. Russell Vought is the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget. Vought directed the CFPB in a Saturday night email to stop work on proposed rules, to suspend the effective dates on any rules that were finalized but not yet effective, and to stop investigative work and not begin any new investigations. The agency has been a target of conservatives since President Barack Obama created it following the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Jeff Benedict, author of 'The Dynasty,' weighs in on the Kansas City Chiefs being the next big dynasty, who he thinks will win Super Bowl LIX and more. Watch!
