WK Kellogg Co. is reducing its workforce at its Memphis, Tennessee, cereal manufacturing plant, with 117 employees set to lose their jobs over the coming months. The company recently filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, outlining plans for permanent layoffs beginning Augiust 7 and continuing through October 2. The reductions [...]

For years, many of these restaurant chains seemed untouchable. But a combination of inflation, changing consumer habits, rising labor costs, and mounting debt has forced even well-known brands to shrink their footprints. While survival isn't out of the question, several familiar names are facing an uphill battle as 2026 unfolds. Red Robin continues its turnaround Known for its bottomless fries and gourmet burgers, Red [...]

"Almost $8 a slice for the worst pizza I've ever had. You can go anywhere else and get good pizza for less than half the price." That Yelp review of Sbarro is pointed, but it's also fairly representative of a certain kind of Sbarro customer experience: someone who ended up at the food court, needed pizza, paid more than they expected, and left underwhelmed. Sbarro has never claimed to be a destination. It is, by design and [...]

Taylor Farms is back in food-safety headlines, but the company has been sitting quietly behind American salads, wraps, vegetables and restaurant meals for three decades. The California-based fresh-food company is now connected to a major lettuce-related food poisoning outbreak involving Taco Bell and recalled iceberg lettuce. For shoppers already watching major changes at Walmart stores nationwide, Taylor Farms also matters [...]

Wyoming does not have a Buc-ee's, but some residents live surprisingly close to one. The chain's Colorado store has already made Interstate 25 one of the major highways where travelers can find a Buc-ee's, placing the famous beaver within a relatively short drive of Cheyenne. That nearby store has helped keep speculation about a Wyoming expansion alive. The closest Buc-ee's is just south of Wyoming Buc-ee's opened [...]

A lettuce-related food poisoning outbreak has grown beyond Taco Bell and into grocery stores, restaurant suppliers and foodservice distribution. Federal health officials say shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in five states has been linked to a Cyclospora outbreak. But two things are worth separating from the start, because the headlines blur them together. First, there [...]