Author: Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY

Salads are a small part of fast-food chains’ sales and many don’t even use romaine lettuce.

A growing number of U.S. consumers are sitting out Black Friday. The hashtag #OptOut was trending Friday afternoon.

Lettuce is more vulnerable than many other foods to bacteria outbreaks. It lacks a protective rind, isn’t cooked and has a short shelf life.

Thirty-two people in 11 states are ill, according to the FDA. Thirteen have been hospitalized.

You can feed 10 people (plus leftovers) with $48.90 on average, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Breakfast is the only part of the day where fast-food chains have seen growth recently, according to NPD.

The pork sandwich is on sale now for a limited time at more than 9,000 restaurants across the U.S., McDonald’s said Thursday.

Starbucks has converted an existing location in Washington, D.C., into a Signing Store, which has just opened.

Social media is full of nostalgia for Sears, but what many of the online eulogists forget is that they haven’t patronized the retailer in years.