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Poverty, hunger are growing across the U.S. not seen since Depression

...more difficult to offer assistance because there are fewer and fewer people who have the wherewithal to stock these food outlets. USA Today even outlined the states most widely impacted by this hunger epidemic. Get this, California, Nevada...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/2012-10-09/poverty-hunger-are-growing-across
Opinion
'And the home of the fat'

...course, that more people are eating more and moving their bodies less. So we hear criticisms of the rise of fast-food outlets, or the laziness that pins American youth to the couch. But there is more to it, as witness the fact that some countries...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032002/opi_0320020029.shtml
Opinion
Fewer teens working during summer

...the retail market has remained steady. Retail, which includes positions such as cashiers, clerks and jobs at fast-food outlets, is where students usually flock to seek summer employment. Fewer youths applying translates into less competition...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/071002/nei_0710020005.shtml
Neighbors
McDonald's says it's trimming fat from menu

...never be a health food. Trans fat, which is found in many commercial baked goods as well as foods fried in fast-food outlets, has been directly tied to heart disease and increases in the levels of dangerous cholesterol. It is most commonly...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/090402/hea_0904020006.shtml
Health
Brainerd or Baxter? Lodge's name stirs interest

...will entice other dining and recreational activities for the area. Examples include theaters, ice arena, other food outlets, gift shops and coffee and espresso, art gallery, day spa and salon." It noted the hotel will create conference...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/080704/bus_0807040022.shtml
Business
The race in the kitchen

...traveled south to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was hired at Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, which runs seven different food outlets. Sexton worked banquets from five to 10,000 people as well as in GP Sports and The 1913 Room, the only Five-Diamond...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/081509/new_20090815058.shtml
News
'Time-deepening' takes toll in no time at all

...sets. These are the same folks who claim they have no free time and who, in an attempt to compensate, eat at fast-food outlets or defrost prepared meals, bring the computer on vacations and claim they are sleep-deprived. Time pressure, it...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070800/bus_0708000059.shtml
Business
Man who caused commotion on jet held without bail

...You do not know who I am" and "I will sue you for millions." Court records show he sued the owners of Carl's Jr. restaurants in July 1998 after he and three other men allegedly became ill after eating at one of the fast food outlets.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092901/nne_0929010076.shtml
News
Consultant stresses that food safety is a business concern of vital consumer interest

...certification rule that put more responsibility on operators. He's worked with customers, restaurant and retail food outlets, in Brainerd, Baxter, Nisswa, Lake Shore, Staples, Motley, Crosslake, Pequot Lakes, Pine River and Backus...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/062902/bus_0629020015.shtml
Business
Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair sees few changes in 30 years, and that's how people like it

...its 30th year, the two-day fair will get under way at 9 a.m. Sept. 7, with 950 arts and crafts vendors and 66 food outlets spread out along the downtown streets. Most of the vendors have been there before, Westerdahl-Delaney said, with...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/082902/tem_0829020001.shtml
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