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Why Starbucks Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

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The pumpkin spice latte debuted in 2003 , and it endures as a perennial fall favorite. So far, announced changes are on the smaller scale: Starbucks has said that it won’t raise prices in 2025. This hasn’t always been the case. Starbucks invented the Frappuccino in 1995, and it’s become shorthand for any kind of frozen coffee drink.

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Feast on Sushi, Steak, and Globalization at Iraq’s American-Themed Buffet

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and France) established a no-fly zone over their territory following the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi Kurds leveraged the situation to create the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG); the 2003 U.S. And the upfront pricing still appeals to people trying to uphold traditional dynamics around hospitality. “In

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MRM Franchise Feed: Bad Ass Gets Bigger and New Prototype for Bagel Boss

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From Left to Right: Jerrod Mitchell Randy Bates Ron Bellamy Jim Taylor Jessica Reicher Jeff Baranco Ricky Price Kristy Brave Matt Strange Kim Nguyen April Rogers Bo Davis Tim Mei Charley Harman. c-stores and self-serve gas stations, opened it in 2003. A&W Grows. Franchisee Greg Parish, who operates Parish Oil Co.

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A Yum! Habit, Chasing DoorDash and BellaBot

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Chase Freedom®, Freedom Unlimited®, Freedom Student® and Slate® cardmembers will receive complimentary DashPass for the first three months**, followed by a 50% discount price at the current rate for the next nine months. Under his leadership, iPayment closed an initial public offering in 2003 and then went private in 2006.

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Exploring the language of specialty coffee

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The term third wave coffee is believed to have been coined by Timothy Castle in 2000, but it started to become far more widespread after Trish Rothgeb used it in a 2003 newsletter for the Roasters Guild. The project aims to improve coffee quality and increase the base price for the farmers.”. The third wave of coffee.

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The Godparents of the Filipino Food Movement Say Goodbye

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Its reasonable prices for the neighborhood earned Besa and Dorotan loyal fans, both Filipino and non. After 9/11 and the 2003 citywide blackout, they wanted the ability to walk home if they had to. “That resonated with us: We were the Cinderella of Asian food,” Besa says. The couple eyed Ditmas Park in Brooklyn for their next move.

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How Restaurant Dessert Menus Shaped Our Sweet Tooth

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It was ridiculous, and though the $15 price tag when Black Tap first opened (the cotton candy shake goes for $19 now) may have seemed hefty, they were meals in and of themselves. The milkshakes were designed for the Instagram era, rimmed with frosting and garnished with M&Ms, Oreos, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and other treats.

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