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mattjeacock/istockphoto Starbucks Demands Corporate Staff Return to the Office Or Risk Being Fired
While Starbucks is sticking to a three-day in-office work week, they’re getting serious about corporate employees showing up when they say they’re going to. Skipping your mandated three days can have serious consequences, too. When Does the Rule Go Into…
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Starbucks Starbucks Is Taking Three ‘Gross’ Drinks Off the Menu For Good — Say Goodbye to Olive-Oil-Infused Coffee
After the third quarter in a row of dismal sales, Starbucks has promised to slim down its “overly complex” menu thanks to new CEO Brian Niccol. The Oleato line of drinks infused with Partanna olive oil are the first to get the…
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Cheapism / Chipotle / Qdoba $6 Chipotle ‘Booritos’ and More Halloween Burrito Deals to Sink Your Teeth Into
By the time Halloween rolls around this year, you’re probably already drowning in fun-size candy bars and fighting over who gets the peanut butter cups. At that point, it’s probably best to have some real food on Oct. 31. Luckily…
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Cheapism / iStock Costco’s Membership Drops to $20 — But Only for a Limited Time
After raising membership prices in September, Costco is now bringing some early holiday cheer with a rare deal: For a limited time, new members can snag a membership for an effective cost of just $20 — a steal that’s hard to pass…
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Cheapism / iStock / Neal’s Yard Dairy ‘Grate Cheese Robbery’: 24 Tons of Cheddar Stolen By Imposters in Massive Heist
The British artisanal cheese scene is in an uproar after 22 metric tons of award-winning cheddar worth approximately $390,000 disappeared from a reputable London-based distributor in what is now dubbed “The Grate Cheese Robbery.” Who Took the Cheese? The upscale…
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Cheapism / Popeye Free Popeye’s Chicken Sandwiches Plus More National Sandwich Day Deals You Don’t Want to Miss
We don’t know where National Sandwich Day came from, but we do know we love a good fast food deal. Turns out, many sandwich chains use this “holiday” as an excuse to drum up business with cheap prices (just as…
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Cheapism / iStock / U.S. Food & Drug Administration Baby Powder Recalled in 35 States Over Asbestos Concerns — Here’s What to Know
Picture this: You grab the container of baby powder and unknowingly cover your infant in asbestos. Unfortunately, that’s the image the latest product recall conjures up. The U.S. Food &…
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Cheapism / Subway Subway’s Very First Holiday Footlong Cookie Is the Perfect Stocking Stuffer
It seems like everyone’s on Subway’s nice list, with Christmas arriving early this year. The sandwich chain announced in a press release last week its latest addition to the dessert…
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5second/istockphoto This Is What Happens When You Eat Grapefruit
Grapefruit juice was a go-to drink back in the day for ladies in leotards looking to slim down. Today, the grapefruit remains a popular citrus fruit and juice — unless…
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Arnaud Eeckhout/istockphoto Urgent Costco Recall: 3 Popular Products Recalled Over Listeria Fears
Costco is pulling more products off its shelves this week as more reports of listeria contamination sweep the country. Within the past week, the wholesale giant sent separate notices to its…
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Cheapism / iStock E. Coli Outbreak Update: McDonald’s Serves Quarter Pounders Again, Burger King and KFC Drop Onions
A huge E. coli outbreak has killed one person and sickened 75 people. It’s been linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, and it’s spread to 13 states so far, mostly in…
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Marc Dufresne/istockphoto 14 Things You Should Never Store in the Basement
The basement seems like a great place to stuff anything you want to keep but still have out of the way. Unfortunately, not everything should go down below, as they…
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Cheapism / Kernow Skies / iStock 25 Most Unusual Foods Around the World
You may think your mother-in-law’s tuna unusual casserole is a little weird, or turn up your nose when offered a bologna and mustard sandwich. But those food choices aren’t considered…
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Viktoriia/istockphoto This Is What Happens When You Take Too Many Vitamins, According to Experts
Most people take vitamins expecting some sort of health boost. But sometimes they have the opposite effect — often as a result of the mega doses in multivitamin supplements, which…
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r/ROCKY13573 via Reddit.com / r/Otherwise_Basis_6328 via Reddit.com These Vintage Photos of Chuck E. Cheese Will Transport You Back in Time
Did you know our old pal Charles Entertainment Cheese is actually 47 years old? His “restaurant” has gone through a lot of changes since 1977, and so have he and…
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Jimmy John’s Jimmy John’s Debuts the Picklewich: A Sandwich With a Giant Pickle for Bread
It is not April 1st by our calendar, but Jimmy John’s has a brand new sandwich And it’s made on an enormous deli pickle. Welcome to the world, Picklewich. What…
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Roman Tiraspolsky/istockphoto TGI Fridays Quietly Closes More Locations, Prepares for Bankruptcy
While TGI Fridays is a popular concept, as a restaurant it’s starting to lose some appeal. Here’s what’s happening with the TGI Fridays chain, which is shutting down locations and…
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Cheapism / iStock Onions Recalled As Possible Source of McDonald’s Deadly E. Coli Outbreak
By now, you’ve probably heard about the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers that has killed one person and sickened dozens of others largely in Western states…
