Fast food articles
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Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says
Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount.Roberts, 38, now only gets fast food "as a rare treat," he told CBS MoneyWatch. "Nothing has made me cook at home more than fast-food prices."Roberts is hardly alone. Many consumers are expressing frustration at the surge in fast-food...
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Fast food bags, foliage and more: MTA officers arrest 19 in latest ‘ghost car’ crackdown
Officials say one of the drivers was blatantly covering their license plate using bags. The agency says the operation resulted in the seizing of 57 vehicles, totaling $302,000 in unpaid fees. [ more › ]
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Letters to the Editor: A fast-food operator calls AI a 'godsend.' God would like a word
To the editor: Funny that Harshraj Ghai, whose family operates 180 fast-food restaurants across California, says that artificial intelligence is a "godsend" for his business. ("Fast food operators rushing to use AI in the wake of minimum wage hikes," May 1) I've been racking my brain and studying the Bible, and I just can't find the passages that extol the virtues of keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. There's no verse that says, "Thou shalt drive thine paycheck-to-paycheck employees into...