How US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel became a Maga lightning rod Financial Times Cracker Barrel took down Pride page after rebrand fiasco Fox Business Cracker Barrel had good reasons to rebrand. But after its new logo misfired, here’s what’s next AP News Cracker Barrel to return to its old logo after backlash CBS News Trump spoke for the ‘go woke, go broke’ crowd. Did …
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Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty Ribeye is undoubtedly one of the most popular and sought-after cuts of steak. But because it is, it’s often strongly critiqued. Restaurant-goers expect a lot from the chef when they order a ribeye. Many establishments offer boneless and bone-in cuts in a varied weight range, and …
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The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died after a car crashed into an Oswego Portillo’s last month are on a mission to make sure tragedies like theirs don’t happen again. The family has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain. They said safety measures should have been in place to prevent a person from driving through the restaurant, …
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Every decade witnesses its own set of trends when it comes to restaurants. The 1970s brought spaces like Hard Rock Cafe, which blended music, memorabilia, and casual dining. The 1980s and early 1990s saw a rise in themed chains like Rainforest Cafe, a jungle-inspired eatery with animatronics, and ShowBiz Pizza Place, which combined pizza, arcade games, and robotic characters. During …
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Another national restaurant chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to Newsweek, Bravo Brio Restaurants — which owns Bravo! Italian Kitchen and Brio Italian Grille — filed for protection Monday. Much like other restaurant chains that filed for Chapter 11 in 2025, the company says rising costs, lower demand and other “insurmountable” pressures on the industry are causes …
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A Sheraton hotel in Louisiana has been used by immigration officials to hold people who are being deported, in what appears to be a contradiction of a position Sheraton’s parent company, Marriott, took in 2019 when it said its properties would not be used in cooperation with Ice. The Intercept first reported that the hotel, located on MacArthur Drive in …
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It’s been a terrible year for restaurants. But one major chain is bucking the industry’s sour trend. Chili’s, the Dallas-based Tex-Mex brand famous for baby back ribs and frozen margaritas, just posted a 24 percent jump in sales — serving millions more customers than last year. That’s on top of a big increase in 2023, meaning the chain’s sales have …
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Donald Trump’s decision to let Nvidia and AMD export AI processors to China in exchange for a cut of their sales will have repercussions far beyond the U.S. The semiconductor supply chain is global, involving a wide array of non-U.S. companies, often based in countries that are U.S. allies. Nvidia’s chips may be designed and sold by a U.S. company, …
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Proposed funding will accelerate the growth of the U.S. critical minerals and materials sector. WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its intent to issue notices of funding opportunities (NOFO) totaling nearly $1 billion to advance and scale mining, processing, and manufacturing technologies across key stages of the critical minerals and materials supply chains. The funding announcements, issued in …
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