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[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

One of my last freelance pieces: I profiled CEO @ToddGraves at the first @raisingcanes in Baton Rouge. He likens Cane's to In-N-Out: Family run with a limited menu and good worker pay. His story reminded me of fast food's founding generation : Kroc, Sanders, Thomas, Harmon Dobson

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

For @Slate, I wrote about Wendy's (which I love) and its recent trajectory (which has broken my heart). https://t.co/Y6pdgtdWS4

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

End the shellfishness

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

Really didn’t know how Baja Blast could credibly synergize with MLB, but whaddya know, they figured it out

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

I will never be able to recreate the series of searches that led me here.

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

McDonald’s U.S. is finally launching the Big Arch, a $9+ half-pound burger.

For @sherwood_news, I wrote about the uncanny connections between the Big Arch and the Arch Deluxe (McD’s biggest-ever flop) as well as the bifurcating U.S. economy. https://t.co/EknjdTHrC3

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

Excited to share my @BW piece about Crumbl! I ate 1000-calorie cookies, interviewed the CEO minutes before a huge layoff, and spoke to franchisees + workers about what gets lost in translation (and sanity) when a very online brand lives in the real world. https://t.co/AdjKbUYLpD

[Pantheon Books @PantheonBooks]

. @AllMyChandler, author of 99% PERSPIRATION, stopped by PBS NewsHour for a Thanksgiving segment about SNAP, the government shutdown, and new work requirements that are going into effect today.

https://t.co/LDe8oNdFoH

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

For @sherwood_news, I wrote about how chains like @DutchBros and @7BrewCoffee are exploding and challenging @Starbucks not by focusing on highbrow craft, but by adding protein, lots of caffeine, and less precious vibes to the mix. https://t.co/KuJhKQROUD

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

What could we do to make work pay off for more Americans? This week on https://t.co/PjWTwI7FIz I discuss with @AllMyChandler author of the new book “99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life” including how other countries make work less all-consuming.

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

Yet another labor story that could VERY quickly become a public safety story

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

For @sherwood_news, I wrote about the proteinaissance and how the craft community and alt-diet world turned the U.S. into a MEAT STICK NATION.
https://t.co/03XVxcPGQ2 h/t @gochomps @RighteousFelon

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

I also got to meet to H Mart fanatics around the country, go deep in grocery TikTok, and eat my bodyweight in honey butter potato chips and japchae. Thank you to @daniellesacks for putting up with me!

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

H Mart, which began as a Korean specialty market four decades ago, is now a billion-dollar empire with a cult following of foodies https://t.co/ap3ySPkF50

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

I wrote about the rise of H Mart and how America's shifting demography expanded national culture and appetites

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

Really loved having this conversation with @EmilyRPeck. ⬇️

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

For @TIME, I wrote about Trump, Musk, and how the private sector can't fix what's wrong with America.

[Adam Chandler @AllMyChandler]

Congrats @YAppelbaum!

[Sarah @5arah_bellum]

I finished @AllMyChandler ‘s book today at lunch and I liked it so much! It synthesized many of my own thoughts about labor and the nature of work in America (in much snappier prose) and was really well written. Fellow labor historians/nerds - add this one to your list!

[Sarah @5arah_bellum]

“But in America, the answer is always more America. Rather than address how obstacles have become insurmountable, we’ve trained much of our collective focus on tie power of individuals to overcome them.” @AllMyChandler hitting the nail on the gosh darn head. Ugh.