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Limited-time-offers (LTOs) bring consumers back to stores they may not have visited in a while and in rare cases, they may get a shopper to go someplace they rarely, or never, visit. In other cases, an LTO simply gets a customer to spend more than they otherwise might have. Starbucks, for example, ...

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Starbucks is scheduled to report its third-quarter results soon, and analysts expect a double-digit earnings increase.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG), a U.S. restaurant chain offering customizable Mexican-inspired food, is expanding into Mexico with its first location scheduled to open Thursday in the Monterrey metropolitan area. The company is entering the market in partnership with Alsea, a Latin American restaurant operator that manages brands including Starbucks across the region. Chipotle plans to open additional restaurants in Nuevo Leon later this year before expanding into Mexico City in 2027, suggesting the company is taking a phased approach to building its presence in the country.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) is preparing to open its first restaurant in Mexico this week, marking a major milestone in the company’s international growth strategy as it enters the country that inspired much of its menu. The restaurant chain, which operates more than 4,100 locations worldwide, described the launch as a significant step in its global expansion plans.

Ten months ago, in September 2025, Starbucks walked into 11,000 stores with NomadGo’s inventory Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that promised 99% accuracy and counted up to eight times faster than a human. After 9 months, in May 2026, according to Reuters, an internal newsletter retired the ...

Starbucks (SBUX) is looking to chase a feeling that doesn’t start in a coffee shop. In fact, it typically starts with summer, orange-and-vanilla frozen treats, and the sort of dessert most people remember from childhood before they ever knew what espresso was. That’s what makes the coffee-shop ...

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Costco, like many of its retail rivals, has embraced artificial intelligence (AI). That's perhaps a little surprising given that the chain has traditionally waited for its rivals to prove the benefits of using emerging technology before adopting it. AI, while it has become common, has also had its ...

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) just delivered two of the most instructive turnaround updates in restaurants. Starbucks posted its clearest inflection yet under Brian Niccol. Chipotle, still working through a full year of negative comps, leaned harder on unit growth and menu innovation. Same sector, two very different scoreboards. Coffee Traffic Comes Back. ... Starbucks vs Chipotle: Two Restaurant Titans, Two Playbooks, Only One Winner

Loyalty programs, when they work well, offer meaningful rewards in exchange for spending at a specific retailer or restaurant. For the program to succeed, rewards have to be attainable while also substantial enough to feel like you've earned something. Starbucks, for example, does this incredibly ...

Juneteenth is the nation's newest federal holiday, celebrated on June 19th, the date in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the last enslaved Black Americans were free. As Americans make plans for the holiday — which many people celebrate by attending festivals ...

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Athletes and older adults have long used smoothies and shakes blended with whey protein concentrate – a powdered byproduct of cheese-making – to build or maintain muscle. The average U.S. supermarket now has 38,708 products advertising their protein content, according to NielsenIQ, a market research company. “Demand is very firm and seemingly outpacing supply for right now,” said Kathleen Wolfley, vice president of Ever.Ag Insights, a data provider and consulting company for the agriculture industry.

Starbucks is on a roll right now. U.S. comparable-store sales jumped 7% last quarter, transactions are increasing across all income groups, and operating income is inflecting for the first time in two years. But behind the momentum, Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol is quietly making moves that ...

The coffee chain has held preliminary talks with investment banks on options for its Japan unit, which could be valued at up to $3.1 billion

Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is reportedly reviewing strategic alternatives for its business in Japan, including a possible partial divestment or public listing, according to a Bloomberg News report citing people familiar with the matter. The coffee chain has held early-stage discussions with investment banks as it assesses options for its Japanese subsidiary, one of the company’s most significant international operations.

Starbucks wants to be your place of wellness in addition to your caffeine source. The coffee giant is building its protein and energy-drink offerings, and exploring the addition of drinks with collagen and creatine. “It is wellness, it is hydration and it is energy,” Starbucks Chief Executive Brian Niccol said during an investor forum Tuesday, when asked about his beverage priorities.

Two beaten-down restaurant names, one decision: should a retirement-focused investor put fresh capital into Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) or Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) right now? Both stocks have been punished, but for opposite reasons. Starbucks has rallied off its lows as a turnaround takes hold, while Chipotle has cratered as its growth story collapsed into ... Chipotle vs Starbucks: One Turnaround Is Real, One Is Just Smoke

Starbucks is taking steps to crack the code on the afternoon business.

40% of nearly 1,000 major companies surveyed by Bain & Company found cost reductions from AI use of just 10% or less.

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Most people buy stocks the way they buy umbrellas. They want one when it is already raining and forget it the moment the sun comes out. The crowd chases what is hot and runs from what is cold, which is usually the opposite of what builds wealth over time. For about two years, one of America's most ...

When Starbucks introduced its new flat-fee pricing for drink customizations last year, the aim was to ease customer frustrations. As it turns out, the coffee megalith only shot itself in the foot. Data from market research firm YouGov shows that customers’ value perception of Starbucks fell notably ...

In fast-casual restaurants right now, there is one number every analyst is hunting for, and almost nobody is producing it. That number is positive guest traffic. Sweetgreen (SG) posted an 11.2% traffic decline in the first quarter of 2026, per its first-quarter 2026 earnings release. Chipotle (CMG) ...

Just because it’s a holiday Monday doesn’t mean you can live without coffee. So if a Starbucks run is part of your morning routine, you may be wondering whether you can still grab that iced brown sugar oat milk espresso or latte just like you usually do, even though it's Memorial Day. While ...

Corporate America has spent the past two years acting like every problem has an artificial intelligence (AI) solution attached to it. The pitch is always the same. Faster than people. Cheaper than people. More accurate than people. Boardrooms have funded it, consultants have sold it, and ...

When most restaurant chains have been sounding the alarm on the American consumer, Starbucks just posted one of its strongest quarters in recent memory. The numbers were hard to ignore. Global comparable store sales grew more than 6%. Transactions in the U.S. rose over 4%. Earnings ...

Private markets are in focus, with initial public offerings (IPOs) from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) on the horizon. Powers Advisory Group managing partner Matt Powers joins Yahoo Finance to explain why he says investors should wait to buy into these names.

Starbucks is facing a backlash in South Korea — its third-largest market — after a marketing campaign that was viewed as mocking the victims...