In 2017, Jacob Schneider, then 16, landed his first job at a Chipotle in Lawrence, Kansas. It offered "decent" pay for a person his age, he says, above minimum wage, as well as robust training. "I ...

Behind the drive-thru window at a Las Vegas Raising Cane’s, a familiar face was handing out combo boxes — and copies of his new album. Snoop Dogg, decked out in an all-yellow tracksuit, was on shift ...

You know that feeling when you're sitting in the Taco Bell drive thru at midnight craving a Crunchwrap Supreme and you wonder ...

Just because someone has a job, doesn't mean they have a home. According to a study of California's fast food industry conducted by the Economic Roundtable, fast food workers make up 11% of all ...

Anyone who has worked a service industry job knows that the days and hours can sometimes feel endless. For many fast-food employees, the hours feel even longer when you have to deal with demanding ...

Customer receiving order at a fast food drive-thru window - sutthilak.c10/Shutterstock Anyone who has ever worked in the food service industry knows that front-facing ...

For the last several years I have relied on real (inflation-adjusted) spending at fast food restaurants as a useful gauge of consumer sentiment. I began this during the pandemic recovery when the ...

A Panda Express customer expressed his frustration with tipping culture after noticing an employee benefits surcharge on his receipt after a recent trip to the popular fast-food chain. What seemed to ...

In 2023, California adopted a law that raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour. It also created a Fast Food Council with the power to further increase wages by dictate every year. Twenty bucks an hour ...

Snoop Dogg works a surprise "shift" at Raising Cane's in Vegas Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Raising Cane's Behind the drive-thru window at a Las Vegas Raising Cane’s, a familiar face was handing ...