Food and drink
Gatorade signs Duke basketball’s Cooper Flagg to NIL deal
Cooper Flagg #2 of the Duke Blue Devils moves the ball against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on October 27, 2024 in Durham, North Carolina. The Blue Devils won 103-47. Grant Halverson | Getty Images Gatorade is adding another big name athlete to its already loaded portfolio. First-year […]
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FDA eyes McDonald’s supplier Taylor Farms as source of E. Coli outbreak
A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger is shown in this photograph, in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. An E. coli outbreak has been traced to McDonald’s Quarter Pound hamburgers served with raw slivered onions. Richard Drew | AP The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it’s investigating whether Taylor Farms, a supplier […]
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Coca-Cola CEO says McDonald’s E. coli outbreak won’t hurt beverage company’s sales
Coca-Cola President and CEO James Quincey attends a press conference with International Olympic Committee (IOC) president and China Mengniu Dairy CEO and Executive Director, as part of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the SwissTech Convention Centre in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Coca-Cola […]
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Coca-Cola is about to report earnings. Here’s what to expect
Vintage Coca-Cola bottles are seen in a shop window in Manhattan, New York City, on July 15, 2024. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images Coca-Cola is about to report third-quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday. Here is what Wall Street analysts surveyed by LSEG are expecting: Earnings per share: 74 cents Revenue: $11.60 […]
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PepsiCo trims revenue outlook as North American snacking, key international markets lag
A truck with Pepsi logo on a semitrailer is seen at Interstate 95 highway in Maryland, United States, on October 21, 2022. Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images PepsiCo on Tuesday lowered its full-year outlook for organic revenue after its second straight quarter of weaker-than-expected sales. The repercussions of the Quaker Foods North America […]
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500 Starbucks locations have voted to unionize as labor talks continue
Demonstrators protest outside a closed Starbucks Corp. location at 505 Union Station in Seattle, Washington, US, on Saturday, July 16, 2022. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Baristas at a Starbucks in Bellingham, Washington, became the 500th store to join the Starbucks Workers United union on Monday. Since the first location voted to unionize […]
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PepsiCo to buy tortilla chip maker Siete Foods for $1.2 billion
Siete Foods Tortilla Chips Courtesy: Siete Foods PepsiCo said Tuesday that it’s buying Mexican-American food company Siete Foods for $1.2 billion, marking the company’s first food acquisition in roughly five years. Like many food companies, Pepsi has been trying to shift its portfolio to include healthier options in recent years, usually through acquisitions. Recent additions […]
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Kamala Harris wants to take on price gouging. It’s hard to find agreement on what it even is
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, stop at a Sheetz gas station in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 18, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images As she unveiled her most detailed economic plan yet this week, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris pledged to fight price gouging in order […]
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Japan’s largest rice shortage in years is exacerbated by sushi-hungry tourists, weather
A plate of nigiri sushi. Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades. Japan has been contending with a rice shortage in recent months due to a mix […]
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Boar’s Head indefinitely closes Virginia plant tied to deadly listeria outbreak, discontinues liverwurst
Boar’s Head announced Friday it has indefinitely shut down a Virginia deli meat plant and discontinuing the liverwurst that is linked to a deadly multi-state listeria outbreak that also sickened dozens. In what it called a “dark moment” in the company’s history, Boar’s Head said in a Friday statement it’s indefinitely closing its plant in Jarratt, Virginia, where the […]
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