The Employee Free Choice Act, a controversial measure that would make it easier for workers to unionize and that has galvanized fervent opposition from business groups, was officially introduced in Congress….
Read More »The LEAN Act would require restaurants and grocery stores that serve prepared foods at 20 or more locations to provide consumers calorie information for each menu item.
Read More »The original strategy may have changed, but McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) continues to charge full steam ahead into its new McCafe line of coffees.
Read More »Weighing in on a controversy that has been looming for weeks, billionaire investor Warren Buffett on CNBC this morning called the Employee Free Choice Act (Card Check) a “mistake.”
Read More »President Barack Obama told AFL-CIO union leaders Tuesday in a videotaped address that the controversial Employee Free Choice Act will pass, signaling his full backing for legislation that makes union organizing easier.
Read More »Tim Hortons Inc. said that poor sales and store closures within its U.S. division led to an 8.6-percent drop in fourth-quarter profit for the Canadian coffee and doughnut franchisor.
Read More »Starbucks recently announced that it’s selling discounted pairings of coffee and breakfast food for $3.95, a type of promotion long used at fast-food chains. It’s the first move in an aggressive campaign to counter the widespread perception that Starbucks is the home of the $4 cup of coffee.
Read More »Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. announced last week that it plans to add at least 50 overseas stores in 2009, with definite plans to enter new markets in Turkey, China and Malaysia.
Read More »The Clover is a drip coffee machine so expensive ($11,000) and highly specialized that fewer than 250 Clovers were delivered in the two years before Starbucks bought the company.
Read More »McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner says Starbucks’ new breakfast offerings aren’t taking marketshare away from his company.
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