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Clint Rainey

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  • Contributing Writer, Fast Company
  • None, New York Magazine, Freelance
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journalist for @FastCompany. ex @NYMag. 2x Best American Writing anthologee.

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Chinese chains Luckin Coffee and Mixue are coming for U.S. customers, because U.S. companies taught them how

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By Clint Rainey 
| Fast Company
Last week, I whooshed into a Luckin coffee shop in Lower Manhattan, snatched my mobile order off the counter, and was back on the street within eight seconds—as if I’d run upstairs to grab my keys. The fact that this required zero human interaction barely registered, especially because I was too giddy about the deal I’d scored on the app. My iced coconut latte cost a mere $1.99—a full 69% off the regular price, after I used one of the six active coupons that appeared on the screen.
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Steak ’n Shake, Cracker Barrel, and the most feared man in fast food

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By Clint Rainey 
| Fast Company
Last August, as the internet piled on Cracker Barrel over its new “modern” logo, something even stranger was unfolding at Steak ’n Shake. For one week, the chain’s X account didn’t try to sell a single burger. Instead, it attacked Cracker Barrel’s “destruction of shareholder value,” alongside other financial grievances.
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One company’s obsessive, decade-long quest to make American cheese that’s actually cheese

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By Clint Rainey 
| Fast Company
Bad, yet still pretty good, American cheese refuses to expire—and not just because of all the preservatives. American cheese—pasteurized, processed, and super-melty—is, for better or worse, arguably the 20th century’s most iconic food product. And yes, “pasteurized, processed cheese food” is what federal regulators call it instead of “cheese.” It is a paradox embraced shamelessly by some of the most elite food names around.
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