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  1. bug out
    Protesters Unleash ‘Biblical Swarm’ of Live Insects Inside British Burger ChainThey carted in “many thousands of live cockroaches, locusts, and crickets” in response to a crackdown on undocumented workers.
  2. food labels
    President Obama Signs America’s First GMO-Labeling Bill Into LawIt abolishes Vermont’s rules with a federal set allowing food companies to use QR codes.
  3. food waste
    Hot New Supper-Club Trend: Eat Food Waste in a DumpsterThe recycled-food pop-up is “coming to a city or town near you.”
  4. drunk and disorderly
    A McDonald’s Is Testing a ‘Walk-Through’ for Drunk CustomersPartiers are invited to stumble over for a meal “after their night out.”
  5. grocery wars
    Government Won’t Let Whole Foods Call Itself the ‘World’s Healthiest’ StoreThe U.S. patent office feels the term is “exaggerated praise that can’t be proven.”
  6. lawsuits
    Barilla Sued for ‘Substantially’ Underfilling BoxesA lawsuit claims Barilla is screwing customers out of as much as 25 percent of their noodles.
  7. the chain gang
    Carl’s Jr. Finally Goes Full Chauvinist With New ‘Bacon 3-Way’ Burger AdThere may be nowhere to go but hard core after this one.
  8. fast-food wars
    Chipotle to Enter the Burger Business This FallIts new chain, Tasty Made, goes for Shack Shake’s jugular.
  9. game-changers
    New Restaurant Chain Charges Low-Income Families Less for MealsEverytable uses per-capita income data to determine neighborhood pricing.
  10. the chain gang
    Starbucks’ Labor Cuts Reportedly Causing Long LinesManagers accuse the company of tweaking the algorithm that allocates hours per store.
  11. naked dining
    London’s Naked Restaurant Is Leaving for the Hedonistic Paradise of ParisIt’s a bare-naked Brexit.
  12. wtf
    Woman Claims Restaurant’s ‘Urinating’ Toy Sexually Assaulted Her“It peed on me, basically. Out of its wee-wee area.”
  13. grocery wars
    Whole Foods Wants to Restyle Itself As the ‘World’s Healthiest Grocery Store’The company has applied to trademark the phrase as its new slogan.
  14. going once twice sold
    Someone Paid $10,000 for a Set of Four Seasons AshtraysOther outrageous buys included $7,000 for bread baskets and $30,000 for chairs with “assorted surface scratches.”
  15. bad news
    Analysts Warn Restaurant Industry Is Headed Toward a Bad RecessionIt’s been an awful quarter.
  16. food waste
    More Than Half of Americans ‘Feel Bad’ About Throwing Out Food But Do It AnywayFour in ten say they “don’t have enough time” to worry about it.
  17. recalls
    You Should Probably Just Throw Out Your FlourGeneral Mills has expanded its recall over E. coli fears a second time.
  18. gmos
    Scientists Engineered a Tomato That Doesn’t Get MushyOne upside to genetically modified fruit.
  19. whoops
    Simple Math Error on Restaurant Bill Makes International NewsA man somehow charged himself £1,006,082.04 for a £100 dinner.
  20. don’t have a cow
    Scientists Swear Cockroach Milk Is the Next Big SuperfoodIt apparently packs triple the energy of regular cow milk.
  21. horrible servers
    Server Learns the Hard Way That It’s a Bad Idea to Tweet Racist Death ThreatsShe got fired for saying it’d be great to “kill as many Mexicans as I could in one night.”
  22. the chain gang
    Starbucks Embraces Baristas With Purple HairThe company is finally changing its strict dress code.
  23. burrito wars
    Even Chipotle’s Health Scare Can’t Convince People to Eat at Taco BellQuarterly profits fell at Chipotle’s rivals, too, despite heavy promos.
  24. stunt burgers
    Here’s a New Burger With an Actual Shot of Bourbon Stuck in the MiddleAnd there’s lots of bacon.
  25. bad ideas
    McDonald’s Online Create-a-Burger Contest Got Out of Hand Very QuicklyGive the public a chance to name things, and you know it’s going to get gross fast.
