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NFL chain gang member collapses on sideline during Ravens-Raiders game

A scary situation unfolded at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday afternoon as the Baltimore Ravens hosted the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season. The game was stopped with about 2 minutes, 36 seconds remaining in the first half. Video posted to social media showed a chain gang member collapse on […]

Actor Kevin Hart Closes All California Locations of His Vegan Fast-Food Chain

Hollywood A-lister Kevin Hart stunned customers in California by closing all of his vegan fast-food chain, Hart House, overnight, just four months after the state mandated a significant increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers. The vegan restaurant chain, which was founded two years ago in Southern California, closed all four of its locations […]

Grocery Store Chain Aldi Raising Minimum Wage to $18 and $23 an Hour

Popular grocery store chain Aldi announced on September 4 that it will raise its minimum wage to $18 and $23 an hour as the company grows. Aldi's press release further stated that the company plans to hire more than 13,000 store and warehouse employees across the country as the holiday season approaches. open Additional stores. […]

Another Restaurant Chain Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Anthony's Coal-Fired Pizza & Wings and BurgerFi International, which owns the eponymous chain, joined the growing list of embattled restaurant operators filing for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. The Fort Lauderdale-based company's 67 corporate-owned locations have sought protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, with assets of at least $50 million and liabilities […]

BurgerFi restaurant chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The number of restaurant chains that have filed for bankruptcy this year has increased, with BurgerFi International Inc. filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. The company said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to preserve the value of its BurgerFi and Anthony's Coalfire Pizza & Wings brands “for all stakeholders.” The company […]

Bankrupt hospital chain paid private equity giant $700M dividend

The nation's largest private, for-profit hospital chain reportedly paid out $790 million in dividends before filing for bankruptcy a few years later, most of which went to Manhattan-based private equity owners. Steward Healthcare System, a Boston-based network of 30 hospitals that operates in rural and low-income areas, paid Cerberus Capital Management in 2016, the same […]

NYC funeral home chain that exploited consumers settles for $700K

A New York funeral home chain will have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for allegedly cheating and deceiving customers, according to a settlement with the city. Bronx-based RG Ortiz Funeral Home will pay $600,000 in compensation to the family and a $100,000 civil penalty for failing to tell the family where the body […]

Major grocery chain ending tobacco sales

Stop & Shop, a major grocery chain, Announced this week The company announced that it would stop selling tobacco products. The East Coast chain has 360 stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey. The company said it would stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products by August 31 as part of its […]