New York CNN Business – Believe it or not, people still order takeout using the phone. Applebee’s don’t want to answer those calls anymore. They want to outsource these requests to call centers, where an automated person or system will take your requests and also try to Sell you a little. More than half of …
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Grubhub’s free lunch initiative in New York on Tuesday afternoon left customers fed up — and they complained on social media that it failed to deliver. “I was really upset because I was hungry and wanted my food,” Ryan Melendez, 28, told The Post about his nightmarish attempt to score a free fare via a …
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New York CNN Business – Pizza places have always been experts when it comes to delivery, enjoying remote delivery and robot delivery cars. But now they face a problem: not enough drivers. In early March, Domino’s CEO Rich Allison warned that the lack of drivers would be a drag on the business. “Recruiting delivery drivers …
In this illustration, oat milk is shown on May 20, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Wall Street seems to be stumbling on vegan alternatives. Shares of Beyond Meat and Oatly have lost more than half their value this year. Stocks are relatively high-profile recent entrants to the general markets, prone to …
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Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made with vegan alternatives to meat products are on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Beyond Meat on Wednesday reported a larger-than-expected first-quarter loss as profit margins narrowed and lower prices dented international sales. The company’s shares fell as much as …
A Starbucks barista fulfills an order in a South Philadelphia store. Mark McKella | Reuters Starbucks said it will raise wages for permanent workers and double training for new employees as the company and its CEO, Howard Schultz, seek to fend off a union campaign from its baristas. However, the coffee giant will not offer …
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The union representing Starbucks baristas is targeting the coffee giant’s interim CEO, Howard Schultz, claiming that his recent comments about the enhanced benefits plan amounted to illegal threats and had a “scary effect” on the votes of the impending unions. The union, Starbucks Workers United, alleges in an April 22 filing with the National Labor …
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