Sweetgreen Raises Manager Pay, Lululemon Agrees to Chemical Testing, Vaca Bets on Beef Tallow

October 28, 2026: Your daily rundown of health and wellness news, in under 5 minutes.

Today's top stories:

• Sweetgreen raises top restaurant manager pay to as much as $200,000 in 2027 as it works to reverse a 6.2% same-store sales decline
• Vaca raises $5.6M to grow its beef-tallow-fried tortilla chips as consumers seek seed-oil-free snack alternatives
• Lululemon settles a Texas probe over PFAS "forever chemicals" with no penalty or admission of wrongdoing, agreeing to maintain chemical safety standards

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