Restaurants
Buy Yum Brands to defend against a slowdown in consumer spending, Goldman Sachs says
Yum Brands is well-positioned to navigate the murky road ahead for restaurant stocks even as a slowdown in consumer spending looms, according to Goldman Sachs. Analyst Jared Garber upgraded shares of the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell owner to buy. The analyst also hiked his price target on the stock to $135 per share, implying […]
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Restaurants are short-staffed, and that’s taking a big toll on customers and workers alike
A waiter works at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 3, 2022. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Jeff Rothenberg has grown accustomed to long wait times at restaurants, even when tables are visibly open. “Another restaurant we went to had open seats outside, but when we went to the host, they mentioned […]
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Investors bet on meat grown in a lab as interest in plant-based foods cools
Investors want meat production to look more like the pharmaceutical industry than agriculture. Cultured meat, also known as cultivated, cell-based or lab-grown protein, is made by putting stem cells from the fat or muscle of an animal into a culture medium that feeds the cells, allowing them to grow. The medium is then put into […]
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This map shows the 16 U.S. stores that Starbucks is set to close because of safety concerns
Starbucks will close 16 U.S. stores, mostly on the West Coast, by the end of July because of safety concerns, according to the company. Most of the stores set to close are in the Los Angeles and Seattle metro areas. “We’ve had to make the difficult decision to close some locations that have a particularly […]
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Molson Coors to return to the Super Bowl for the first time in more than 30 years
Molson Golden and Coors Light beer bottles are pictured at the Asylum bar in New York. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Molson Coors Beverage will return to the Super Bowl next year, making its first appearance during the big game in more than 30 years. The move comes after archrival Anheuser-Busch InBev announced […]
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Black Rifle Coffee names former Wendy’s CEO as executive chair as it looks to open more stores
Black Rifle Coffee Company Courtesy: Black Rifle Coffee Company Black Rifle Coffee, a veteran-founded beverage company that went public earlier this year, said Tuesday that it has named former Office Depot and Wendy’s CEO Roland Smith as its executive chairman, effective immediately. Smith, who is already a member of Black Rifle Coffee’s board of directors, is […]
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PepsiCo raises revenue outlook after sales and profit top expectations
A customer holds a can of Pepsi beverage at a shopping mall on March 9, 2022 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province of China. VCG | Getty Images PepsiCo on Tuesday raised its revenue outlook for the year as consumers snacked on more Doritos chips and drank more Gatorade in its latest quarter. Shares of the company […]
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What Amazon’s Grubhub stake means for investors and the future of delivery
Amazon’s latest partnership with Grubhub will have little impact on the company’s stock but could signal a growing appetite to compete in restaurant delivery, analysts say. The technology company announced last week it’s partnering with the delivery platform to offer Prime users a free year membership to Grubhub+. As part of the deal, Amazon will […]
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Chipotle’s $50 million search for the future of fast food
Chipotle is testing out an autonomous kitchen assistant, Chippy, which offers a robotic solution for making chips in restaurants. Courtesy: Chipotle The lengthy lunchtime lines at Chipotle Mexican Grill waiting to order could serve as a good metaphor for Chipotle’s approach to investing in innovation: though you may have to wait a bit for results, […]
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Yum Brands says it is close to selling its Russian KFC business
A woman walks near closed KFC and McDonald’s restaurants that suspended their business in Russia due to the military invasion of Ukraine, April 16, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. Konstantin Zavrazhin | Getty Images Yum Brands is close to selling its Russian KFC business, as part of its ongoing effort to exit the country’s market, the […]
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