See National Coffee Day deals across Michigan - MLive.com

According to the National Coffee Association, 64 percent of Americans drink at least one cup of coffee a day.

That number is likely to increase on Sunday, National Coffee Day, because chains large and small are offering deals that allows customers across the United States to get a cup of Joe for free.

Many retailers are also using the day to give back to charity using customer purchases. Here is a look at the freebies and deals Michiganders should be aware of.

A customer pours coffee into a mug at Julianna's Restaurant in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Monday, July 8, 2019. Emil Lippe | MLive.com

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Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble

Customers get a free hot or iced tall coffee with the purchase of any bake case item from a Barnes & Noble Café on National Coffee Day.

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A barista reaches for a coffee cup during the grand opening of Biggby Coffee on Horton Road on Feb 3, 2016. MLive File Photo

Biggby Coffee

Free hot brewed coffee up to 24 ounces on National Coffee Day.

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Brueggers Bagels

Brueggers Bagels

Through Sunday, all Bruegger's Bagels Inner Circle members will get one free medium coffee with purchase. Sign up for the Inner Circle here: Inner Circle Rewards Program. 

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Circle K on Vine Street in Eastlake, Ohio. Photo by Chuck Crow

Circle K

Circle K is offering a free medium coffee to customers on National Coffee Day via the Circle K app at participating locations. Customers can also enjoy a free Belvita Breakfast Biscuit with their free coffee.

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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Guests can receive a complimentary 16 oz brewed coffee (hot or iced) with any food or bakery item purchase (minimum of $2). The offer is available all day and is limited to one complimentary coffee per guest.

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Del Taco

Customers can get a free value iced coffee with $3 purchase.

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Dunkin'

Dunkin' is celebrating National Coffee Day with a buy one, get one offer. On Sunday, September 29, anyone who purchases a hot coffee at participating Dunkin' restaurants nationwide will get one hot coffee free (of equal or lesser value).

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Godiva

In celebration of National Coffee Day, you can receive a free 12-ounce hot or iced coffee at Godiva Café locations with any purchase.

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Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme

Caffeine seekers can score both a free small coffee and glazed doughnut on National Coffee Day.

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7-Eleven

This national grab-and-go chain is honoring the holiday by charging just $1 for any size coffee all day on Sunday.

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Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons guests can receive one free Tims Rewards reward when they order through the Tims Rewards mobile app. Customers can redeem their free reward for coffee and eligible beverages and baked goods.

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Wall Street Falls in Love Again With Companies Loaded Up on Debt - Bloomberg

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Zantac: CVS latest to suspend heartburn drug over cancer fears - BBC News

US retailer CVS has become the latest to suspend the sale of a heartburn drug being investigated for links to cancer.

It follows concern in several countries over the presence of impurities in Zantac and other ranitidine products.

Canada and France have already announced Zantac recalls. The US and the European Union are investigating.

Health authorities say there is no immediate risk, but patients have been advised to consult a doctor who can prescribe alternatives to ranitidine.

What is the fear about?

On 13 September, both the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published their decisions to review the presence of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in medicines containing the drug ranitidine.

NDMA is classified as a probable human carcinogen (a substance that could cause cancer) on the basis of animal studies.

NDMA is found in water and foods, including meats, dairy products, and vegetables, but is not expected to cause harm when ingested in very low levels, EMA says.

Ranitidine products are used to reduce the production of stomach acid in patients with conditions such as heartburn and stomach ulcers.

They are available over-the-counter and on prescription.

Who has recalled the products so far?

CVS's announcement on Saturday said it was suspending the sale of Zantac and CVS Health brand ranitidine products "out of an abundance of caution".

"Zantac brand products and CVS brand ranitidine products have not been recalled, and the FDA is not recommending that patients stop taking ranitidine at this time," the company said.

Walgreens, Walmart and Rite Aid in the US had earlier taken a similar decision.

Canada and France have removed the drugs from pharmacy shelves. A number of other countries have followed suit.

Drug makers are also recalling products containing NDMA.

Sandoz, owned by Novartis, told the BBC it was recalling "several batches of its ranitidine-containing medicines". The recalls were "under way or pending" in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the US.

Apotex also said it was recalling ranitidine tablets in the US.

