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    The Salt
    More cities are passing legislation to ban the construction of drive-through windows in an attempt to curb emissions, reduce litter and improve pedestrian safety. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest
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    Why U.S. Cities Are Banning New Fast-Food Drive-Throughs

    Oct 10, 2019
    Most of the bans aim to curb emissions and protect pedestrians. The bans are also sometimes touted as a way to help fight obesity, but past studies suggest they don't have that effect.
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    The Salt
    A view of a McDonald's fast-food restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., circa 1955. A new book explores the complicated bond between Americans and fast food.
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    'Drive-Thru Dreams' Explores America's Love-Hate Relationship With Fast Food

    Aug 07, 2019
    Americans have a torturous relationship with fast food. We vilify it but also view it through a nostalgic lens. A new book explores this complicated yet seemingly unshakable bond.
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    Strange News
    President Trump talks to the press about the table full of fast food laid out in the State Dining Room of the White House for a reception for the Clemson Tigers.
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    Feast Fit For A Burger King: Trump Serves Fast Food To College Football Champs

    Jan 15, 2019
    The president paid for the meal himself, he said. That did not spare him from the disdainful glee of Twitter hecklers.
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    The Salt
    More kids are eating at fast-food chains like McDonald's, according to a new study, but parents are buying the healthier side options only about half the time.
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    Apples Or Fries With That? When It Comes To Kids' Meals, Fries Are Hard To Beat

    Sep 27, 2018
    Even though many fast-food chain restaurants are offering healthier sides, a new report says parents choose them only about half the time, and restaurants aren't consistent in how they offer them.
    NPR
    The Salt
    Chick-fil-A is hoping meal kits like this one — containing ingredients to make crispy Dijon chicken — will appeal to customers dining at the restaurant.
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    Chick-Fil-A Pecks Its Way Into The Meal Kit Game

    Aug 28, 2018
    People choose fast-food restaurants for a quick and easy meal. Now one national chain is betting that its customers will buy a meal-kit and make branded dinners at home.
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    Business
    Arby's is among seven fast-food chains that have agreed to stop limiting their workers' ability to take jobs at other restaurants in the same chain.
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    Fast-Food Chains Back Away From Limits On Whom They Hire

    Jul 12, 2018
    Seven fast-food franchises, facing potential prosecution from the state of Washington, abandoned a practice critics say hurt workers' chances of earning more and moving up the ladder.
    NPR
    The Two-Way
    "Flippy," a burger-grilling robot developed by Miso Robotics, is now operating at a Caliburger in Pasadena.
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    'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger

    Mar 05, 2018
    The international burger chain says Flippy, which is so-far operating at a single franchise restaurant in Pasadena, Calif., can grill 150 burgers per hour.
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    The Salt
    Panera's CEO has challenged other fast-food CEOs to eat their kids' menus for a week. He's trying to start a conversation about the nutrition in these meals.
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    More Healthful Kids Meals? Panera CEO Dishes Out A Challenge

    Sep 26, 2017
    Panera's CEO has challenged other fast food CEOs to eat their kids menus for a week. He's trying to start a conversation about the nutrition in these meals.
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    The Salt
    A new book examines how federal government policies made it easier for minorities to open fast-food franchises than grocery stores. Today the landscape of urban America reflects this history.
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    'Supersizing Urban America': How U.S. Policies Encouraged Fast Food To Spread

    Jun 15, 2017
    A new book examines how federal government policies made it easier for minorities to open fast-food franchises than grocery stores. Today the landscape of urban America reflects this history.
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    The Two-Way
    Tests on Subway chicken sandwiches in Canada have concluded that Subway chicken was only half meat — with the other half soy.
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    DNA Tests Find Subway Chicken Only 50 Percent Meat, Canadian News Program Reports

    Mar 01, 2017
    The CBC's investigative consumer show Marketplace ordered the DNA analysis. The sandwich chain unilaterally denies the accusation, with a spokesman calling the claims "absolutely false."
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    Code Switch
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs speaks onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 28, 2016 in Hollywood, California.
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    This Week In Race: Immigration Headaches, Oscar Glow And POTUS At The Blacksonian

    Feb 24, 2017
    If the human rights aspect of (deportation) doesn't interest you, the prospect of $8 avocados and double-digit fast food might.
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    The Salt
    South Korean customers place orders at the July opening for Shake Shack's store in Seoul's hip Gangnam District.
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    What's Behind South Korea's Shake Shack Fever?

