Taco Bell has the fastest drive-thru, and its latest tech could get customers their orders even faster

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In an annual report, Taco Bell's new drive-thru technology ranked the fastest.

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A Brit and an American tried each other's KFC

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British and American "Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella swapped places to try each other's KFC menu items and find all the differences between the two. This is "Food Wars: Foreign Exchange."

All the differences between Pop-Tarts in the US and the UK

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From calorie count to portion sizes, we wanted to find all the differences between Pop-Tarts in the US and UK. This is "Food Wars."

A Chipotle manager repeatedly asked a teenage worker to remove her hijab and partially pulled it off when she refused to show him her hair, federal prosecutors say

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Pedestrians walk by a Chipotle restaurant on April 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California.
The employee faced a "barrage of harassing conduct," according to the EEOC.

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Taco Bell, Chipotle, and other chains pay managers as much as $180,000. Here's what it takes to land a high-earning fast-food job.

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Manager Oscar Garcia serves beverages at the Taco Bell Cantina which is now open, in San Francisco, Calif., on the corner of 3rd St. and Townsend as seen on Thurs. September 24, 2015.
A Taco Bell manager serves beverages to customers. Managers who achieve the rank of "entrepreneur" at Taco Bell can earn up to $100,000 a year.

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Fast-food workers will make $20 an hour in California. Here's why Panera Bread was exempted from the new law.

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California fast-food workers at Panera Bread won't receive a pay boost under new law that exempts restaurants that make and sell bread.
California fast-food workers at Panera Bread won't receive a pay boost under new law that exempts restaurants that make and sell bread.

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Little Caesars knows what you're going to order before you do. With AI tools, soon more restaurants will.

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McDonald's franchisee group pushes back against 'detrimental' fee hike

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McDonald's franchisees are upset by new royalty hike
A McDonald's franchise group criticizes McDonald's for royalty fee hike.

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See Chipotle's new robots that can crank out nearly 200 burrito bowls an hour

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Cashews are dispensed automatically on the bowl. Hyphen's makeline for Chipotle.
Cashews are dispensed automatically into the bowl.

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McDonald's is putting up royalty fees for new restaurants, marking the first increase in nearly 30 years

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