Wingstop is the latest fast food chain to use AI bots to take customer orders, joining 13 others like McDonald's and Chipotle testing the technology to save on labor

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A hiring sign offers a $500 bonus outside a McDonalds restaurant.

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To survive nuclear apocalypse, you may have to eat nothing but mushrooms, rats, and insects

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Raphael Manet checks the growth of oyster mushrooms at the "Bunker Comestible," (the "edible bunker") in Strasbourg, France.

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CDC Sounds the Alarm: A Diarrhea Superbug Is Resisting Drugs and Spreading Fast

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Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sounding the alarm over a diarrhea-causing superbug. The CDC’s data shows a noticeable rise in extensively drug-resistant strains of Shigella bacteria over the past half-decade. Though these infections are typically not severe, antibiotics are needed to…

Chipotle turns viral TikTok food hack into a new quesadilla menu item

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Chipotle is turning a quesadilla menu hack into a new menu offering starting March 2. The permanent new menu item, the Fajita Quesadilla, will be available through Chipotle's app or website.

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A business class airline passenger who ordered vegan food says it was insulting to be served one banana along with a pair of chopsticks

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Vegan inflight meal consisting of a single banana on flight to Tokyo.
The passenger was given a pair of chopsticks alongside the banana.

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FDA says sugary cereal and white bread no longer 'healthy'

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Sugary cereals could lose their "healthy" designation under a proposed change in Food and Drug Administration guidelines.

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You can call almond milk 'milk,' but there's a catch, the FDA says

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Almond milk and other plant-based alternatives can be labeled "milk," the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.

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What to Know About the FDA's New Nutrition Label Rules

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A major change in how foods are labeled in the U.S. is about to arrive. The Food and Drug Administration has proposed stricter limits on what can be advertised as a “healthy” food—limits that are set to exclude many products that met the previous criteria. But what is this new criteria, and how could the labeling…

Kroger knows every purchase you've ever made – and says it could make millions of dollars selling your data

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Kroger wants to grow profit using the data it collects on consumers' purchases, raising privacy concerns, The Markup reported.

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Why a 70-year-old flour brand is suddenly surging in popularity among Gen Z

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Maseca makes corn flour, a key ingredient in tortillas, empanadas, and other dishes.

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