Cuyana sent out its price-change email in February, and sales have remained steady since then, Ms. Gallardo said. But that was months before inflation hit its latest peak in June, when prices surged 9.1 percent. Will the company need to repeat this process? “Hyperinflation is one of those things that you can never plan for,”…
If you are walking anywhere in London and spot Elijah Quashie, a.k.a. The Chicken Connoisseur, he would be grateful if you resist the urge to make a fuss. Do not shout “Chicken guy!” or ask him to record a happy birthday greeting to a friend on your mobile phone. If you have comments or questions,…
If any group of workers might have expected their pay to rise last year, it would arguably have been pharmacists. With many drugstores dispensing coronavirus tests and vaccines while filling hundreds of prescriptions each day, working as a pharmacist became a sleep-deprived, lunch-skipping frenzy — one in which ornery customers did not hesitate to vent…
Federal health officials said on Friday that romaine lettuce on sandwiches from Wendy’s restaurants was possibly responsible for the “fast-moving” E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens and hospitalized 10 people. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a specific food had not yet been confirmed, but most of those sickened reported having…
Ann McGuiness, a behind-the-scenes force in women’s health and reproductive rights who raised vast amounts of money for Planned Parenthood and other groups and then was a founder of the Contraceptive Access Initiative, which seeks to make hormonal birth control more available over the counter, died on Aug. 3 in Albany, N.Y. She was 65.…
This week’s staggering Modern Love essay, “A Last Act of Intimate Kindness,” reminded me of a powerful Tiny Love Story we published years ago, “What We Do in the End”: What We Do in the End “Your sister is in the hospital,” my mother said over the phone. “You need to come home.” I had…
Dear Tripped Up, My travel companion and I booked a river cruise and tour to Portugal and Spain for this past July with Vantage Deluxe World Travel. We paid in full, and bought insurance against trip interruption or cancellation through Vantage from TripMate. About three months before departure, Vantage notified us the trip had been…
Courtesy of retailers Ah, I love love. Even more so, I love celebrating those milestones, whether my own or someone else’s (I mean, your girl loves a solid reason to wear a cute wedding guest dress, but I digress). Perhaps traditional vows have been exchanged in front of loved ones, or maybe not. Regardless, a…
Courtesy of Everlane Sound the alarm, people! Everlane just restocked its sale section. In case you’ve been living under a rock—one without affordable cashmere or clean silk—the direct-to-consumer darling is all about creating ethically-conscious essentials for a fair, transparent rate. And, though Everlane’s pieces are reasonably priced on their own, the brand’s sale section offers…
“Brevity is the soul of wit,” wrote William Shakespeare, and the same could be said of a good recipe. Weekend cooking projects and three-hour braises are all well and good, but an exceedingly delicious meal — the sort that makes you do a little chair dance when you take your first bite — ready in…