The BBC has approached GlaxoSmithKline - original makers of Zantac. The company is reported to have stopped distributing its generic version of the drug and recalled its products from India and Hong Kong.

What should patients do?

Health regulators are urging people taking ranitidine not do discontinue it immediately.

The FDA said, however, that those taking it by prescription should contact health professionals about alternatives. And those buying it over the counter could consider other options.

French authorities also emphasised there was no "acute risk" and patients should not stop the medication or return it to pharmacies.

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Premier preaches resilience, unity amid forestry and climate crises in closing UBCM address - CBC.ca

The B.C. premier's closing speech on the final day of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention is traditionally an opportunity to draw attention to political accomplishments or to make key funding announcements to address timely issues during politicians' time in office.

"We're not doing that this year," John Horgan told this year's convention to begin his remarks at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Friday morning.

Addressing hundreds of local politicians from across the province, Horgan came back to a theme of togetherness and optimism in working toward common goals across political lines throughout his address.

The speech was punctuated by mention of current issues top of mind for British Columbians, including the crisis crippling the province's forestry industry.

Thousands of mill workers and contractors have lost their jobs as mills are curtailed partially or entirely with little notice.

A convoy of truck drivers from across B.C. rolled through downtown Vancouver earlier this week, making a point of driving past the downtown convention centre during the convention in an effort to draw leaders' attention to the plight of workers and contractors left unemployed.

Horgan said he held meetings with forestry leaders during the convention, which was themed "resiliency and change," including representatives from major companies which have announced curtailments.

"It's hard for me to listen to companies say they're in distress when they're making multi-million-dollar investments in Europe and around the world," Horgan said to applause in the room, adding the industry "needs to transform" to adapt to the modern market conditions.

Climate crisis 'a human issue'

The premier's final address also coincided with Friday's global climate strike.

Thousands of students and workers in cities and towns across the world are abandoning schools and offices throughout the day to march in the streets and demand global leaders do more to combat climate change. A demonstration in Vancouver was set to begin at 1 p.m. PT.

The strikes, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, also coincide with the final day of the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

"This is not a partisan issue. This is a human issue," the premier said of the climate crisis during his address.

"If you find yourself arguing with a 16-year-old Swede," he added, referring to Thunberg, "I'm fairly confident you're on the wrong side of the argument. You need to wake up and smell the coffee."

"If we're going to be successful, we have to take our differences and park them," Horgan said in finishing his speech.

"Differences can be overcome when values shine through. The values in this room are reflected in the fact that you stepped up … I want to thank you for the work we're going to have to do together to address the challenges we're facing."

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Data breach at DoorDash sees 4.9 million users' personal information stolen - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

Aleksandra Sagan, The Canadian Press
Published Friday, September 27, 2019 12:28PM EDT
Last Updated Friday, September 27, 2019 4:00PM EDT

An undisclosed number of Canadians are among the roughly 4.9 million DoorDash users, drivers and merchants who had their personal information stolen during a May data breach - the latest in a string of privacy scares in recent years.

“We don't discuss overall user, merchant or Dasher numbers publicly,” wrote spokesperson Mattie Magdovitz in an email when asked how many of the millions impacted were in Canada.

Those whose information was compromised would have been contacted directly by the company, Magdovitz said.

The California-based company is encouraging users to change their passwords via a dedicated reset site, and has set up a call centre for round-the-clock support.

“... Out of an abundance of caution, we are encouraging all of those affected to reset their passwords to one that is unique to DoorDash,” reads an email received by a Canadian customer in Toronto.

The company operates in Toronto, as well as Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Regina, Vancouver, Winnipeg and several other Canadian cities.

But the company said only some - not all - of those who started using the app on or after April 5, 2018 were affected.

“For security reasons and because our investigation is still ongoing, I cannot get into specific details,” wrote Magdovitz, when asked why that particular date marked the cutoff.

The date is prior to the company launching operations in some of its Canadian locations. DoorDash became available in Winnipeg this May, for example, and Montreal in August.

Earlier in September, the company noticed what it called “unusual activity involving a third-party service provider,” it said in a statement posted to its blog Thursday. It launched an investigation that included outside security experts and determined some DoorDash user data was accessed on May 4.

It “took immediate steps to block further access” by that party and enhanced its security, the company said.

