American fast-food companies find China's 1.4 billion population too delicious to resist

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A man carries his take way McDonald's foods as people take order at a machine at a newly opened McDonald's restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.
A man carries his take way McDonald's foods as people take order at a machine at a newly opened McDonald's restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023.

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The latest Starbucks backlash includes a new app that helps customers find alternative coffee shops and a trade-in program for the company's gift cards

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Red Cup Rebellion from November 2022
Starbucks workers have encouraged coffee lovers to boycott the chain.

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Starbucks CEO says people on social media misrepresented what the coffee chain stands for and led to stores being vandalized

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Starbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan addressed incidents of vandalism on Starbucks buildings in his post. In this instance, someone spray-painted the walls of a Starbucks in Spring, Texas.

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Here are 11 things our family of 4 has stopped doing to save money in this economy and what we do instead

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The author and his better half.
The author and his wife.

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Starbucks says it's now committed to reaching a deal with workers union — in a major reversal after 2 years of fighting

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Advocates for a union for Starbucks employees watch as company founder Howard Schultz leaves a hearing after testifying to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the Capitol in Washington
Starbucks says its "ambition" is to finish bargaining and have a contract ratified in 2024.

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Saw's Darren Lynn Bousman on His Latest Horror Movie, The Cello

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Darren Lynn Bousman has directed four Saw movies—parts 2-4, and the Chris Rock-starring

I'm a Nespresso guy, and I'm trying to make a latte that's as good as Starbucks. It's not going well.

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I'm learning to make coffee. This is my new pour-over rig.

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Fast food isn't cheap anymore

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McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.
McDonald's prices have jumped 10% each year since 2022.

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The Starbucks CEO's 'favorite go-to drink' at the coffee chain costs around $3

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Laxman Narasimhan.
Laxman Narasimhan was named CEO of Starbucks in September 2022 and officially took the reins in March.

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An afternoon at the popular Chinese coffee chain that should be making Starbucks very, very nervous

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A Luckin Coffee branch in Singapore
A Luckin Coffee branch in Singapore.

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