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AdvertisementUnder the plea agreement, Family Dollar admitted that it had begun receiving more reports of mouse and pest issues with deliveries from the warehouse in August 2020. AdvertisementThe distribution center shipped FDA-regulated products to more than 400 Family Dollar stores, or over 5% of its total store count. On average, the warehouse shipped 1.3 million cases of product worth $32.3 million each month, per the plea agreement. According to the plea agreement, the facility had operated since 1994, making it Family Dollar's second-oldest distribution center. Family Dollar said in October that it planned to open a "best-in-class" distribution center on the same site in West Memphis by fall 2024.
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Kellogg's is advertising cereal for dinner as an alternative for people struggling with food prices. WK Kellogg CEO Gary Pilnick told CNN last week that the messaging was "landing really well" with customers. Cereal prices shot up 13% in 2022Grocery prices soared during the pandemic as supply-chain chaos pushed up costs for producers. Advertisement"The cereal category has always been quite affordable, and it tends to be a great destination when consumers are under pressure," Pilnick told CNN. Pilnick told CNN last week that more than a quarter of cereal consumption is outside breakfast.
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Some diners could be put off eating out when fast-food prices in California go up in the spring. The state is raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour, prompting restaurants to hike menu prices. California is putting up the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour on April 1 — and it could make restaurant prices so unpalatable that people buy more groceries to cook at home instead. The state's current general minimum wage is $16 an hour, compared to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 . But the new statewide legislation, AB 1228, will only create a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers.
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AdvertisementSkipworth told investors at the company's previous earnings call in November that these customers tend to be Gen Zers or millennials. "A lot of these new guests that are coming in are coming in through the chicken sandwich occasion initially," he said. Wingstop was late to join the so-called chicken sandwich wars, which kicked off when Popeyes launched its spicy chicken sandwich in 2019 to compete with Chick-fil-A. Rivals including McDonald's and Wendy's have also been bolstering up their chicken sandwich offerings in response. AdvertisementChains including McDonald's, Shake Shack, and Taco Bell have told customers to expect modest menu price increases in 2024 as inflation cools.
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download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Walmart is cutting prices on essentials like eggs and breadInflation has cooled in recent months after soaring during the pandemic. "Some of this is the result of customer acquisition becoming more modest, and some is because of the continued financial pressure on core Walmart shoppers which is seeing them cut back on non-essential spending," he wrote. Saunders noted that lower levels of inflation would make it harder for Walmart to acquire new customers. "This essentially puts Walmart in the position of having to work far harder and more creatively to generate growth," he wrote.
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A diner left a $10,000 tip on a $32.43 meal at a café in Michigan on February 5. Just eight days later, the employee who served the diner was fired, her lawyer told The Guardian. AdvertisementA server in Michigan who got part of a $10,000 tip left by a solo diner said that the restaurant fired her eight days later after the tip led to a dispute among staff about who got to pocket the money. After Huff refused, the café fired her, McManus said. On Tuesday 13, she was told that she was fired, she wrote in the post, per The Free Press.
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A man who claims to have won $340 million has sued the DC Lottery after being told it was a mistake. For a while, two sets of "winning" numbers were listed on the website. AdvertisementA man has sued the DC Lottery after being told what he thought was a $340 million win was actually a mistake. The actual winning numbers were later published on the website after the drawing alongside the incorrect ones. In the lawsuit, Cheeks asked for a payment of $320.6 million, which he said was the amended grand prize amount given by the DC Lottery, as well as interest.
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download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewThree people are facing grand theft charges after more than $100,000 of goods were stolen from Home Depot stores in Florida by swapping out the barcodes for lower-cost items at self-checkouts, the state's attorney general said. On Home Depot's website, the roof sealer currently retails at $119 for a 0.9-gallon bucket or $349 for a 4.75-gallon bucket. Moody's Office of Statewide Prosecution charged Popat with one count of grand theft over $100,000, and Abad and Baglin with one count of grand theft over $20,000. Now, this group faces our Statewide Prosecutors and time in prison, where I can promise there is no self-checkout line."
