A proposal being weighed by Connecticut lawmakers could change how takeout food is packaged and delivered, and critics say it could affect quality and cost and could even threaten the livelihood of individual restaurant owners, with one saying he could “go broke” as a result. House Bill 5524 would prohibit restaurants and other food service businesses from … Read more
People’s heads aren’t the only places you can live rent-free. An enterprising Scottish woman is bypassing extortionate housing costs by living rent-free in a shipping container — where her expenses total just over $330 per month. “It’s amazing to see my ideas coming together,” Robyn Swan, 33, told South West News Service of her unconventional … Read more
Honey, I shrunk the lids. Does Panda Express have a shrinkflation problem? One disappointed customer is sounding the alarm on the orange chicken monger, claiming the popular Chinese fast casual has severely downsized its takeout containers — even as prices have gone up. “Panda Express food container got smaller,” griped TikTok user @jayasuriyafamily in a recent … Read more
Anything can be a cup if you want it to be. Slurpee season has returned, and so has 7-Eleven’s annual Bring Your Own Cup Day. On Saturday, April 13, for one day only, customers at 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes can spend just $1.99 to fill up any — well, almost any — cup-like vessel of their … Read more
This dog is full of surprises! The adorable — and resilient — pooch who was trapped inside a Texas shipping container for over a week before being rescued by US Coast Guard officers is pregnant, the group caring for the animal announced this week. After the canine — nicknamed Connie the container dog — was … Read more
A woman who shared a picture of an Aldi food container “fail” has not received the reaction she was hoping for, instead sparking backlash online. The woman took to a US-based Facebook group to share her frustration with a “special buy” at American Aldi stores. Her complaint was that one of the three containers she … Read more
Drake upgraded his plastic bag to a plastic box. The 36-year-old “Rich Flex” rapper pulled up to the Onyx Gentleman’s Club in Atlanta on Tuesday night with a giant Tupperware container, filled to the brim with stacks of money reportedly totaling $250,000. “Last night was a blur,” the club captioned a video shared to Instagram, … Read more
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and there is perhaps no more desperate measure than moving into a skip to beat rising rental costs and crippling cost of living pressures. That is what British artist Harrison Marshall has done, building his very own tiny home in a yellow skip, where he will live for the … Read more