50 most popular chain restaurants in America

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50 most popular chain restaurants in America

Edible tape invented to stop your burrito from falling apart

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Many Cracker Barrel customers are mad about the option of a meat alternative. Several called it a "woke" addition to the menu.

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Attorney General Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner.”

Cracker Barrel relents, says its old logo will return

Critics — including President Donald Trump — protested the company's plan to modernize.

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Friday, June 4 is National Doughnut Day. Several shops are helping you celebrate with free — or at least discounted — doughnuts. Here's where you can find them.

Probe finds Subway tuna sandwiches have no identifiable tuna DNA

The New York Times bought 60 inches of Subway tuna sandwiches and had the tuna tested by a lab, which found it contained “no amplifiable tuna DNA.”

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These are the 50 most popular chain restaurants in the US

The restaurants are ranked by the percentage of people who had a positive response out of those surveyed, but they are also broken down by generation — baby boomers, Gen X and millennials.

Cracker Barrel ordered to pay man $9.4 million after he was served chemical in drinking glass

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50 most popular chain restaurants in America

Here's a look at America’s vast and divergent variety of chain restaurants ranked by overall positive opinion scores and then broken down by generation — baby boomers, Gen Xers and millennials.

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Kraft Macaroni and Cheese is changing its name

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MPPD hosting Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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5 simple soup recipes to work into your cooler-weather rotation

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Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington found not guilty of assault

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US Mint in Philadelphia presses final penny as the 1-cent coin retired

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Mount Pleasant man charged with attempted homicide in connection to fight outside bar

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How did Kenosha County divisions compete to help those in need?

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Wendy's has 1-cent Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers on Dec. 30. Here's how to get one

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