Tag: Food and Beverage

"We provide suggestive evidence that higher minimum wage increases overall exit rates among restaurants, where a $1 increase in the minimum wage leads to approximately a 4 to 10 percent increase in the likelihood of exit," the report said. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Hike in minimum wage prompts more closings of San Francisco restaurants

Sean Higgins · April 17, 2017 4:55 pm

There is a clear lesson that brands across the spectrum keep missing: Think twice before weighing in on political controversy. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Pepsi a lesson for brands everywhere

Angela Morabito · April 17, 2017 10:00 am

Let's give Cuomo some spilt milk to cry over. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Beltway Confidential

Milk and cronyism: Scandals heating up for potential 2020 candidate Andrew Cuomo in New York

Charles Sauer · April 14, 2017 2:26 pm

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping seated during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Trump told Xi about the missile strike on Syria over "the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump: I told Chinese president about Syria strike while we were eating ‘the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake’

Kyle Feldscher · April 12, 2017 2:00 pm

Wilkerson had hit 2.5 million retweets as of Tuesday afternoon. (Screengrab/Twitter)

Marco Rubio retweets teen seeking free year of Wendy’s chicken nuggets

Caitlin Yilek · April 11, 2017 9:05 pm

"I'd argue that good nutrition is the cheapest healthcare out there," said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. McGovern advocates for healthy food to save costs

Kimberly Leonard · April 11, 2017 3:09 pm

The D.C. Council approved five changes to current alcohol laws in Washington. (AP)

National Beer Day just got way better for Washingtonians

Anna Giaritelli · April 7, 2017 10:54 pm

Trump settles lawsuit with chef José Andrés over high profile restaurant lease

Todd Shepherd · April 7, 2017 5:22 pm

Progressives, Inc.

Naomi Schaefer Riley, James Piereson · April 7, 2017 6:00 am

The groups say Scott Pruitt is evading a court order to ban the chemical by March 31. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmental groups sue EPA’s Pruitt for stopping Obama’s pesticide ban

John Siciliano · April 5, 2017 4:25 pm

Watch: Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad seeks to unite police and protesters

Watch: Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi ad seeks to unite police and protesters

Anna Giaritelli · April 5, 2017 3:54 am

Ice cream chain has not met a pledge to use milk only from dairy farms that pay workers fair wages, group says. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Migrant worker group protests Ben & Jerry’s

Sean Higgins · April 4, 2017 9:46 pm