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At 8 a.m., Zan White sits in a McDonald's with a group of friends for a catchup and coffee. White, who's 100, has been driving to McDonald's to meet his friends almost every day for 36 years. AdvertisementZan White has his morning coffee routine down to a T.White, 100, said he drives two miles to his local McDonald's in Elkins, West Virginia, at around 8 a.m. to have coffee with his friends almost every day. White started going to the restaurant in 1988 after the café he used to go to closed, he told Business Insider. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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AdvertisementBoth Icelandic and foreign-born women told BI that though they largely feel safe in Iceland, it's no feminist paradise. "That was like a wake up call for many women," Thorgerdur J. Einarsdóttir, professor of gender studies at the University of Iceland, told BI. Some groups of women are more vulnerable to violence and low wages, including foreign-born women, women with disabilities, and trans women, the interviewees said. Older generations fight so younger ones can flourishBut despite these concerns, the women BI spoke to said that they largely felt safe living in Iceland. Women BI spoke to largely said they felt optimistic about the changes that future generations would bring.
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AdvertisementChains like McDonald's, Shake Shack, and Taco Bell say they're only planning small price increases in 2024 as inflation cools. But in the year to January 2024, prices at limited-service restaurants rose just 5.8%, per BLS data. Martin Jennings, a 51-year-old truck driver from Florida, told Business Insider that his family was being deterred by higher prices at fast-food chains. Customers are looking for app deals and choosing value menusCustomers are looking for ways to get cheaper meals at fast-food chains. Chipotle said it's eyeing a price increase in the mid-single digits, depending on consumer sentiment and actions taken by other fast-food chains.
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Read previewTarget has launched a new budget brand that will offer shoppers low-cost clothes, electronics, beauty products, and home items. Target said on Thursday that the brand, Dealworthy, will feature nearly 400 "everyday basics," with most items under $10 and some costing less than $1. Target will also sell Dealworthy electronics, including phone cases and power cords, as well as kitchen and home items like paper plates, paper towels, and food containers. AdvertisementThe Dealworthy range will include low-cost electronics, including phone cases. Target"With Dealworthy, Target is offering more options at lower prices, starting at less than $1, while strengthening its portfolio of owned brands," the retailer said in a press release.
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Diner chain Denny's has simplified its menu to cut back on customizations and build-you-own options. CEO Kelli Valade said that Denny's was instead highlighting more profitable items. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementDenny's has simplified its menu to cut back on how much diners can customize their meals, and says it's helped make its restaurants more profitable. "Along with new product innovation, we simplified the menu layout while minimizing customizations and the build-your-own categories on the menu," CEO Kelli Valade told investors on Tuesday.
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He said that PepsiCo expected its international business to keep growing faster than its US one. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "Part of that is also pivoting between in-home consumption and away-from-home consumption that we're seeing in our business in the US." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
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A McDonald's worker in Pittsburgh said in a lawsuit she was raped by her manager when she was 14. McDonald's franchisee Rice Enterprises is paying $4.35 million to settle the suit, first filed in 2021. AdvertisementA McDonald's franchisee has agreed to pay $4.35 million to settle a lawsuit from a worker in Pittsburgh who said she was raped by her manager, a registered sex offender, when she was 14. The minor's family had filed a lawsuit against both McDonald's and Rice Enterprises, the eight-unit franchise business operating the restaurant she worked at, in September 2021. Rice Enterprises sued the vendor, Backgroundchecks.com in May 2023, according to a copy of the lawsuit viewed by BI.
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Some shoppers are skeptical about T.J. Maxx's food aisle and whether the products are good quality. AdvertisementThe internet doesn't know what to make of T.J. Maxx's food aisle. T.J. Maxx sources from vendors you've probably never heard ofGo to your local T.J. Maxx and chances are you'll find an aisle lined with pink Himalayan salt grinders, bottles of coffee syrup, and boxes of gourmet chocolates. Maxx's food is an "unplanned extra" that catches her eye on the way to the checkouts, she said. Maxx's food is an "unplanned extra" that catches her eye on the way to the checkouts.
