SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. is pulling its hot breakfast sandwiches and closing 100 stores after posting a 1-percent year-over-year decline in domestic same-store sales for the first quarter ended Dec. 30. Traffic at U.S. coffee shops was down 3...
Think of “American food” and there’s a good chance you will visualize a hamburger, French fries and a milk shake. But why? Why have chopped beefcakes on buns paired with strings of fried potatoes and ice cream puréed with milk and syrup become the...
A mother of four children, Jan O’Connor wanted to make extra cash when she applied for a waitress job at a Monical’s Pizza in Bradley, Ill. That was 27 years ago. Today she’s still a Monical’s server. “I didn’t think it would last this...
Think of “American food” and there’s a good chance you will visualize a hamburger, French fries and a milk shake. But why? Why have chopped beefcakes on buns paired with strings of fried potatoes and ice cream puréed with milk and syrup become the...
Centuries ago, as traders crossed thousands of miles to secure spices and food products from faraway lands, they nurtured a desire for the exotic that is still strong today. “Globalization set sail on spice-scented galleys and sailing...
