Utah-based drink chain Swig coined “dirty soda” back in 2010. Fifteen years later, the trend is fueling innovation everywhere from PepsiCo to McDonald’s, infusing the sluggish beverage category with new life. “Dirty soda” drinks use pop as a base, followed by flavored syrups, cream or other ingredients. While Swig claims …
Company: Performance Food Group (PFGC) Business: Performance Food Group is a food and foodservice distribution company that operates through three segments: foodservice, specialty (formerly “Vistar”), and convenience. Its foodservice segment distributes a line of national brands, customer brands, and its proprietary-branded food and food-related products to independent and multi-unit chain …
A Wawa store is seen on May 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Fast-food restaurants are losing breakfast customers to convenience stores. Morning meal traffic to fast-food chains rose 1% in the three months ended in July, while visits to food-forward convenience stores climbed 9% in …
The conundrum of President Donald Trump is one I try to stay away from. Not because I don’t want to go there, but because it hasn’t been all that lucrative to do so. Because of the president’s sheer, endless presence in the media, and his love of CEOS — to …
The odds of a recession may be falling, but states appear to be betting that corporate leaders are still nervous. An analysis of all 50 states’ economic development marketing efforts — part of CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study — finds that a strong economy is the most …
With a simple menu and company-owned restaurants, Raising Cane’s has quietly surpassed KFC in annual U.S. sales, becoming the third-largest chicken chain in the country. The accomplishment follows a recent winning streak for the 28-year-old company, which has spent the last decade expanding outside its home bases in Louisiana and …
Revelers attend the annual LGBTQ+ Capital Pride parade in Washington D.C., U.S., June 8, 2024. Leah Millis | Reuters Companies that were once loud and proud in supporting LGBTQ+ community celebrations are pulling back. LGBTQ+ Pride festivals across the country have faced significant sponsorship challenges this year, with some losing …
More than three weeks after the calamitous April 2 “reciprocal tariffs” announcement threw the stock market into chaos, investors are trying to make sense of a world in which higher tariffs are likely here to stay — and one in which the U.S. may have lost its edge. Stocks have …
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting at the Business Roundtable headquarters on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images America’s richest and most powerful companies shelled out millions to fund President Donald Trump‘s inauguration festivities. Three months later, some may …
People walk past Target Store in Midtown Manhattan on March 6, 2025 in New York City, United States. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty Images Target CEO Brian Cornell met with the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York on Thursday as the retailer faces calls for a boycott and a …