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Why Starbucks Doesn’t Hit Like It Used To

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Here’s why they fell out of love in the first place. It became a little easier to knock the habit when I started working from home, but I’d still swing through the drive-thru a few times a week for a drink whenever I needed an afternoon boost or was too lazy to drag out my Aeropress. I used to be a near-daily Starbucks drinker.

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How Martha Moments Creator Andrew Ritchie Built a Martha Stewart Community

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What started as a blog in 2006 expanded its social media presence a decade later. I’d be awestruck by just how much information there was in one issue and how elegantly it was styled and laid out. Around that time, Christopher Byron came out with Martha Inc. , There was nothing quite like that out there.

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MRM Research Roundup: Cautious Optimism, Beyond the Burn, and the Taylor Swift Economy

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Out of 25 brands, 17 are QSR or casual dining restaurants, marking a significant shift in why people are primarily visiting malls – to eat. Escoffier Dining Trends Survey To find out how Americans spend on restaurants and takeout, Escoffier, analyzed 2024 consumer dining trends by compiling a list of statistics from various sources.

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How Black Food Business Owners Walk the DEI Tightrope

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While Target may not have been the first major retailer to back out of its DEI promises, its the focus of several major boycotts, including a 40-day Target fast organized by Black faith leaders, aligned with Lenten season. Target started celebrating Black History Month, it says, in 2006.) community and growing locally.

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Where Did That Viral Carrot Salad Really Come From?

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Carted out by cattle cars to desolate grasslands or barren deserts of what is now Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, thousands of Koryo-saram died in transit, while thousands more died acclimating to their new, harsh living conditions. As great farmers, Koryo-saram were also able to recreate foods from their homeland once more.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-April 2020 Edition

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As more restaurants focus their undivided attention on their off-premise offerings and guests adapt their consumption to this new environment, plus some of the government relief measures take effect, some small improvements may lie ahead.” Two-thirds (66 percent) of consumers say they have ordered take-out/delivery in the past 2 weeks.

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The Many Causes and Effects of Keith Lee

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out of 10 for a plate of chicken and rice, 9.4 Shortly after his TikTok account started to take off, Lee began making videos as a way to combat his social anxiety , and the rest is history. Unfortunately, business didn’t take off quite as quickly as she’d expected. “I for a triple cheeseburger. He never responded.