McDonald’s CosMc’s chain expansion
The purple coloring of CosMc’s Tropical Spiceade comes from the mix of lemonade, pineapple flavoring and dragonfruit. Amelia Lucas | CNBC Nearly six months since McDonald’s opened its first CosMc’s …
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Starbucks union negotiations set to resume
People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York’s East Village on Nov. 16, 2023. Spencer Platt | Getty Images When Starbucks and its baristas union resume contract bargaining …
The stock market gets nailed by the Fed, again. Plus, Starbucks’ quiet comeback
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re …
Meet the leaders of the Trump era’s new conservative economic populism
This reported column is Part Two of Eamon Javers’ two-part series on the new, conservative economic populism gaining ground among Republicans close to former President Donald Trump. In Part One, …
Is there a pullback in consumer spending? Here’s what CEOs say
People walk past a Sweetgreen restaurant in Manhattan on September 14, 2023. Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty Images With higher prices and elevated interest rates stubbornly sticking …
Grocery sales rise as fast food prices increase
Getty Images (L) | Reuters (R) Forget the drive-thru. Walmart wants diners to find a value meal in its grocery aisles. As fast food gets pricier, the nation’s largest grocer …
Sweetgreen, Chipotle and Wingstop aren’t seeing a consumer slowdown
A food delivery messenger carries a take-out bag outside a Sweetgreen in Manhattan, New York City, on Sept. 14, 2023. Jeenah Moon | The Washington Post | Getty Images High-income …
Booming luxury travel and a jump in ‘relief’ loans
At American Express, consumers are continuing to open high-fee credit cards and splurge on luxuries like travel. But for lending firm Upstart, there’s a strong interest in microloans as cash-strapped …
What we know about the consumer so far
A customer walks through The Home Depot store on February 20, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The state of the consumer in 2024 is already taking …
Ex-CEO Howard Schultz weighs in on Starbucks earnings miss
Howard Schultz, former chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., drinks from a Starbucks mug during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, …