As customers tire of tipping for fast food, workers understand—but embrace—the awkwardness

The Bottom Line: The drugmaker Eli Lilly this week said that tests of its GLP-1 pill could work just as well as injectable drugs like Ozempic. That could be huge, for the medication and for restaurants.

Tech Check: Restaurants clearly want to make their digital customers feel seen, judging by conversations at the Restaurant Leadership Conference this week. It’s what consumers say they want, too, but will it work?

America’s first breastaurant chain started as a joke and then became a juggernaut. Now, forced into bankruptcy by debt, inflation and some questionable decisions, it is hoping for a second chance, back where it all began.