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Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math
Los Angeles TimesMany part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...Tags: Insurance, Darden Concepts, Inc., Labor Legislation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Insurance Cost
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Great political divide continues even at dinner
No, it turns out, we can’t all get along. In fact, we can’t even sit down to dinner together. At least that’s the findings of a recent survey by the polling organization Public Policy Polling. In a report titled “Food Issues...
Tags: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Lifestyle and Leisure, Parties and Movements, Foods and Beverages, Politics
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Cutting calories is good business for restaurants, study says
Chain restaurants have been nudged and cajoled for years to ditch mammoth portion sizes and high-calorie choices. But perhaps the best motivation to lower-calorie, more healthful menu items is here: profit. A report released Thursday calls lower-calorie...
Tags: Outback Steakhouse Incorporated, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Food Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Epidemics and Plagues
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Introducing the Facebook card: Social network debuts gift cards
SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is rolling out a new commerce product: gift cards. The move is an expansion of its Gifts program. The preloaded cards will work with retailers in the real world. Initial launch partners are Jamba Juice, Olive Garden,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Target, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Media, Candy, Flowers and Gifts
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Immigration is as American as a hamburger or an interstate drive
Since the beginning of the republic, there has been a dynamic tension between constantly expanding diversity driven by immigration and the relentless homogenizing force of common American culture. And there’s nothing like a long drive on an...
Tags: McDonald's, Music, Starbucks Corp., Entertainment, BBC
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Darden missteps, 'Obamacare' flap dent Olive Garden owner's profit
Darden Restaurants Inc.’s second quarter was far from appetizing, as the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster watched its net income plunge 37%. The Orlando, Fla., restaurant company saw the sour numbers coming. Earlier in December, citing a...
Tags: Darden Concepts, Inc., Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance Cost, Lifestyle and Leisure
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3,120-calorie entree: Extreme or 'life's simpler pleasures'?
IHOP has a Country Fried Steak & Eggs combo menu item with 3,720 milligrams of sodium. Johnny Rockets’ Bacon Cheddar Double burger has 50 grams of saturated fat. The Bistro Shrimp Pasta from the Cheesecake Factory has 3,120 calories. Each one is...
Tags: Cheesecake Factory, IHOP Corporation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages
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Whole Foods CEO regrets comparing 'Obamacare' to fascism
Using “fascism” to describe President Obama’s healthcare reform was “poor use of an emotionally charged word,” according to John Mackey, co-chief executive and co-founder of Whole Foods Market. In a blog post Thursday,...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Political Systems, Health Care Reform (2009), John Mackey, Entertainment
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More health, less sugar and spending in food advertising to kids
Marketers selling food to children and teens spent 20% less in 2009 than they did in 2006 and are making "modest nutritional improvements" to the products they promote, according to a new government report. Advertisers shelled out nearly $1.8 billion to...
Tags: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (movie), Marketing, Federal Trade Commission, Consumers, Food Industry
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'Top Chef' recap: Three cheers for L.A. girl Brooke Williamson
On Wednesday night's "Top Chef," a new, local front-runner emerged in the competition. Brooke Williamson, chef and owner of Hudson House in Redondo Beach, was like a silent sleeper ninja awakening with her knives sharpened. After being in the bottom...
Tags: Justice System, Anna Faris, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Restaurants 2013: Sales to exceed $660 billion, challenges loom
The American restaurant industry is headed into a year full of obstacles, including health coverage costs related to "Obamacare," employee turnover, rising food costs and weak consumer spending. Still, the National Restaurant Assn. predicts that the...
Tags: McDonald's, Consumers, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance Cost
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Daum: I 'like' me, I really 'like' me
Recognize this pattern? Brag brag brag Bait for compliment Self-promote Promote someone else so as to be able to self-promote later Brag Wax indignant about political issue on which everyone you know agrees with you Bait again Brag...
Tags: Golf, Social Media, Sports, Los Angeles International Airport
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