DoorDash notified law enforcement and regulators, and is assisting them in their ongoing investigation, said Magdovitz.

The stolen data may include profile information, such as users' names, email addresses, delivery addresses and phone numbers. It may also include “hashed, salted passwords,” which the company said make the actual password indecipherable to a third party.

It appears some consumers also had the last four digits of their payment cards taken, while some drivers and merchants had the last four digits of their bank account numbers stolen.

However, the company said the perpetrator or perpetrators did not obtain enough information to make fraudulent charges or withdrawals.

About 100,000 drivers had their driver's license numbers stolen.

The DoorDash breach is one of several large-scale privacy invasions in recent years.

A data breach at Capital One in July exposed the data of about six million Canadians, including roughly a million social insurance numbers, as well as the data of about 100 million American clients.

In June, Desjardins Group revealed a data breach there affected nearly three million members, including individuals and businesses. Names, addresses, birthdates, social-insurance numbers and other private information was leaked.

And in 2017, some 19,000 Canadians had their data compromised as part of a broader breach at Equifax Inc. The breach impacted nearly 150 million people, including the Canadians.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 27, 2019.

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Cooked, diced chicken recalled by CFIA over possible Listeria contamination - CBC News

Some cooked diced chicken meat that was marketed under a number of brand names is being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the chicken was sold across the country by Tip Top Poultry Inc., Reuven International Ltd., Sysco and AlimPlus Inc.

It came in 4, 4.54 and 13.64 kilogram packages, all with the same pack date of July 29, 2019.

Anyone who has the chicken is advised to either throw it out or return it to the place of purchase.

There have been no reports of illness linked to the product.

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McDonald's in Canada launches new plant-based burger - Metro.co.uk

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McDonald’s in Canada is launching a new plant-based burger – but it’s not technically suitable for vegans or vegetarians because of the way it’s cooked.

The PLT (Plant Lettuce Tomato) burger uses a Beyond Meat burger, served on a sesame seed bun with tomato, lettuce, pickles, onions, mayo-style sauce, ketchup, mustard and a slice of processed cheddar cheese.

Beyond Meat burgers are completely vegan patties made to look, cook and even bleed like beefburgers.

Of course, including all the toppings on the PLT mean it’s not vegan as cheese contains dairy and mayo contains eggs – but the fast food restaurant says it can be customised.

However, it turns out that the burgers are cooked on the same grill as other meat-based products and eggs so they aren’t even technically vegetarian.

After announcing the launch of the trial in Southwestern Ontario on Twitter, people criticised the brand for not cooking it in a separate area.

Meet the P.L.T., a delicious, juicy plant-based burger, that will be available for a limited time as a test at selected restaurants in Southwestern Ontario. pic.twitter.com/0oozPRXGcT

— McDonald's Canada (@McDonaldsCanada) September 26, 2019

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One said: ‘I would state then that you should consider upping your game? Burger King offers “ultra vegan” options with separate fry pans already.

‘You have in market competition, do not be so lame. It’s about ethical eating, no need to meat grease the P.L.T. and it prematurely defame.’

Another added: ‘No it’s not vegan. They cook it with burgers so will contain blood of dead animals. Ridiculous.

‘Bet their nut free food options would be rolled in crushed nuts. Seriously stop telling people to talk to server. THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR VEGETARIANS OR VEGANS all you need to put.’

No, our plant-based patty will be cooked on the same grill as other burgers, meat-based products and eggs.

— McDonald's Canada (@McDonaldsCanada) September 26, 2019

‘I stupidly assumed that they’d have the good sense to use a separate grill instead of just smearing it around on the one covered in beef and bacon grease. Lesson learned,’ another said.

The burger is currently being trialled in 28 restaurants in the Southwestern Ontario region.

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There’s still no news of a plant-based burger coming to the UK but earlier this year, McDonald’s in Germany announced it was trialling a vegan burger (that was cooked separately from the rest of the food), so hopefully, we’ll see more vegan fast food options spreading soon.

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Elsewhere, Burger King trialled the Impossible Whopper (again cooked with meat) in the US earlier this year and in the UK, KFC trialled the vegan Imposter burger this summer.

MORE: Vegan campaigners say nurseries are discriminating against kids with dairy-free diet by only offering free cow’s milk

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