Uber Eats to expand use of delivery robots
Rovers from Serve are coming to new markets with Uber Eats. / Photo courtesy of Server Robotics Uber Eats is expanding its fleet of food delivery robots after a successful…
Restaurants are about to draw more fire as employers
As expected, a few blundering employers have tarred the whole restaurant industry as an unsafe place for teenagers to work, according to this week’s Working Lunch podcast. And the outrage…
Burger King’s breakfast menu is smokin’
Burger King is testing the Smoky Maple Chicken Biscuit in two markets. /Photo courtesy of Burger King. Burger King is betting on breakfast and chicken, testing its new Smoky Maple…
Group offers to help Starbucks workers kick out their union
Starbucks Workers United has decided it’d prefer a chainwide labor contract. / Photo: Shutterstock A third party has come forward to frustrate the union looking to organize Starbucks, simultaneous with…
Texas legislators back tenure, but not DEI offices
Texas legislators approved changes in tenure practices at the state’s public colleges and universities that enshrine the process in state law. While many faculty leaders view the changes as troublesome,…
A lawsuit accuses Oath Pizza’s CEO of selling the company to himself over objections
Oath Pizza, which once had 30 traditional and nontraditional locations, was apparently sold earlier this year. / Photo courtesy of Oath Pizza. Oath Pizza, a fast-casual pizza chain out of…
BurgerFi taps former Smashburger president to be its next CEO
Carl Bachmann is joining BurgerFi from rival Smashburger. / Photo courtesy of Smashburger. BurgerFi on Tuesday said it has lured Carl Bachmann from rival Smashburger to be its new CEO.…
New Title IX regulations delayed
The Biden administration officially pushed back to October the release of new regulations regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The final regulations were expected this month based on…
Oil underpinned by news of deal struck to extend debt ceiling in US
Share: Oil price finds a floor after Republicans and Democrats agree a deal to extend the US government debt ceiling on Sunday. The deal means a default is unlikely and…
Salesforce, Lululemon, Broadcom, Chewy, HP, and More Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day. A busy week of earnings reports and job-market data will follow. Earnings highlights will include results from…