    Sep 06, 2016
    Koreans have been lining up for hours to sample the food at the Seoul outlet of this American burger chain. A South Korean sociologist looks at the factors behind the frenzy.
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    The Salt
    Everytable's meals are prepared in a central kitchen, then packaged in to-go containers. Customers can heat them and eat them at the restaurant or take them home for later.
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    One Restaurant's Recipe For Social Good: Same Meals, Different Prices

    Sep 02, 2016
    The founders of Everytable in LA have created identical grab-and-go restaurants full of healthful food options, but with different pricing structures depending on the communities they serve.
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    The Salt
    <strong><a href="https://youthradio.org/innovationlab/5dollarchallenge/">Check out the #5dollarchallenge map from Youth Radio</a></strong>
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    #5DollarChallenge: We Mapped Out The Best Meals You Can Buy For Five Bucks Or Less

    May 19, 2016
    Check out this map for some of your favorite meals from every region of the U.S. — based on submissions from NPR and Youth Radio readers and listeners.
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    The Salt
    Burger King's Chicken Fries emoji would very much like to be part of your text conversation.
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    Taco Bell's Snapchat Game Is Strong Among Teens, But Does It Sell Tacos?

    May 10, 2016
    Fast food chains may succeed in entertaining teenagers on platforms like Twitter or Snapchat, but just because a brand makes teens laugh doesn't mean this elusive demographic will buy its products.
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    The Salt
    A customer receives a slice of pizza from the prepared food section of the new Whole Foods Market Inc. store in downtown Los Angeles. Prepared foods sold at supermarkets, big-box and convenience stores are a bigger and bigger portion of those companies'
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    What's For Dinner? The Options For A Fast Answer Multiply

    May 03, 2016
    As many as 80 percent of Americans don't know what's for dinner by 4 p.m. that same day. From in-grocery store restaurants to local, organic cafeteria fare, new options for fast meals are cropping up.
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    The Salt
    The message at the bottom of the Israeli newspaper ad by McDonald's is directed at Israel's health minister: "When unhealthy food is defined scientifically and not according to slogans, you will be able to prove that McDonald's Israel is the exact opposi
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    Israel's Health Minister To McDonald's: 'Not In Our Country'

    Apr 22, 2016
    McDonald's is super popular in Israel — the chain even offers potato-starch buns for Passover. But now McD's is fighting back against government accusations that it's "junk food."
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    Goats and Soda
    As regions of the world climb out of poverty, people eat more of whatever they'd been traditionally eating. Above: a scene from the market in Delhi, India.
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    A Global Alarm About Diabetes — And Don't Blame It All On Fast Food

    Apr 07, 2016
    The results of the first coordinated global look at the disease show a dramatic increase, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
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    The Salt
    Heat lamps warm fresh pizza in the food line at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's Amazon Cafe in the Rainforest. The dining area has increased offerings of healthful foods such as salads, but pizza, fries and corn dogs remain popular choices among visitors.
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    Beyond Pizza And French Fries: Museums Eye More Healthful Menus

    Feb 18, 2016
    Bringing kids to a museum or zoo can be great — until lunchtime. Often those cafeterias offer few healthful food options, but there's a movement to change that.
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    The Two-Way

    Pushing To Attract Millennials, Taco Bell Will Offer Beer And Wine

    Sep 15, 2015
    Later this month, Taco Bell will open two "Cantinas" in San Francisco and Chicago that will serve booze and shareable tapas.
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    All Tech Considered
    Eatsa's virtual cashier takes customers' orders and remembers them on return visits.
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    The Restaurant With No (Visible) Workers

    Aug 31, 2015
    A new, highly automated restaurant in San Francisco looks to speed up service through efficiency. You won't see any people taking your order or serving you at Eatsa, a fast-casual quinoa eatery.
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    The Salt
    For 15 years, Jared Fogle has been the famous face of Subway. Here, Fogle (left) visits a Subway shop in Daytona Beach, Fla., with NASCAR driver Carl Edwards in 2012.
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    Can Subway Freshen Up Its Image After Jared?

    Jul 08, 2015
    Jared Fogle's dramatic story of weight loss helped to propel the Subway sandwich chain into a dominant player in fast food. So what happens now that Subway has suspended ties to its brand ambassador?
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    The Salt
    Eating at a full-service restaurant doesn't necessarily mean a more healthful meal than dining at the drive-through joint.
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    Why Sit-Down Meals May Be Just As Unhealthful As Fast Food

    Jul 07, 2015
    Fast-food restaurants are often demonized as the epitome of unhealthfulness. But a study suggests sit-down joints may be no better when it comes to sodium, saturated fat and the risk of overeating.
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    The Salt
    An economist with the Rand Corporation argues that Los Angeles' fast-food ban failed because it merely blocked new construction or expansion of "stand-alone fast-food" restaurants in neighborhoods where that style of restaurant was uncommon to begin with
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    Why Los Angeles' Fast Food Ban Did Nothing To Check Obesity

    Mar 20, 2015
    A new study finds that restrictions on fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles didn't reduce obesity as intended. That's partly because the ban didn't cover the most common types of food stores.
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    The Salt
    Shake Shack made its stock market debut Friday, and shares quickly soared to nearly $50. The chain hopes to become the Chipotle of burger joints, but it faces much competition in the fast-casual market.
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    Shake Shack Sizzles With IPO As McDonald's Fizzles

    Jan 30, 2015
    Shares of the burger chain shot up Friday, its first trading day. Shake Shack and other fast-casual joints are taking a bite out of McDonald's, which can't recast itself to fit the current trend.
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