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  1. nacho problem
    Hero Baseball Player Gives Fan New Nachos After Knocking Over His First OrderClassy move, Addison Russell.
  2. Yelpers Destroy Café After It Announces Boycott ‘Any Time the Saints Kneel’“Who mixes wings with politics.”
  3. steak and snake
    Steakhouse’s Ambience Takes a Hit After Poisonous Snake Bites CustomerShe spent the next six days in the hospital.
  4. horrible ideas
    Who’s Ready for Pink ‘Sparkling’ Milk?A large dairy producer has worldwide ambitions for a new drink.
  5. mobile ordering
    Amazon May Soon Bring Shake Shack to Your DoorIt’s partnering with a mobile-ordering company used by 200 restaurant brands.
  6. lawsuits
    Instagram-Famous Raw-Cookie-Dough Shop Sued for Allegedly Making People SickPlaintiffs say they were “obviously disappointed” to learn that Dō’s raw dough can actually make people sick.
  7. health concerns
    General Mills Will Put Fake Dyes Back in Trix So Customers Stop ComplainingRed 40, Blue 1, and the rest of the gang are back.
  8. haters gonna hate
    Chipotle Swears All the Queso Haters Will Come Around EventuallyAn internal memo sent to employees says that “formal research” prior to the rollout showed “very different results.”
  9. lawsuits
    Black Workers at Trump Hotel Steakhouse Allegedly Told It’s ‘White America Time’BLT Prime employees claim they got screwed on shifts and dealt with racist co-workers.
  10. the future
    Tesla Is Trying to Add Convenience Stores to Its Charging StationsRecharging takes 30 minutes, so Tesla says people want to “eat” and “have a cup of coffee.”
  11. Fast-Casual Chain Chili’s Happily Demystifies Health Care for People on TwitterSomeone wanted to know why his doctor’s appointments cost so much.
  12. recalls
    Death Wish Coffee Is Recalling Bottles Over an Actual Risk of DeathIt says there’s a chance that they could give people botulism.
  13. grocery wars
    Albertsons Is Buying Meal-Kit Start-up PlatedIt’s the first grocery chain to gobble up a meal-kit business.
  14. lawsuits
    Federal Court Says San Francisco Can’t Require Health Warnings on Soda AdsJudges asked why the label isn’t on products with “equal or greater amounts” of sugar.
  15. the chain gang
    McDonald’s Might Try to Sell Amazon Its Old Headquarters Outside of ChicagoThe 80-acre complex with hiking paths and Hamburger University is empty starting in 2018.
  16. the chain gang
    New Yorkers Are Getting a 5-Story Chick-fil-A That ‘Pays Homage’ to 9/11It’s the chain’s largest ever, with a rooftop terrace and unobstructed Freedom Tower views.
  17. lawsuits
    Ex-Employee Claims Shake Shack Let Sick Workers Serve FoodHis $1 million lawsuit alleges that the chain fired him for complaining.
  18. health concerns
    Researchers Are Now Finding ‘Shocking Numbers’ of Microfibers in ShellfishPacific oysters and clams are at an average of eight particles apiece.
  19. the chain gang
    Chipotle Will Dump Chorizo to Focus More on Its Subpar QuesoThe chain needs space on the line, but people aren’t loving the cheese dip so far.
  20. stronger together
    Clinton Quietly Supported Comet Ping Pong After the ‘Pizzagate’ ShootingHillary and Bill bought “tons” of pizzas and donated them to a local after-school program.
  21. Unauthorized Stranger Things Pop-up Shut Down by Netflix“We’re not going to go full Dr. Brenner on you.”
  22. lawsuits
    Chefs Aren’t Happy Federal Judges Upheld California’s Foie Gras Ban“Don’t we have anything better to do than attack foie gras?”
  23. news you can booze
    Amazon Is Quietly Seizing Control of Booze Delivery Now, TooIt just expanded the service to 12 cities, and plans to add 20 more.
  24. news you can booze
    AB InBev Proposes Immigration Plan Where Mexicans Just Stay Home and Sell BeerIt argues that smuggling yourself into America can cost $20,000, but opening a beer store is only $5,000.
  25. empire building
    New Yorkers, Start Preparing Now for ‘At Least’ 50 More Taco Bell Locations“Most” of them will also sell booze.
