May 23, 2013

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LIVE: Georgia-Pacific, SBUX Partnership to Drive Recycling

Leaders from the National Restaurant Association, Georgia-Pacific Professional, and the coffee Goliath Starbucks announced today efforts to improve recycling among restaurant consumers.

The announcement occurred at the National Restaurant Association, Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in...

Union Leaders Aren't Giving Up on Your Crew
April 2011

Jimmy John’s boasts more than 1,000 stores nationwide, claiming an army of sandwich makers and delivery drivers that matches that of most of America’s quick-service companies. Last fall, however, overwhelming attention zeroed in on just 10 units in the Minneapolis area.

In Coffee, Who Has Most Loyalty? Not Starbucks

While there are many millions of coffee drinkers who rely completely on Starbucks to satisfy their coffee urges, more than half of Starbucks’ customers regularly visit...

Why You're Responsible for Growing the Brand
April 2011

Since May 2010, TCBY has introduced a self-serve prototype, revamped its store design, and signed a deal to open 200 stores in Texas over the next 10 years.

It was no coincidence that TCBY hired a new CEO that same month.

New Restaurant Trend Really Pops with Diners
April 2011

In 2007, Ludo Lefebvre did what no businessman should ever do: He made an important business decision out of fear.

Faced with the opportunity to use millions of dollars in investments to open a restaurant, the Los Angeles–based celebrity chef balked at committing himself to 10...

Who’s Missing at Fast Casuals?
April 2011

As someone who has always been proud of the opportunities our industry has provided to women and minorities, I have been disappointed by the small number of women I have seen at industry conferences, especially those with a high number of attendees from the fast-casual and quick-service segments...

How to Spot a Good (& Bad) Brand Extension
April 2011

What do Bic underwear, Harley-Davidson wine coolers, and Jamba Juice soup have in common? They’re all ways companies have tried to extend their brands—and they all failed.

It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the rough and manly image of the Harley brand wouldn’t...

Sound the Siren: Starbucks Rolls Out 40th B-Day Changes

Starbucks announced that it will roll out its new in-store look focusing on the iconic Siren and a simultaneous global launch of handcrafted and artfully made beverage and food offerings in celebration of...

Report: Keep It Simple, Like Subway

Subway was the top quick serve in a recent study measuring consumer perceptions of the “simplicity” of various brands.

The Global Brand Simplicity Index from strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale gauged more than 6,000 consumers’ opinions of what brands made their lives...

Starbucks Coming to a Hotel Room Near You

Starbucks announced that it is entering into an agreement with Courtesy Products, a provider of in-room coffee service to hotels, to provide Starbucks ground coffees for use in Courtesy’s patented CV1 in-room and on-demand brewed coffee system in up to 500,000 luxury and premium hotel...

Starbucks VIA French Roast Set to Hit Stores

Building on the popularity and momentum of the Starbucks VIA Ready Brew product line, Starbucks announced the availability of Starbucks VIA French Roast in all U.S. and Canada Starbucks stores beginning January 4. The introduction of the new instant coffee variety further reinforces Starbucks...

The Growth 40
January 2011

Watch: Buffalo Tops Growth 40 List

Sitting on the edge of the U.S.-Canadian border and taking a backseat to another, more cosmopolitan, Empire State city, Buffalo, New York, often falls into...

How to Make a Kids’ Menu
January 2011

Twenty- or 30-odd years ago, before society as a whole was fully attuned to the hazards—physical and moral—of allowing kids to eat pretty much whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, product development was a relative snap.

Top Fast-Casual Trends for 2011
January 2011

Continued Commodity Pressures

Many of the forces that caused the crazy commodity price increases several years ago are still at work: concerns about supply, rising energy costs, growing worldwide demand, and financial speculation through recently developed financial...

Starbucks Twice as Good as McDonald's in Media Impact

Media measurement technology firm General Sentiment released its newest brand analysis, the Fall 2010 Fast Food Industry Report. The report highlights the brands that made the most significant media impact online between September and November. Despite declining nearly 20 percent since the...

Giant Leap Forward for Starbucks and Its 2015 Goal

 

Starbucks’ ambitious goal to have 100 percent of its cups be reusable or recyclable by 2015 may have just gotten much easier. The company announced a successful test with paper cup manufacturer International Paper and pulp mill Mississippi River Pulp that used recycled cups...

Starbucks Charts the Course for Future Success

Starbucks detailed strategies for its next phase of growth at the company’s biennial Investor Conference. Building on its continued strength in attracting global consumers to its stores and growing its business in that critical channel, Starbucks senior leaders outlined plans to create a...

2010 in Review
December 2010

Reporting by Blair Chancey, Sam Oches, Daniel P. Smith, Robin Van Tan, Barney Wolf & Lori Zanteson

1. BK Sold to Brazilian Investors

Becoming the decade’s biggest restaurant buyout,...

Will Beer, Wine Work at SBUX?

Starbucks’ strategy to add alcohol leaves some doubtful.

Starbucks Joins the Canlis Birthday Game in Seattle

Most birthday celebrations do not last 50 days or invoke a city-wide chase. But brothers Mark and Brian Canlis, owners of Seattle restaurant Canlis, are shaking things up.

To celebrate their restaurant's 60th birthday, the brothers signed 50 original menus from 1950. They hide them in...