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• Starbucks increasing beverage prices 9 cents
Starbucks operates 6,300 company-owned stores in the United States, Borrman said. The approximately 3,500 licensed stores control their own prices but are expected to follow the move, he added. The increase will not apply to bottled drinks or food. ...
• Tomato scare means business for local growers
Large growers, grocers and restaurateurs are already suffering significant economic damage, said Liz Compton, a spokeswoman for the Florida Agriculture Department. Jaydee Hanson, a policy analyst at the nonprofit Center for Food Safety, called it “a ...
• Gator-guzzling python comes to messy end
MIAMI - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy. A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot ...
• Jury deliberates McDonald’s strip-search case
SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. - A jury deliberated Thursday in the case of woman who said she was forced to strip in a McDonald's back office at the behest of a caller posing as a police officer. Louise Ogborn, 21, is suing the fast-food giant, accusing it of ...
• Investors are bracing for another volatile week
The dollar's recent tumble appears to have plateaued, but it is still weak, while food and energy costs are staying high. Consumers are finding themselves unable to spend money on discretionary items because the bulk of their wages is going toward ...