Trader Joe's executives say employees will never be replaced by self checkout and he insists those chatty cashiers are not trained to flirt

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A Trader Joes cashier and customer
She's not flirting with you.

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An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt

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A male Instacart shopper wearing black jacket with the white Adidas stripes on the sleeves pushes a shopping cart with bags of groceries from Ralph's while wearing a surgical mask in a parking lot.
Instacart shoppers aren't allowed to give customers the paper receipt from their trip the store when they deliver groceries and other goods for the service.

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How 60,000 pounds of crawfish are harvested a day in Louisiana

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Louisiana produces 90% of the United States' crawfish. Most of the farmed crawfish comes from rice fields in one small area of Cajun country. There, the industry is fairly new. In the 1980s, rice farmers experimented with cultivating crawfish in their fields.

Target acknowledges the Pride backlash hurt sales in June and says it will rethink its approach to 'heritage moments' going forward

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A Pride month display at a store in Wisconsin
This was the first year that Target pulled Pride merchandise from its shelves in response to cultural backlash.

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10 McDonald's menu items you can't buy in the US – from Switzerland's 'McRaclette' to Australia's 'Big Brekkie Burger'

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A customer leaves a McDonald's restaurant with his order in Tokyo in 2022.
A customer leaves a McDonald's restaurant with his order in Tokyo in 2022. Popular McDonald's items available in Japan include the Roasted Soy Sauce Bacon Tomato Thick Beef.

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Chick-fil-A launches first-ever twist on its classic chicken sandwich

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Chick-fil-A's seasonal Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich and Caramel Crumble Milkshake
The new sandwich for the first time updates Chick-fil-A’s original chicken sandwich recipe, which was created in 1964.

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I bought nearly identical hauls from Shein, Temu, and Amazon and was shocked to see which store had the best quality

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I purchased three similar products from Temu, Amazon, and Shein to compare their prices, quality, and the overall shopping experience.

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The owner of a luxury retailer in San Francisco says that after 162 years of business, rising crime and homelessness could make this year its last

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A pedestrian crosses a street in the Outer Sunset district by Ocean Beach on June 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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Wendy's now competes with Cheerios for breakfast customers as much as it competes with other chain restaurants, its CMO says

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Wendy's breakfast
Breakfast promotion.

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My husband works for UPS and I wish people could see how hard his job is — and why the new $170,000 contract deal is well deserved

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Kourtney and her husband.
Kourtney is married to a UPS driver.

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