Food and Drinks

Mendocino, California cafe owner joined "Varney & Co." to discuss how a mask charge helps out the community hurt by coronavirus shutdowns.

Last month, McDonald's announced plans to raise the starting hourly wage range to $11-$17 per hour for crew and $15-$20 per hour for shift managers.

Starbucks is warning customers your favorite drink and/or pastry may be hard to find.

Zenarra James is seeking $25,000 in back pay, front pay and other damages in her lawsuit against the Red Robin location in Madison Heights, Michigan, and the Ansara Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Red Robin and 2Booli restaurants throughout Michigan and Northwest Ohio. It alleges racial discrimination, a hostile work environment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and direct negligence.

Thought the $14,000 packet of McDonald’s Szechuan sauce was expensive? A Chicken McNugget went for a mind-boggling $100,000 on eBay Friday due to its resemblance to a character from the mystery video game “Among Us.”

Banner Smoked Fish, Inc.'s recall covers all of its smoked fish products in all package sizes, package types and lots.

General Mills has thrived amid the coronavirus pandemic with people worldwide eating more at home over the past year, but the company is downsizing its workforce as part of a push to reshape itself for the post-pandemic future, the Star Tribune reports.

David Burke, celebrity chef, discusses hiring woes that have hurt food business operations.

Five companies issued recalls for the fungi because it has the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.

Sam's Clubs – taking a page from Costco's playbook -- is re-launching its sampling and demo program, Taste & Tips demo to all of its nearly 600 clubs.

Chili’s is the latest restaurant to enter the chicken sandwich wars with a savory secret weapon – special sauce.

The FBI attributed the attack on Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA to REvil, a Russian-speaking gang that has made some of the largest ransomware demands on record in recent months.

The FBI identified ransomware group REvil on Wednesday as the entity responsible for the cyberattack that forced key US meat producer JBS to shut down all of its beef plants.

The JBS and Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks show that foreign criminal organizations are targeting critical industries and infrastructure in the U.S. 

Anheuser-Busch plans to give out free beer to Americans over the drinking age of 21 if 70% of U.S. adults have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4 in support of the White House administration’s campaign to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

Former Frontier Airlines CEO Jeff Potter on American and Southwest delaying in-flight alcohol sales.

JBS USA CEO Andre Nogueira said Tuesday that he expects the “vast majority” of the company’s processing facilities to be operational within the next day following a cyberattack that forced the world’s largest meat producer to shut down all of its US beef plants.

The hack of JBS Foods, one of the largest meat producers in the world, could send meat prices higher in the near future.

A cyberattack impacting the world’s largest meat producer has significantly hurt processing capabilities in the United States, according to a report Tuesday.

Instacart, the San Francisco-based grocery delivery and pick-up company, is reportedly exploring new technology to enlist robots for its in-store grocery shopping to replace some of its gig workers in a move to cut costs.