  26. the chain gang
    McDonald’s Adds Watered-down Juice Boxes to Make Happy Meals HealthierIt’s swapping 100 percent juice for an “organic” option that’s half water.
  27. Pizza Start-up Created a Cryptocurrency That Pays Workers for Company’s SuccessThey get awarded quasi-shares that rise with the company’s worth.
  28. the chain gang
    Olive Garden Sold Americans 22,000 Pasta Passes in Less Than a SecondPresumably, half of them are headed to eBay.
  29. minimum wage
    Mario Batali Is Not a Fan of Raising the Minimum WageHe says it’s “not the fastest way of advancing a higher quality of life.”
  30. lawsuits
    Jessica Biel’s ‘SoHo House for Kids’ Accused of Stealing $430,000 in TipsWorkers are suing for wage theft and a long list of other labor violations.
  31. lawsuits
    GrubHub Has Never Been a Food-Delivery Company, Executive SwearsIt’s part of the company’s legal strategy to ensure that delivery people remain “independent contractors.”
  32. burst your bubbles
    LaCroix Won’t Say What It’s Putting in Your Sparkling Water“Natural flavor” is the only ingredient, and the company coyly admits that it could be almost anything.
  33. scams
    ‘Fyre Festival of Pizza’ Says It Will Give Refunds to Angry AttendeesThe decision comes after “much back and forth” about attendees’ “best interests.”
  34. tie-ins
    Shake Shack’s Boozy Will & Grace Milkshakes Will Benefit GLAADThat marks at least one good thing about the shameless tie-in.
  35. comebacks
    Jolt Cola, Energy-Drink Pioneer From the ’80s, Is Coming BackIt still has “all the sugar and twice the caffeine.”
  36. Brother Jimmy’s Owner Led a Renegade Rescue Mission to the Caribbean After IrmaHe reportedly chartered a helicopter to pick up friends stranded in St. Martin.
  37. scams
    NY Attorney General Opens Inquiry Into Brooklyn’s ‘Total Scam’ Pizza FestivalSeveral dozens attendees also say they’re filing a lawsuit.
  38. recalls
    A Deadly Salmonella Outbreak Is Plaguing Mexican PapayasThe CDC warns that there are 200 sick people in 23 states, and there’s been one death.
  39. Brooklyn Pizza Festival Enrages Attendees, Drawing Comparisons to FyreThey paid for “really bad pizza” that was “cut into micro slices.”
  40. news you can booze
    Blistering Heat Turned Lots of Napa’s Wine Grapes Into RaisinsThe natural consequence of three days of 110-degree temperatures.
  41. the chain gang
    Florida Pizza Hut Threatens to Punish Workers Who Flee IrmaEmployees were given a 24-hour “grace period” to leave town.
  42. the chain gang
    Workers Claim McDonald’s Made Them Under-Fill French-Fry OrdersThe chain calls the allegation “fictional” since stores follow “strict operational procedures.”
  43. marketing gimmicks
    You Can Finally Get Guiltless Dairy Alternatives Sourced From ‘Free-Range Trees’A macadamia milk brags it comes from “trees supporting life, not trees on life support.”
  44. lawsuits
    Colorado Baker Who Wouldn’t Make Same-Sex Cake Gets Justice Department’s SupportThe Trump administration will argue before the Supreme Court that pastry is a form of protected speech.
  45. service issues
    Steakhouse Calls Pregnant Mom’s Uncovered Belly a Health-Code ViolationShe wore a crop top that exposed her eight-months-pregnant stomach.
  46. grocery wars
    Amazon Merger Is Bringing Whole Foods the Most Shoppers It’s Had in YearsDespite the fact that prices really aren’t any lower overall.
  47. free lunch
    Lunches Are Now Free for All NYC Public-School KidsThe city qualified for a federal program that gives everyone free lunch.
  48. past its prime
    Whole Foods Promises Shelf Space to Bulletproof’s New Bottled Butter CoffeeYour favorite “brain-octane” drink now comes in 12-ounce cartons of cold brew.
  49. climate change
    World’s Largest Candy Maker Commits $1 Billion to Fight Climate ChangeIt says, “We’re trying to go all in here.”
  50. shortages
    Avocado Prices Climb to an Even Crazier All-time HighA case of them costs four times what it did at the start of 2016.
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