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NY AG Probes Fast Food Pay Practices

The New York attorney general's office on Thursday said it was investigating allegations that fast-food operators in the state are underpaying workers in violation of labor laws.The announcement came on the heels of a survey of 500 New York City fast-food employees at chains such as McDonald's Corp , Burger King and Domino's Pizza.Eighty-four percent of survey respondents said they were victims of at least one form of wage theft - ranging from overtime violations to being to forced to work while clocked out on a break - in the past year."The findings in this report are deeply troubling and shed light on potentially broad labor violations by the fast food industry, which employs thousands of New Yorkers. We take the allegations seriously," Damien LaVera, spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, said in a statement.The nearly $200 billion U.S. fast-food industry long has been known as an employer of teenagers and students. But the 18-month "Great Recession" that began i...

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  1. Dutch order recall of beef on horsemeat suspicions

    Dutch food safety authorities have ordered the withdrawal of about 50,000 metric tons (55116 tons) of beef from sale over concerns it might contain horsemeat.The Net...

  2. IKEA halts moose lasagne sales after pork traces found

    Furniture retailer IKEA said on Saturday it had halted sales of moose lasagne after traces of pork were found in a batch of the product.Sales of the lasagne, of whic...

  3. Mondelez, PepsiCo shares up after report of Peltz stake

    Shares in top U.S. packaged food companies Mondelez International Inc and PepsiCo Inc jumped on Friday on speculation that they could merge, after a report that acti...

  4. General Mills 3rd-Quarter Net Up 1.8%; Sales Volume Up

    General Mills Inc.'s (GIS) fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 1.8% as the maker of Cheerios cereal sold more products in its base business, as measured by weight, fo...

  5. Danone Pulls Dairy Products in Romania

    French food industry group Danone (BN.FR) said Monday it had withdrawn some of its dairy products from sale in Romania after a potentially carcinogenic substance was...

  6. Blaze Pizza Takes a Slice of the Fast, Casual Dining Sector

    Blaze Pizza co-founder Rick Wetzel on the restaurant chain’s growth.

  7. Subway CDO: Concerned About Costs, Focused on Growth

    FOXBusiness.com’s Kate Rogers with Don Fertman, CDO of Subway, on ObamaCare, a potential hike in the federal minimum wage and how the brand continues to grow after nearly 50 years in business.

  8. Hostess Cupcakes, Twinkies finds their savior

    Dean Metropoulos may not be a household name, but the food industry veteran's reach extends from the pantry to the refrigerator to the freezer.Metropoulos, who works...

  9. Soda Ban Goes Flat

    Matt Greller of the National Associate of Theatre Owners and Andrew Moesel of NY Restaurant Association explain how their businesses would be impacted by the sugary drink ban.

  10. Will the Food Police Show Up Across the U.S.?

    Keep Food Legal founder Baylen Linnekin and For Consumer Freedom senior research analyst Justin Wilson weigh in on the sugary drink ban.

  11. Towels, spicy carrots at front of latest consumer products push

    With the economic recovery struggling to take hold, household goods companies are betting consumers will pay for the latest versions of paper products, shampoo and b...

  12. Europe's Meat Retailers, Processors, Swallow Added Meat-Testing Costs

    Europe's food industry is adopting tougher measures to trace meat throughout its complex supply chain, with retailers and processors swallowing the extra costs of ve...

  1. Wal-Mart Invests $16.3M in China Food Safety

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is investing 100 million yuan ($16.3 million) to strengthen food-safety management in the retailer's China-based stores, as Chinese offici...

  2. Eight Companies that Owe Employees a Raise

    While CEOs of companies with the strongest financial results are usually paid hundreds of millions of dollars, rank and file employees at these corporations are ofte...

  3. China probes mutton supplier; government website says linked to Yum

    Shanghai authorities are testing mislabeled mutton from a wholesaler a government website said supplies a chain of hot pot restaurants run by U.S. fast food firm Yum...

  4. Why Americans are Miserable and Broke

    Want to know why the gap between the haves and the have-nots keeps growing? Because the haves live within their means. They don't waste their hard-earned money on al...

  5. Peltz Confirms Stakes in PepsiCo, Mondelez

    Billionaire Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management disclosed on Friday its stakes in food industry giants PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) and Mondelez International (NASDAQ:MDLZ), ...

  6. Burger King CEO Hees to Lead Heinz Once Deal Closes

    Brazilian private-equity firm 3G Capital is sliding the chief executive of Burger King Worldwide Inc. (BKW), which it currently controls, into the same role at H.J. ...

  7. Heinz Crowns Burger King's Hees as Next CEO

    H.J. Heinz (NYSE:HNZ) tapped Burger King (NYSE:BKW) CEO Bernardo Hees on Thursday to become the next chief of the iconic ketchup maker once its $28 billion takeover ...

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