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Note: This story originally appeared on The Takeout, an excellent site that publishes a lot of things you’d probably be interested to read about.Modern Yet Retro | JBL Spinner BT ReviewWhen Subway announced last year that it would be removing pre-sliced meat from its assembly line and adding automatic deli slicers to its more than 20,000 locations, the intention was to improve the chain’s overall sandwich quality. Just six months after this systemwide change, however, Restaurant Business reports Subway’s on-site deli…

Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles at a Ford dealership in Colma, California, on July 22, 2022.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAfter a home, buying a car is the most expensive purchase most consumers will ever make during their lifetime. The transition to electric vehicles by major auto makers is likely to make the process a little more stressful, at least in the early days of the EV era when many consumers are still under-informed on EV basics. If consumers are to be sold on the mass adoption of battery-powered electric vehicles, car…

via Nordisk Film It’s very rare that an overseas movie will turn someone into an international sensation, but Noomi Rapace’s performance as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was so formidably phenomenal that she instantly became one of the most in-demand actresses on the planet in the aftermath. Making the jump to Hollywood almost immediately, the Swedish star may not have managed to recapture the same heights in terms of sheer critical acclaim, but she hasn’t done bad for herself regardless.…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmFrom start to finish, 2022 felt like a weird year, one where the stability of nearly everything we’ve taken for granted was greatly tested in some form or fashion. Southwest Airlines currently being in the middle of a massive travel nightmare feels like a pretty apt comparison; everyone’s either confused or pissed off (or, well, both), and there’s a general sense of feeling lost as we all try to process what went down this year. That collective desire we all have for the year to end is more out of…

The logo for McDonald's is seen on a restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2022.Joshua Roberts | ReutersMcDonald's is making changes to how it awards franchises in the hopes of attracting more diverse candidates, the latest shakeup in how the burger chain's management oversees its franchisees. Starting in 2023, the fast-food giant will evaluate every potential new operator equally. In the past, the spouses and children of current franchisees have been given preferential treatment."We've been doing a lot of…

Retail signs along Duff Ave in Ames, IA, April 2022. Credit: Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University From McDonalds to Marriott, 7-Eleven to Ace Hardware, we're surrounded by franchises. They are the dominant retail model in the U.S., and underpinning their success are franchisors who grow a network of franchisees who use their own resources to open and run brick-and-mortar stores.…