* Long-predicted consumer pullback finally hits restaurants like Starbucks, KFC and McDonald's CNBC
* Companies from McDonald's to 3M warn inflation is squeezing consumers CNBC
* Amazon, McDonald's show just how cautious consumers are about spending Business Insider
* Consumer spending: A new headwind for food companies Yahoo Finance
* Inflation Is Exhausting - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
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