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Great Value fruit cocktail recall: 44,000 cans in seven states
The FDA lists potential lead contamination in a single lot of 15-ounce cans sold in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming.
UK hospitality pay falls for the first time in two years
Average weekly earnings in accommodation and food services dropped 1.4% year-on-year in August, ONS payroll data shows, alongside a 7% fall in vacancies.
OpenTable's Restaurant Impact Report: $138 spent nearby
A new survey finds diners spend an average of $138 at nearby businesses around a restaurant meal, while no-shows still cost operators roughly $80 a table.
Bojangles drive-thru AI stays with Hi Auto in multiyear deal
The chicken chain claims a 98% success rate on more than a million weekly orders, adds upselling that reads the queue and plans 100 more restaurants by mid-2027.
UK hospitality sales post best growth of 2026 in September
Pubs rose 3.8% and restaurant groups 2.6%, their best month since November 2024, but like-for-like growth still trails inflation a week before the Autumn Budget.
Burger Shot from GTA 6 takes over a Miami Heat burger stand
Grand Theft Auto's parody chain is selling real burgers at the Kaseya Center, but the grill, the menu and the operator behind the counter belong to a Miami smash-burger brand.
McDonald's chef's table: Top Chef winner hosts a free tasting
For one day in Brooklyn, Tristen Epps-Long walks guests through a Quarter Pounder, an Egg McMuffin, McNuggets and fries. No substitutions, no bill, two seats per booking.
Dassai signs deal for a third sake brewery in Iwakuni
The premium sake maker will build a ¥9.84bn plant near its Yamaguchi headquarters, aimed squarely at bottles that retail above ¥10,000.
UKHospitality calls for a VAT cut before the Autumn Budget
The trade body wants hospitality VAT cut from 20% to 10% and business rates reformed further, in a four-point campaign ahead of chancellor John Healey's 28 October Budget.
Yelp Check for Me: AI agent will phone restaurants about waits
Yelp's new AI phone agent calls a restaurant, asks how long the wait is and texts the diner. It starts in the US, on iOS, in the coming months.
Italy hospitality hiring leads October jobs demand
Accommodation, food and tourism businesses plan about 94,500 hires in October, and restaurant staff are again the single most wanted profession in the country.
Global food inflation set to accelerate into 2027, FAO warns
The FAO's chief economist expects the biggest impact from the end of this year and through 2027. Flour, rice, frying oil and sugar lead the rise, the staples restaurants find hardest to reprice.
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