  26. rotten eggs
    Dunkin’ Donuts ‘Eggs’ Contain a Dozen IngredientsNow the massive chain is testing a new egg patty that doesn’t contain things like “natural sauteed flavor.”
  27. the chain gang
    Franchisees Argue It’d Be Dangerous to Serve Unfrozen Beef at McDonald’s“Chipotle will be a walk in the park if we have an incident.”
  28. the chain gang
    Starbucks’s Surprise Pay Raise Actually Comes With an AsteriskThe increase promised for October is just 2017’s annual raise a few months early.
  29. the chain gang
    Employees Are Angry at Chipotle for Understaffing StoresA petition argues that many workers have already left “to find jobs that appreciated their hard work.”
  30. crime scene
    NYPD Thinks They’ve Identified the L&B Spumoni Gardens Co-owner’s KillerSurveillance footage shows a man pacing suspiciously in front of Lou Barbati’s home.
  31. the chain gang
    Starbucks Is Opening a Café Staffed by Deaf BaristasCustomers who don’t know sign language can place written orders.
  32. the chain gang
    Now McDonald’s Is Reaping the Benefits of the Pokémon Go PhenomenonEvery restaurant in Japan is about to be a gym, and the company’s stock is surging as a result.
  33. wtf
    These Pimple Cupcakes Are Fully PoppableThey’re certainly something.
  34. awful things
    Police Close Ohio Restaurant After Cop Finds Glass Shards in SandwichOfficials say there’s “no reason” yet to believe the act was intentional.
  35. jet lag
    Broken Coffeemakers Are Causing an ‘Inordinate Number’ of Flight DelaysCan it get worse than arriving late and not getting coffee?
  36. news you can booze
    Blue Wine Could Plague U.S. Liquor Stores As Soon As This FallThe makers of Gik’s “world-changing” vino warn it should arrive by October.
  37. food waste
    Nearly 150,000 People Have Signed a Petition Demanding Walmart Sell Ugly Produce#WhatTheFork is getting harder for the country’s largest grocer to ignore.
  38. Creator of Vegan Mayo Blasts Trump’s Campaign As ‘Un-American’Josh Tetrick is waging war in full-page ads timed to the Republican National Convention.
  39. foods that shouldn’t exist
    Some Horrible Monster Created Piña Colada–Flavored Cheddar CheeseThere’s tequila-lime, too.
  40. magic mushrooms
    A Start-Up Invented a Way to Make Foods Less Sugary Using MushroomsMycoTechnology says fungi mask the bitter taste found in most sweet foods.
  41. the chain gang
    Starbucks Says No More Surfing Porn on Its Wi-Fi, EitherThe company says it’s working on a filter that doesn’t “involuntarily block unintended content.”
  42. organic food
    Kellogg’s and General Mills Are Paying Farmers to Switch to OrganicBig Food is having trouble keeping up with demand.
  43. crime scene
    Robber Carrying AK-47 Promptly Gets Shot by Waffle House CustomerPretty much only in Texas.
  44. police bans
    Another Restaurant Owner Under Fire for Telling Police They Can’t Eat ThereHe claims there was a language barrier and has apologized.
  45. food labels
    Congress Passes the Nation’s First GMO-Labeling RequirementObama is expected to sign the bill, overriding Vermont’s state law.
  46. lawsuits
    Customer Claims Taco Bell Employees ‘Berated’ Her for Being DeafShe’s suing the chain after two sets of drive-through workers wouldn’t serve her.
  47. This Restaurant’s All-Emoji Menu Is Exactly As Unhelpful As You’d ThinkNobody wants lunch to be an exercise in cryptology.
  48. the chain gang
    McDonald’s Is Tired of Everybody Watching Porn on Its Free Wi-FiIt tells an internet-safety group it’s added a filter to stores’ internet.
  49. health concerns
    Here’s Another Horrible Health Issue Linked to SodaPeople who drink two or more sodas a day are nearly twice as likely to get biliary-tract cancer.
  50. food waste
    America Throws Away Half of Its Edible ProduceFarmers blame the nation’s obsession with perfect-looking food.
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