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A CVS pharmacist died of a heart attack mid-shift at an understaffed store during the pandemic, USA Today reported. AdvertisementA CVS pharmacist at an understaffed store had a fatal heart attack at work – and her family thinks that she didn't go to the ER because she didn't want to leave the pharmacy unattended. People close to Anderson told USA Today they thought she had decided to wait until her replacement arrived before going to the ER. "COVID has exacerbated this already inhumane situation," a former CVS pharmacist in Connecticut said. Michael DeAngelis, CVS' executive director of corporate communications, told USA Today that Anderson's death was a "tragedy that never should have happened."
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Chipotle customers in California should brace themselves for higher menu prices this year. The law will put fast-food workers' wages up to $20 an hour from April. Minimum wages for California fast-food workers will increase to $20 an hour in April under a law signed by Gov. The new legislation, known as AB 1228, won't just bring a wage increase in April. Chipotle, which has roughly 115,000 workers, spent $2.44 billion on labor in 2023, up about 11% from the previous year.
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A CVS store in Ohio was in a state of disarray when the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy visited it. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The decision follows an investigation by the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which sent inspectors to CVS' store in Canton, north-east Ohio, in mid-September 2021. The pharmacy was more than a month behind in filling prescriptions, the worker said. The Board said on Tuesday that the store would have to pay a monetary penalty of $250,000.
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Read previewTaco Bell says that it is still performing well among low-income customers even as other fast-food chains say they're struggling to keep hold of this demographic. Brands, said that the taco and burrito chain's restaurants in low-income trade areas in the US had outperformed the rest of the business. Diners shouldn't expect Taco Bell to raise menu prices as much in 2024, he said. Record numbers of Taco Bell customers ordered digitallyThough Yum! Taco Bell had more than 8,500 restaurants globally by the end of 2023.
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AdvertisementMcDonald's keeps putting up menu prices — and it's putting off some diners. McDonald's had said at its earnings call in October that its price increases largely hadn't put customers off. But as inflation cools, customers should expect less dramatic price hikes this year, Borden said, adding that franchisees set their own prices. "Where you see the pressure with the US consumer is that low-income consumer," Kempczinski said. Advertisement"The battleground is certainly with that low-income consumer," Kempczinski said.
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McDonald's makes as much money from chicken products as from beef burgers, its CEO said Monday. McDonald's told investors in December that it planned to offer the McCrispy in almost all its markets globally by the end of 2025. We've also added smoked chicken wings, and that was a direct response to Gen Z." Taco Bell's former CEO Mark King told Bloomberg that its Gen Z customers were increasingly opting for chicken over beef. Wendy's told BI that its Spicy Chicken Nuggets were especially popular among Gen Zers.
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Thieves in California's East Bay are swiping wallets from shopping carts – especially at Trader Joe's, police say. "Wallets were taken from unattended shopping carts or open purses while victims were shopping," a Tri-Valley PD said. AdvertisementA new crime trend is hitting Trader Joe's stores in a city in California: Thieves are taking customers' wallets from their carts as they shop. "Recently there have been wallet thefts that have occurred at other Trader Joe stores in the Tri-Valley. In these crimes, wallets were taken from unattended shopping carts or open purses while victims were shopping in the store."
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A centenarian has been having breakfast at McDonald's almost every day for 36 years. The West Virginia resident and WWII veteran went to the chain with friends to celebrate his 100th birthday. "I can't stop now," Zan White told local station WDTV. AdvertisementA man from West Virginia who served during World War II celebrated his 100th birthday at McDonald's on Friday. White told the station that he wasn't sure why he'd lived so long but didn't plan to change his habits as he got older.
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Five expats to Iceland told Business Insider about the biggest challenges they faced. "I used to be afraid of winter coming," Jewells Chambers, who relocated from Brooklyn seven years ago and makes the podcast All Things Iceland, said. Public transport is 'terrible'"Driving is the standard in Iceland," Chambers said. "I think tourism has been wonderful for Iceland," Basappa said. And the main street in Reykjavik used to be Icelandic boutiques, but "everything got swept up and turned into puffin shops," she said.
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