Food and Drinks

On Thursday, the U.S. agreed to suspend tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky, two years after the U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on the product during a separate trade dispute.

Kroger Co. says inflation is starting to creep up, but that it’s too early to tell if higher prices are permanent.

Beverage alcohol company Diageo signed a multi-year agreement to become the first spirits sponsor of the NFL.

The price of a lobster roll this summer could leave some seafood lovers shell shocked.

Amazon’s automated grocery store is opening this week with cashierless checkout in Bellevue, Washington.

Kraft Heinz CEO Miguel Patricio says the food and beverage giant is studying whether it will increase its prices amid rising concerns about inflation.

Millions of Girl Scout cookies have gone unsold this year — and it’s not because of thinning demand for Thin Mints.

Greg Duell, the co-owner of Duff's Famous Wings in upstate New York, said wing costs have increased by about 99% and attributed the spike in prices to the labor shortage at chicken farms as restaurants are reopening across the country.

E-commerce grocery platform Boxed has announced plans to go public with special purpose acquisition company Seven Oaks Acquisition Corporation in a move to take on 'big box' store membership.

Employees at the U.S. division of JBS SA, JBSAY, the world’s largest meat company, noticed something wrong in their computer systems over Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff for the busy summer grilling season.

Next time you savor a McDonald’s french fry, remember to thank Bill Gates for the tasty spud.

McDonald's on Friday disclosed limited details of a data breach that may have exposed some customer data.

McDonald’s Corp. said hackers stole some data from its systems in markets including the U.S., South Korea and Taiwan, in another example of cybercriminals infiltrating high-profile global companies.

The worker shortage on the tony island of Nantucket is so bad one restaurant is raiding the 8th-grade class.

Just one example is the newly announced collaboration between QuickCollect Solutions, a provider of grocery pickup solutions, and supermarket chain Lowes Foods.

Kroger is looking to hire 10,000 store associates nationwide from a one-day recruitment event.

After struggling with staffing issues due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sergio’s Restaurants CEO Carlos Gazitua is investing in robots to help take customers’ orders and even deliver food to tables. 

In May, the company announced that it was offering increased wages across the board, resulting in a $15 average hourly wage by the end of June as part of its ongoing hiring push.

Although an increasing number of Americans are getting inoculated, the company has eliminated any shared touchpoints between the customers and its baristas as a safety precaution.

Subway Restaurant store owners are seeing red over onerous new rules they say could require them to keep their doors open even during a snowstorm, electrical outage or terrorist attack.