More eating time at the airport
Heightened security and countless flight delays mean more time spent at the airport. Add in meal-less flights and you have a lot of hungry travelers.
The Week in Ideas, October 22, 2012
This week: Chick-fil-A has a poor choice of words for a party tray promotion. Nutella gets mad at a burrito chain. A Manhattan restaurant embraces Instagram. And others continue to wrestle with cell-phone bans.
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