

►Thanksgiving Day store closings: What stores are closed on Thanksgiving 2021? Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Costco, Kohl's and more With key ingredients such as meat, oil and eggs soaring in cost, 75% of restaurants have had to make menu changes including increasing prices, according to the National Restaurant Association. Restaurant holiday hours will vary more than years past as businesses across the country deal with numerous challenges from labor shortages to supply chain issues, which has led some chains to reclose dining rooms and cut hours, according to research from InMarket, a consumer intelligence company. National chains like Starbucks, McDonald's, Dunkin' and Applebee's will have many of their locations open Thursday, but others including Chipotle, Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A will be closed for the holiday. If you're looking for a Thanksgiving food fix, your options will be limited. "The universe wanted you to have an even number," another added.ĭo you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to with some details about your best friend and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.Watch Video: Thanksgiving dinner is going to be more expensive this year "Aww, I'm so glad they found the box and y'all kept the baby," one user wrote. Since it was shared to TikTok by Amanda as the post has been liked by more than 72,000 users and commented on more than 200 times. By the end of the TikTok video, Amanda's cat Jack seemed to have taken a liking to his new sibling. The kitten has joined a lively and pet-friendly household that already has five cats. The mother described Dorothy as being very "cuddly, confident and sweet", considering her difficult background. She is seemingly very healthy, and has another vet appointment coming up," she added. Our vet confirmed that she does not have a microchip, and that she is about two months old, weighing in at 2.8 pouds. "My daughter named her Dorothy, and she's already had her first vet visit.

"The basic idea behind the the Universal Cat Distribution System is that sometimes you don't adopt a cat: rather, a cat adopts you," Amanda told Newsweek. "The Universal Cat Distribution System" is a phrase that originated on TikTok to refer to the common occurrence of cats randomly entering people's homes and becoming part of their families. At that moment I knew that the cat distribution system was gifting us a new kitten."

"Once I got to Starbucks, spoke with my daughter and saw the box and the note, I realized that the kitten didn't have an owner to find. I thought she may have found a lost pet, and that we were about to start our journey to finding the kitten's owner. A yellow Post-it Note had been left beside the cat saying 'pls take, cannot take care of it.' Saddened to see where the young kitten had wound up, Amanda and her family quickly decided to adopt the cat.Īmanda recalled the moment she first heard about the cat: "The Starbucks was less than a mile from our home, so I did get there quite quick after my daughter told me what she had found. A video about the feline has broken hearts online.Īmanda's daughter and her friend were surprised to find the small kitten in the box, sitting on top of a pile of old, crumpled newspapers. Curiosity got the best of them, so they decided to open the box and see what was inside," Amanda, who didn't give her surname, added.ĭorothy the kitten was found abandoned in a cardboard box outside a Starbucks. As they approached they saw the word 'FREE' was written on the side of the box. "As they were headed into the entrance while walking up the sidewalk from behind the building, they noticed a closed cardboard box that was pushed up against the back of the Starbucks building and near the sidewalk. "On Wednesday May 24, my teenage daughter went to Starbucks with her classmate after school," the video's creator and Dorothy's new owner, Amanda, told Newsweek. The family have since adopted the homeless feline and TikTokers were shown clips of the kitten, who has since been named Dorothy, inside the carboard box and getting acquainted with her new family. A video of an abandoned kitten found in a cardboard box outside a branch of Starbucks has broken hearts across the internet.Ī TikTok post explains that the daughter of the creator of the video had gone to an unidentified Starbucks after school with a friend, only to find a large cardboard box outside the coffee shop with the word "FREE" written on it and a kitten sitting inside.
