Dee-Ann Durbin

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  • burger kingAI

    Burger King tests OpenAI-powered headsets that will track the friendliness of drive-through workers

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • reeseC-Suite

    You’re not imagining that Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup tasting different. Just ask the inventor’s grandson

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • wendy'sBanking

    Wendy’s closes hundreds of restaurants after plunge in same-store sales worse than Wall Street expected

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • cokeBanking

    Your Coke cost 4% more in North America last quarter, and just 1% more globally

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • This photo provided by Pepsi shows the Pepsi Zero Sugar 2026 Super Bowl NFL football spot. (Pepsi via AP)Arts & Entertainment

    Super Bowl ads go for silliness, tears and nostalgia as Americans reel from ‘collective trauma’ of recent upheaval — ‘Everybody is stressed out’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Mae Anderson, and others
  • McNuggetsTravel & Leisure

    McDonald’s wants you to eat caviar McNuggets this Valentine’s Day

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • coffeeRetail

    Starbucks battles the ‘polyamorous’ era of coffee as customers experiment: ‘they’re seeing what’s out there’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • treeNorth America

    80% of American Christmas trees are fake. They’re also tariffed

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Coca-ColaC-Suite

    Coca-Cola names 30-year veteran Henrique Braun as new CEO

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • OreoRetail

    Zero-sugar Oreos headed to America for first time

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • cracker barrelEconomy

    Cracker Barrel slashes forecast as Uncle Herschel fallout continues despite logo reinstatement

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Nick Lichtenberg, and others
  • Paul SingerInvesting

    Pepsi to cut product offering nearly 20% in deal with $4 billion activist Elliott

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A Southwest Airlines jet pulls into a gate at Dallas Love Field Airport Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)North America

    Trump administration waives part of a Biden-era fine against Southwest Airlines for thousands of canceled flights in 2022

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • StarbucksRetail

    Over 1,000 Starbucks workers plan strike at 65 stores on highly trafficked Red Cup Day

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
  • Ryan SprankleRetail

    Grocer who once sold Trump popcorn rips ‘inhumane’ shutdown: ‘You can’t take away from the most needy people in the country’

    By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press