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Chains like Sweetgreen and Chipotle are finally realizing they need to look beyond the ‘slop bowl’

Wraps and protein are emerging as the next fast-food bandwagons.

By Phil WahbaFebruary 27, 2026
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Burger King tests OpenAI-powered headsets that will track the friendliness of drive-through workers
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressFebruary 27, 2026
Two restaurant workers wearing black stand in front of a silver "Flippy" fry station.
Meet your new robot fry cooks: Inside the $28 billion race to disrupt White Castle and Jack in the Box
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 26, 2026
Customers in the electronics section at Walmart on Black Friday in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. Americans are planning to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to credit reporting firm TransUnion. Photographer: Brian Kaiser/Bloomberg via Getty Images
McKinsey studied 61 growth companies that outperformed their peers through COVID, inflation, and labor shocks. Here’s what they all had in common
By Geoff ColvinFebruary 26, 2026
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Home Depot CEO says with the housing market stalemate, ‘our customers are telling us that they’re not investing’
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 25, 2026
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Investing3 things we will never know after Netflix pulled out of the Warner Bros. bidding, handing it to Paramount
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastTrump urges Iranians to ‘take over your government’ as he launches ‘major combat operations’
By The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
AIOpenAI sweeps in to ink deal with Pentagon as Anthropic is designated a ‘supply chain risk’—an unprecedented action likely to crimp its growth
By Jeremy KahnFebruary 28, 2026
EnergyOPEC+ to weigh bigger hike after Iran strike, delegates say
By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, Ben Bartenstein, Fiona MacDonald and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastU.S. airstrikes target members of Iranian leadership while retaliation focuses on Israel and American bases in the region
By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastEuropean leaders call for resumption of U.S.-Iran talks but say ‘Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future’
By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastAirspace closed and flights canceled across the Mideast amid U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran
By Cara Rubinsky and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Big TechYour spend as a ‘weapon’: Scott Galloway’s ‘Resist and Unsubscribe’ movement asks you to ditch Amazon, Apple, and Netflix to oppose Trump
By Kristin StollerFebruary 28, 2026
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InvestingPepsi to cut product offering nearly 20% in deal with $4 billion activist Elliott
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressDecember 8, 2025
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Law22-year-old Australian TikToker raises $1.7 million for 88-year-old Michigan grocer after chance encounter weeks earlier
By Ed White and The Associated PressDecember 6, 2025
RetailU.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
By Jeena Sharma and Retail BrewDecember 5, 2025
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HealthBest Vegan Meal Delivery Services of 2026: Tasted and Reviewed
By Christina SnyderDecember 5, 2025
RetailBest Prepared Meal Delivery Services of 2026: RD Approved
By Christina SnyderDecember 5, 2025
Steve Milton is the CEO of Chain, a culinary-led pop-culture experience company founded by B.J. Novak and backed by Studio Ramsay Global.
CommentaryAffordability isn’t enough. Fast-casual restaurants need a fandom-first approach
By Steve MiltonDecember 5, 2025
Big TechSpotify users lamented Wrapped in 2024. This year, the company brought back an old favorite and made it less about AI
By Dave Lozo and Morning BrewDecember 4, 2025
Bear
RetailBuild-A-Bear stock falls 15% as it reveals the real hit from tariffs, at last
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2025
The outside of a Dollar General store, at night
RetailDollar Tree says the majority of its new customers earn at least $100,000 a year
By Dave SmithDecember 4, 2025
Kris Mayes
LawArizona becomes latest state to sue Temu over claims that its stealing customer data
By Sejal Govindarao and The Associated PressDecember 3, 2025
Tony Cuccio posing in a chair
C-SuiteTony Cuccio started with $200 selling beauty products on Venice Beach. Then he brought gel nails to the masses—and forged a $2 billion empire
By Dave SmithDecember 3, 2025
CybersecurityMain Street’s make-or-break upgrade: Why small businesses are racing to modernize their tech
By Ashley LutzDecember 3, 2025
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BankingCostco sues Trump, demanding refunds on tariffs already paid
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressDecember 2, 2025
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RetailCyber Monday to set record with up to $14.2 billion of online spending, the biggest shopping day of the year and ever
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressDecember 2, 2025
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LawZohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders visit striking Starbucks baristas on picket line as union demands contract after nearly 4 years
By Jennifer Peltz and The Associated PressDecember 2, 2025
RetailCostco joins companies suing for refunds if Trump’s tariffs fall
By Zoe Tillman, Jaewon Kang and BloombergDecember 1, 2025
RetailExtended holiday sales, effectively Black November, is ‘confusing’ for customers and dilutes shopping ‘sparkle’ of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays past
By Kristina Monllos and Marketing BrewDecember 1, 2025
Starbucks
LawStarbucks to settle with over 15,000 New York City workers for roughly $35 million
By The Associated PressDecember 1, 2025
Ted Sarandos
Arts & EntertainmentNetflix would be ‘killing three birds with one stone’ by buying Warner Bros. Discovery, BofA says
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 1, 2025
Cyber Monday
RetailAdobe sees Americans spending $14.2 billion online during Cyber Monday, last call for holiday shopping binge
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressDecember 1, 2025
RetailTeen brands win over wary Black Friday shoppers while other deals disappoint
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergNovember 30, 2025
Black Friday
Economy‘Black Friday has really turned into like a full week event’: America spends Thanksgiving week cruising for deals amid $18 billion spending explosion
By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressNovember 30, 2025
RetailFrom Martha Stewart to Dockers to Toys “R” Us, brand managers are raking in billions betting on classic American names
By Amanda GerutNovember 30, 2025
McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said earlier the fast-food chain's combo meals were too expensive for its customers.
C-SuiteMcDonald’s promoted its new $8 nugget combo meal, then got blasted online with complaints about affordability, quality and service
By Nino PaoliNovember 29, 2025
Black Friday
Economy‘The economy is bad, but you still have to celebrate’: Black Friday shoppers attack stores with a vengeance, some sipping champagne
By Anne D'Innocenzio, Cathy Bussewitz, Stephen Smith and The Associated PressNovember 29, 2025
Shoppers in a Target on Black Friday
RetailShoppers are underwhelmed by deals and crowds on Black Friday
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergNovember 28, 2025
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RetailBlack Friday faces its ultimate test as desperate retailers and low consumer confidence collide in a high-stakes holiday standoff
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressNovember 28, 2025
Cecile van Steenberge is Pinterest’s Vice President of International Enterprise Sales
RetailBeyond the scroll: how visual search is redefining the future of retail
By Cecile van SteenbergeNovember 28, 2025
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EuropeEurope’s most popular sign of Christmas is a star that’s been handmade for over 180 years by one of the world’s oldest Protestant denominations
By Kirsten Grieshaber and The Associated PressNovember 28, 2025
SuccessThis ‘boring’ job that millennials and boomers abandoned is the hottest seasonal job on the market—and it’s Gen Z’s path to a six-figure career
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 28, 2025
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