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Of all the things you dont want to find in a jar of instant coffee, glass is pretty high on the list. But that scenario became more than hypothetical after a customer alerted Dollar General employees to a potential issue in their eight-ounce instant coffee. Now, Dollar General has issued a recall of three lots of the powdered drink due to the possibility of glass fragments. The recall impacts retailer’s private label brand Clover Valley. Dollar General is actively investigating the source of the glass contamination and apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this product issue, the chain said in a statement. The recall was also announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Heres everything you need to know about identifying the affected items. Which products are affected? The recalled coffee is the Clover Valley brands eight-ounce instant coffee. It has a package UPC of 876941004069 and includes the following three lots: L-5163: Best by December 13, 2026 L-5164: Best by December 13, 2026 L-5165: Best by December 14, 2026 You can find this information on the neck of the jar. An image of the product can be found on the FDA’s website. Where and when was the product sold? The coffee was exclusively sold in Dollar General retail stores between July 9 and 21, 2025, and across almost every state. Heres a complete list of the states where Dollar General has recalled its eight-ounce Clover Valley Instant Coffee: Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming If your imagination isnt detailed enough, Dollar General provides a graphic breakdown in its announcement of what can happen if you ingest glass. (Well leave reading that to your discretion.) The company says it hasnt received any reports of injuries or illnesses. What should I do if I have this product? Don’t drink it. Dollar General is offering a refund for anyone who bought the instant coffee. You can reach out for one through email at customercare@dollargeneral.com. The company can also process a refund over the phone every day from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. at 1-888-309-9030. Has the recall impacted Dollar General’s stock? Investors appear to have shrugged off news of the recall to the extent that they know about it. Shares of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) are up 2.47% this week as of Wednesdays closing bell. In June, the company raised its financial guidance for its fiscal year 2025.
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Markets are largely unchanged early Thursday ahead of a key meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin this week.Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq all ticked down less than 0.1% before the opening bell.Shares of Deere & Co. slid 7.5% after the heavy equipment manufacturer cut its forecast despite beating Wall Street’s third-quarter sales and profit targets. Deere’s sales and profit fell significantly from a year ago and the company cited “near-term uncertainty” in its earnings release. Deere said that it has been focusing on inventory management with inventories remaining high.Tapestry, the parent of Kate Spade and Coach, saw its shares tumble more than 6% on a weak outlook. The company said it expects a tiny increase in sales for the upcoming year, while forecasting a 60-cents-per-share hit on profit due to tariffs. Tapestry says that about 70% of its products are made in Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines.Later Thursday, the government will release its report on inflation at the wholesale level, before products reach consumers. Economists expect it to show inflation ticked up to 2.4% in July from 2.3% in June.The U.S. also releases its weekly report on applications for jobless benefits, which serves as a proxy for U.S. layoffs.On Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage, Putin and Trump as well as a meeting of the delegations, will convene a meeting.In Europe at midday, Britain’s FTSE 100 was unchanged after the government reported that the UK economy grew at a faster than expected 1.2% annual pace in the last quarter. In quarterly terms, the economy grew 0.3%, slowing from a 0.7% expansion in January-March.Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5%.Europe is bracing for Trump’s encounter with Putin, though the U.S. president has said he will prioritize trying to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine when he meets with Putin on Friday in Anchorage.The Trump-Putin meeting could have major implications for energy markets, potentially leading to an easing of sanctions against Moscow, or an escalation if no progress is made on ending the war in Ukraine.Early Thursday, U.S. benchmark crude rose 23 cents to $62.88 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, added 25 cents to $65.88 per barrel.During Asian trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell nearly 1.5% to 42,649.26 as investors sold to lock in recent gains that have taken the benchmark to all-time records.The Japanese yen rose against the dollar after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg that Japan was “behind the curve” in monetary tightening. He was referring to the slow pace of increases in Japan’s near-zero interest rates.Low interest rates tend to make the yen weaker against the dollar, giving Japanese exporters a cost advantage in overseas sales.The dollar fell to 146.53 Japanese yen Thursday, down from 147.39 yen. The euro slid to $1.1691 from $1.1705.In Chinese markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 0.4% to 25,519.32, while the Shanghai composite index slid 0.5% to 3,666.44.South Korea’s Kospi rose less than 0.1% to 3,225.66.In Australia, the S&P ASX 200 index added 0.5% to 8,873.80.Taiwan’s Taiex fell 0.5% and India’s Sensex edged 0.2% higher.Bitcoin briefly rose more than 3% to a new record of over $123,000, according to CoinDesk. It later fell back below $121,000. Teresa Cerojano and Matt Ott, Associated Press
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One way to learn more about someone is to look into their eating habits. And thats just what Toast did. This week, the digital platformwhich restaurants use for transactionsreleased new data about which states dine out the most, how much people are tipping, and what foods are most loved in different states. Here’s what to know: The good news: a summer bump Overall, the report shows that restaurants in coastal cities are seeing slight growth, at least during the summer months, while results around the country are pretty varied. Naples, Florida; Portland, Maine; Chicago, Illinois; and Charleston, South Carolina, are among the cities that have seen the biggest bumps. The bad news: tipping slips The report shows the average tip for a full-service restaurant meal has fallen to 19.1%, which is the lowest that Toast has recorded in seven years. This even shows a decrease from the first quarter of 2025, when customers were tipping an average of 19.4%. While the decline could indicate that more people are leaving cash tips instead of tips on their cardswhich is what Toast recordsit could also be a result of tipflation, which is a trend that appeared when nonservice businesses started requesting tips. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); Delaware tops the list with the highest average tipping percentage at 21.4%, while California ranks lowest with an average of only 17.3%. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); As for popular foods, the coastal states are leading the demand for burgers, with Hawaii ordering 72% more burgers per restaurant location than the national average, and 59% more fries. Alaska and Washington take the second and third spots at 64% and 52%, respectively. Of course, the coastal states also take the lead in the seafood category, with Rhode Island ordering 164% more seafood, followed by Louisiana at 154% and Delaware at 128%. Overall, the results show 24 states experiencing growth, 13 remaining flat, and 14 states declining in transaction numbers when compared to the same time last year. The good news for the states experiencing dips? Many of these destinations will probably improve during the winter months, as theyre more traditional cold-weather travel spots. To curate these results, Toast compared year-over-year transaction data from June 1 through July 15, 2025, at the same restaurants and on the same days of the week.
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