Inside the kitchen making 30,000 meals for The Oscars

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After all the Academy Awards are passed out, 1,700 of Hollywood's biggest stars flock to the Governors Ball hungry. Wolfgang Puck and his team feed them all. More than 100 chefs are flown in from all over the world to handle the massive scale.

Eddie Bauer's nearly 200 stores in the US and Canada are expected to close after a failed sale effort

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Eddie Bauer store closing sale.
Nearly 200 Eddie Bauer stores across the US and Canada are expected to close.

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Burger King went big on self-deprecating Oscars ads. Now it needs to prove it's fixed past missteps.

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Burger King Oscars ads
Burger King's new ad campaign says the customer is king.

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I ate at Red Lobster for the first time since its revamp. I miss Endless Shrimp, but I can't wait to go back.

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I tried Red Lobster after not eating there for two years. I can't wait to go back.

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A new generation is discovering Gap — and they're loading up on jeans and sweats

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Gap store windows
Gap reached net sales of $3.5 billion in 2025, a 5% increase from the year before.

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Why the founder of Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day decided to sell her business and retire at 53

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Monica Nassif
Monica Nassif founded Caldrea and Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day.

Monica Nassif

Our chaotic Big Mac pricing test

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The price is the price. At least it's supposed to be.

The rise of the daycap: Gen Z prefers intentional, daytime sips

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Four cocktail glasses meet to cheers in the center of a brunch table.
Gen Z drinks more intentionally — and earlier in the day — than their older counterparts.

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The higher gas prices go, the more the math on a Costco membership starts to make sense

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Drivers fill their tanks at a Costco gas station in Commerce, California, on March 10, 2026, as fuel prices rise amid the war with Iran.
Drivers fill their tanks at a Costco gas station in California as fuel prices rise amid the war with Iran.

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Starbucks union lowers proposed wage floor to $17 in bid to restart contract talks

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Protesters hold picket signs outside a Starbucks store.
The Starbucks union has adjusted its economic proposal in an effort to get management back to the bargaining table.

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