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Buying a Franchise

Fast-Food Breakfast Buzz Boosts Egg Whites’ Prices

The growing breakfast market and competition for health-conscious customers combine to create an explosion in demand for egg whites.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

What the Devastating Coffee Fungus Means for U.S. Coffee Shops

By Kate Taylor

Tech

What Coke Is Brewing by Increasing Its Stake in Keurig

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Think Seattle’s Only Claim to Fame Is Starbucks? Think Again.

By Jason Fell

Buying a Franchise

Starbucks Expands Into Soft Drinks as SodaStream Rumors Bubble Up

The coffee giant is pushing into the handcrafted sodas market and could be looking to take a stake in one of the biggest names in the game.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Expert Explains What Makes the Best Logos So Good

Creating a logo can be the most critical branding step. Here, we critique and offer insight on the logos from some of the biggest brands.

By Richard Feloni

Buying a Franchise

McDonald’s Profit Slips in Chilly First Quarter. Will Yum Brands Fare Better?

In a quarter that saw fast-food breakfast wars and the polar vortex, here's how McDonald's is measuring up to the competition.

By Kate Taylor

Entrepreneurs

The Real Reason Business Travelers Love Fast-Food (Hint: It’s Not Because They’re Big Mac Addicts)

A new report shows that the three restaurants business travelers expense the most are Starbucks, McDonald's and Panera Bread. Here's why.

By Kate Taylor

Entrepreneurs

Where Business Travelers Expense the Most Meals (Infographic)

Bet you can't guess where workers are swiping their fancy corporate credit cards the most.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Will Blue Bottle Coffee Take On Starbucks, Or Become It?

The coffee company that positions itself as the anti-chain is poised for an ambitious expansion.

By Laura Entis

Brick & Mortar

NYC Landmark Prohibits Chain Stores From Leasing Vacated Space

When a Starbucks lease ends in May, the independently-owned Café Grumpy is slated to move into Grand Central Terminal.

By Geoff Weiss

Building a Business

Square Market Now Takes Bitcoin Payments

Paying for cool indie gadgets and gear and artisanal food with the world's first digital cash just got easier. Well, sort of.

By Kim Lachance Shandrow

Marketing

The Top Brands in Food Service, Hotels, Retail and More

These brands took the No. 1 spot in various categories. Here's why.

By Jason Daley

Building a Business

Mega Brands Collide: Soon, You Can Order ‘Oprah Chai Tea’ at Starbucks

In Oprah's first ever alignment with another brand, Oprah Chai will play a key role in Starbucks' budding tea business.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Build Your Brand by Cultivating Controversy

How to build your brand with new followers or with loyalists, by taking risks and playing with fire. After all, doesn't fortune favor the bold?

By Dan S. Kennedy

Buying a Franchise

Burger King to Let You Pay for Your Whopper by Smartphone

Taking a page from Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts, Burger King will reportedly introduce a mobile payment option in all U.S. locations.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

4 Steps to Ace an Early-Adopter Culture

Encourage your staff to be tech-forward. Give them the time and tools to experiment

By Kelli Richards

Buying a Franchise

Starbucks Banned at Sochi? No Problem. NBC Finds a Way to Smuggle It In.

While Starbucks isn't an Olympic sponsor, NBC has managed to set up its own shop for coffee addicts.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Health Department Isn’t Laughing at Dumb Starbucks’ Parody Coffee

While Comedy Central was revealed to be behind Dumb Starbucks, it was the lack of proper permits that doomed the shop.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Will ‘Dumb Starbucks’ Be Smart Enough to Get Away With Selling Parody Coffee?

A coffee shop called Dumb Starbucks opened this weekend in Los Angeles. The only difference from the original? The word 'dumb' in front of its name.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

The Difference Between a Business and a Brand

How do you define what a brand is, and what does it take to get there?

By Chris Kocek

Business News

From Chipotle to Starbucks: 6 Chains That Do Mobile Apps Right

As Chipotle prepares to offer mobile payment, we take a look at six of the best mobile apps in the restaurant business.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Starbucks Now Offers Fizz as a Customized Add-On in Some Shops

Pumpkin spice latte… with bubbles? Starbucks is now allowing customers in select stores to carbonate coffee and tea beverages.

By Kate Taylor

Buying a Franchise

Starbucks’ $450 Metal Gift Cards Expected to Sell Out in Minutes

If you want to drop hundreds on an artisan Starbucks card, you need to hurry-- all 1,000 are expected to sell out shortly after they go on sale today.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Is the Year of the Bun Over? Wendy’s Ends Pretzel Burger.

Wendy's is ending the run of its wildly successful pretzel bun, bringing out a brioche burger to end a year full of innovative buns.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

5 Stubbornly Persistent Business Myths

Everyone seems to want to give advice about how best to run your business and your life. It's time to throw out that mythology.

By Steve Tobak

Building a Business

Did You Say ‘Charbucks’? 7 Big Chains That Battled the Name Game

With Starbucks losing its fight against 'Charbucks' coffee, here's a look at seven more legal battles over copycat names.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Starbucks to Pay Kraft $2.8 Billion Over Packaged Coffee Dispute

An arbitrator said Starbucks owes Kraft $2.8 billion for breaking a packaged coffee contract, forcing the coffee giant to revise its latest earnings.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

Starbucks to Hire 10,000 Veterans and Military Spouses in Next 5 Years

As Veterans Small Business Week kicks off, Starbucks has announced plans to increase veteran hiring and use community stores to support service members.

By Kate Taylor

Building a Business

5 Stores That Have Already Started the Holiday Season

Wal-Mart, Starbucks and more are getting a head start on the holiday season, with deals and promotions starting in early November.

By Kate Taylor