Buying a Franchise This Salad Chain Found a Faster Way to Grow — By Buying Up Rivals’ Locations Crisp & Green is buying and converting MAD Greens and Snappy Salads locations and expanding into non-coastal cities.
Business News Candy Prices Are Way Up — But That’s Not Scaring Americans Away From Buying Tons of Halloween Candy This Year Chocolate prices are up 15.5% this season. But that hasn't stopped people from filling their trick-or-treat bowls.
Business News America Finally Got a New Sunscreen. Europeans Have Been Sporting It Since 1999. BEMT took 20 years to clear the FDA, and brands like Neutrogena are racing to get it between skin and the sun.
Business News This Popular Pickleball Franchisor Filed for Bankruptcy. Its Founder Says, ‘I Own It’ The Picklr stepped into the kitchen with too many lease guarantees, and now it’s in Chapter 11.
Business News Netflix Is Cutting 1,000 Jobs in Its Biggest Layoffs Since 2022 Shares of the streaming giant have fallen more than 40% over the past year as engagement slows.
Buying a Franchise Dave’s Hot Chicken Started With $900 in a Parking Lot. It Now Has 500 Restaurants. The chain has eight openings in one day, deals across Europe and no sign of slowing down.
Business News Cyberhackers Just Took Down the Freezers at 400 French Supermarkets, Forcing Grocers to Throw Away Food Nobody has claimed responsibility, and many of the targeted systems were running outdated software.
Business News AI Leaders Are Privately Gaming Out What Happens After a Major AI Disaster: ‘Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Damage’ Insiders expect a large-scale attack within 6 months to a year, though some security pros say the worst-case warnings are overblown.
Buying a Franchise Taco Bell and Milk Bar Are Stuffing a Birthday Cake Into an Empanada The $3.49 dessert is the latest move in Taco Bell’s push to win the afternoon snack crowd.
Business News Hilton’s AI Trip Planner Wants To Book Your Travel. Customers Aren’t So Sure Yet. The hotel is using AI to keep bookings in-house, but most travelers still don’t trust a chatbot to plan their vacation.
Business News A New Lawsuit Claims Some Starbucks ‘Sugar-Free’ Drinks Have as Much Sugar as a Kit Kat The suit claims the protein drinks mislead customers, but Starbucks says it intends to “vigorously defend” itself.
Buying a Franchise As Franchises Go After Chick-fil-A, Its CEO Is Prescribing a ‘Healthy Dose of Fear’ Andrew Cathy say the heated franchise chicken wars will only make his company better.
Business News These Cats and Dogs Have the Best Job Ever: Taste-Testing Pet Food for a $17 Billion Industry At a Royal Canin research center in France, hundreds of cats and dogs gobble kibble for science and business.
Buying a Franchise Dr Pepper on Your Pizza? It’s a Thing Now at Some Franchises. Round Table Pizza, Slim Chickens and Portillo's are turning the 23-flavor soda into sauces, rubs and shakes.
Business News These Siblings Were Supposed to Get Subway Owners the Best Deals on Supplies. Instead, Proecutors Say They Ran an $80 Million Fraud Scheme. A brother and sister in charge of buying supplies for Subway owners allegedly used millions in kickbacks to fund their lavish lifestyles.
Business News Self-Checkout Was Supposed to Save Stores Time and Money. Turns Out It Does Neither. Retailers are finally learning what shoppers have known all along. Self-checkout is the worst.
Business News Google Goes Nuclear With a Massive Power Deal to Keep Data Centers Running AI is hungry for power sources and nuclear energy is the main course.
Buying a Franchise Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face. The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.
Business News Utah’s Breakout Star Is an AI App That Writes Acne Prescriptions — No Dr. Pimple Popper Required Utah is the first state to let AI prescribe zit medicine without direct doctor oversight.
Business News Her Late Mom Made Her This Toast Every Day. Now Customers Line Up Around the Block for It. After a wildfire took her home and her mom passed away from cancer, Ally Walsh found comfort serving this snack at her Canyon Coffee cafe.
Buying a Franchise Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’ Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain's dirty soda push fizzled.
Business News Who’s the Genius Behind Meta’s Hit AI App Muse? A Mulleted, Croc-Wearing MIT Dropout. Alexandr Wang's Muse hit 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT. Some Meta employees don't like the special treatment of his hires.
Business News Want to Skip College for a Year to Learn AI? This Silicon Valley-Backed Academy Is Free and Comes With $55K in Perks. A tuition-free San Francisco academy incubated by Andreessen Horowitz will train young builders and future founders in AI.
Business News Your Car Is Spying on You. A New Study Shows Just Who It’s Telling Your Secrets To. Researchers found every car they tested sent data to outside companies, and many companion apps shared drivers' locations and VINs.
Business News Pop-Tarts’ Boozy BuzzBallz Cocktails Fizzle Out After a Month — Here’s Why Mars ‘Regrets the Partnership’ Mars is pulling its BuzzBallz collaboration after critics said the boozy drinks could appeal to kids.
Business News Six Flags Pulls the Plug on the X2 Roller Coaster Linked to 100+ Brain Injury Claims: ‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’ Magic Mountain is retiring the popular ride after a string of lawsuits, including a wrongful-death case that it just settled.
Buying a Franchise Diners Are Back in Restaurants, but Popeyes and Buffalo Wild Wings Still Want a Spot in Your Pantry The Franchise 500 chains are rolling out Pringles and take-home biscuits even as restaurant spending rebounds.
Business News Why Larry Ellison Spent $10 Million Buying Up Houses for His Kids’ Tutors and Staff The Oracle billionaire bought eight houses near his Florida compound so his kids' tutors could live close — but not too close.
Business News Would You Take a $10,000 Check to Let a Data Center Into Your Backyard? This Town Isn’t Buying It. When a developer offered every household in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, $10,000 to approve a data center, many locals smelled a rat.
Business News Worried About AI Agents Destroying the World? Nvidia Has Software for That. After a string of AI agents that "escaped containment," Nvidia wants to help businesses keep theirs on a leash.