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Starbucks is suffering from a mountain of mobile orders and chronic understaffing, a store employee says

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 12:18

Workers at a Starbucks with a menu overhead. — Starbucks' mobile ordering system has become a challenge for store employees to manage, one told BI.
Lindsey Wasson/AP

Retail, Starbucks, restaurants, fast-food

Inside the legal battle over Kroger and Albertsons — and the fate of the biggest supermarket merger in US history

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 12:43

Grocery store workers rallying against the proper merger between Kroger and Albertsons. — Unionized grocery store workers have rallied against the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons.
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Retail, kroger, albertsons, walmart, Costco, grocery-stores

Retailers are highlighting two very different realities emerging among squeezed US shoppers

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 10:42

Tech Insider : Economy

dollar general store — A shopper at a dollar store in Brooklyn.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Retail, dollar-stores, Retail, economy, Shopping

I tried the cheapest cheeseburgers at McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King, and the least expensive was the best

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 08:19

cheapest burgers from mcdonalds burger king wendys — Burger King's classic cheeseburger had the most flavorful burger and bun.
Erin McDowell/Business Insider; NYC Russ/Shutterstock; Savvapanf Photo/Shutterstock; rafapress/Shutterstock

Food, Retail, fast-food, McDonalds, burger-king, wendys, cheeseburgers

North Americans aren't buying as much Lululemon, but Chinese consumers can't get enough

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 01:23

Lululemon Shanghai — Lululemon saw revenue in China increase by 34%, but only by 1% in the US and Canada during the second quarter, compared to the same time last year.
Costfoto/Getty Images

Retail, Lululemon, leggings, china-retail-sales

Tyson's finance chief is out of the job. The Tyson heir got the gig at 32, making him the youngest Fortune 500 CFO.

Fri, 08/30/2024 - 00:54

Tyson Foods' former CFO John Randal Tyson will not return to his position after a DWI charge.

AP Photo/Danny Johnston

Retail, Tyson, chief-financial-officer, cfo

Inside the relationship of billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner and model Karlie Kloss, the power couple with unconventional ties to Trump

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 16:07

Tech Insider : Politics

josh kushner karlie kloss — Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss.
Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic

Entertainment, politics, Features, jared-kushner, ivanka-trump, karlie-kloss, joshua-kushner

Dollar General just showed how bad things are for budget-conscious shoppers

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 13:15

Tech Insider : Economy

A customer shops at a Dollar General store. — A customer shops at a Dollar General store on March 17, 2022 in Vallejo, California.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Retail, dollar-general, Retail, Shopping, Stores, dollar-stores, economy

I tried and ranked all of Burger King's chicken wraps. The spicy wrap was a flavorful, low-calorie option.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 11:49

burger king royal crispy wrap — Burger King's lineup of chicken wraps are some of the healthiest items on the menu.
Erin McDowell/Business Insider

Food, Retail, taste-tests, taste-test, burger-king, fast-food, healthy-fast-food

A Kroger exec reportedly testified that the supermarket giant raised prices of milk and eggs beyond inflation costs

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 11:25

Tech Insider : Economy

Carton of eggs in a Kroger grocery store. — A Kroger executive testified in court that the company jacked up the prices of milk and eggs beyond the added costs from inflation, according to a new report.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Retail, economy, kroger, Grocery, Inflation

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