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retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Image Courtesy of Taco BellApril 18, 2025Bernadette GiacomazzoTaco Bell is bringing back its Crispy Chicken Nuggets, with the goal of making it a permanent menu addition by 2026. The controversial item, which quickly became a fan favorite, will be rolled out beginning next week. Let’s take a look at what we know about this latest menu update.
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6 days ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Image Courtesy of Carnival Cruise LineApril 18, 2025Bernadette GiacomazzoA fake bomb threat to Carnival Cruise Line has resulted in jail time for a Michigan teen. USA Today reports that a federal judge sentenced Joshua Lowe, 19, to eight months in jail for making the threat, after the teen pleaded guilty to one count of false information and hoaxes.
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6 days ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Image Courtesy of Burger KingApril 18, 2025Bernadette GiacomazzoA major Burger King franchisee has filed for bankruptcy, resulting in hundreds of jobs being lost and concerns about the future of the fast-food giant. On April 14, Consolidated Burger Holdings, one of Burger King’s major franchisees with 57 restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company, based in Destin, Florida, owes creditors roughly $37 million, according to Parade.
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1 week ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Southwest Airlines employees are under the proverbial gun, as the company has announced that nearly 1,800 employees will soon be getting the axe. Newsweek reports that the discount airline will terminate 1,750 employees beginning April 22 of this year. This move marks the first time that the company has engaged in mass firings.
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1 week ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Wendy’s has announced that it is adding some all-new menu items for the summer. It’s unclear, however, whether these menu additions are permanent or only for a limited time. Regardless, let’s take a look at what we know about these new offerings. The Fast Food Club is reporting that Wendy’s is getting its customers ready for swimsuit weather with all-new beach-friendly items.
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1 week ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
JELL-O has gotten into the meat-free business, offering a plant-based pudding for the first time in the company’s history. In a press release announcement, the dessert company revealed that JELL-O Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding will soon be available at retailers across the country. The new product has the classic creamy texture and rich chocolate flavor that JELL-O lovers know and love, but it is lactose-free and vegan.
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1 week ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Wendy’s is known for its social media clapbacks, and its latest one was against pop star Katy Perry, who recently took a trip to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spaceship. The New York Post is reporting that the singer of “I Kissed a Girl” joined Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, for a historic space journey. Astronaut Amanda Nguyen, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn joined the three celebrities.
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1 week ago | 
retailwire.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Trader Joe’s has opened a new location in Seattle — the sixth of its kind in the city and the 28th in Washington, per The Seattle Times. The store’s grand opening took place on Friday, April 11, and it’s located at the intersection of Greenwood Avenue and North 87th Street. The new store drew a line of hundreds of people before the doors were even unlocked on opening day, and it has also earned the local community’s praise for its food waste stance.
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1 week ago | 
dearmedia.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Let’s set the scene: You’ve navigated the impossibility of a Polo Bar reservation. You’ve ordered the overpriced pasta. Your martini has arrived perfectly chilled. But the real reason you’re in New York is for something else entirely—Boop! The Musical, David Foster’s Broadway venture that’s finally arrived. On the latest episode of The World’s First Podcast, sisters Sara and Erin Foster—aka David’s daughters—gave us the behind-the-scenes tea on the decades-long journey of getting Betty Boop onstage.
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dearmedia.com | Bernadette Giacomazzo
Anyone who frequents BeautyTok has encountered Golloria George. Known for her viral “Darkest Shade” series, Golloria has become the beauty world’s newest truth-teller, swatching her way through products that, for too long, have excluded women who look like her. But her influence goes way beyond TikTok trends. Let’s rewind to the Youthforia Foundation controversy of 2024. In a now-notorious viral video, Golloria dubbed one of their foundation shades “tar in a bottle.” That wasn’t an exaggeration.
