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March 16, 2021

Louisiana restaurant owner apologizes for 'discriminatory' message left on Black family's receipt

Frank’s Poboys owner Michael Fontenot expressed remorse and stressed a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination.

March 16, 2021

Ice cream manufacturer in New Jersey faces $237G penalty after separate workers lose fingers in same machine

The Fieldbrook Foods Corp, which operates out of Lakewood, N.J., has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for “willfully” failing to shut down the machine prior to maintenance, resulting in two separate amputations.

March 15, 2021

Meals on Wheels adapts, pivots operation focus amid COVID-19 pandemic

FOX's Ashley Dvorkin is joined by CEO and President Ellie Hollander to talk nonprofit's approach to helping most vulnerable

March 15, 2021

South Beach Wine & Food Festival returns to Miami with COVID restrictions

Miami's popular dining event, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, returns with capacity limits, outdoor events and no buffet-style sampling.

March 15, 2021

The latest McDonald's Happy Meal toys are very popular with scalpers in Japan

McDonald’s Japan recently launched a promotion tied to a popular Japanese manga and anime series, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba." As part of the promotion, the restaurants' Happy Meals each contain packages of trading cards and stickers, but the cards are already popping up on secondary-market sites at a high premium.

March 15, 2021

Fleeing suspect in Tennessee found hiding in McDonald's freezer: report

This must have been the most uncomfortable hiding place.

March 15, 2021

Cheap wine 'tastes' better with an expensive price tag, study finds

When told the price of wine was more expensive, blind taste-testers found cheap wine to be just as "pleasant" as expensive wine, a new study suggests.

March 15, 2021

Travis Scott teams with Anheuser-Busch for Cacti spiked seltzer after successful partnership with McDonald's

Hot off of a partnership with McDonald’s for his namesake meal — an item that caused ingredient shortages at locations across the country — "Sicko Mode" rapper Travis Scott's has teamed with Anheuser-Busch to debut Cacti, a new brand of spiked seltzers scheduled to hit shelves on Monday.

March 15, 2021

Salt Bae fed a woman steak as her date watched in confusion, and Twitter users are unsure what to think

Nusret “Salt Bae” Gökçe — the chef and restaurateur who seductively salts and caresses his meats for millions of followers on social media — is back in the news for seductively feeding a piece of steak to one of his female customers, much to the perceived horror of her date.

March 14, 2021

LA County judge authorizes cutting off restaurant's electricity for trying to survive pandemic

A Los Angeles County judge on Friday authorized the City of Burbank to cut off electricity to a restaurant that has stayed open in defiance of a court order.