U.S. companies that employ nobody but the owner soar, especially those making food, beer, perfume and soap. That’s great for the entrepreneurs, but some worry it won’t help overall job growth.
Executives at Bruegger’s Bagels are urging a bankruptcy judge to let them take over its largest franchise, a chain of 28 locations in upstate New York, and to reject a purchase offer from a lender that it says lacks experience in the breakfast food industry.
General Mills projected a grim outlook for the year, as it struggles to win back customers who have dropped traditional, processed foods like its Yoplait yogurt for more natural alternatives.
A Philadelphia judge on Monday dismissed the beverage industry’s legal effort to block the city’s planned tax on sugary and sweetened drinks, clearing the way for the levy to take effect Jan. 1.
The fall in sterling after the Brexit vote is roiling small British chocolate makers, some of whom are hiking prices or looking for overseas clients.
The food and beverage giant says it wants to make more ‘good for you’ snacks, but much of its revenue growth comes from high-fat, high-salt standbys such as Doritos and Cheetos.
Meal-kit maker Din made $1.5 million in 2015 selling meal subscriptions to its service, which provided ingredients and recipes inspired by popular San Francisco restaurants. Din closed Oct. 21, unable to break even.
Tyson Foods, Hershey and other established food companies are following startups into the meal-kit market, hunting for new ways to profit from ingredients that they already make.
U.S. senators from the two states challenge each other to a ‘taste-off’ after a Wall Street Journal article about cheese dip versus queso.
In a former center of steelmaking and textiles in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump’s promise of tighter borders resonates. But hundreds of jobs have been preserved or expanded in the region due to an unlikely source: Mexico.
A fast-food fight is pitting McDonald’s against Florence officials, who are trying to keep the chain from opening a new outlet in the shadow of the Italian city’s centuries-old Duomo.
McDonald’s Corp. beat expectations for global sales growth in the third quarter, but the burger giant’s key U.S. market, fanning speculating that big menu changes could follow.
British American Tobacco PLC’s $47 billion offer for Reynolds American Inc. shows the rising value the U.S. holds for the shrinking global tobacco industry.
Metropoulos & Co., which brought Hostess Brands out of liquidation three years ago, is the first outside investor in Utz Quality Foods, which makes potato chips, pretzels and cheese snacks under several brands.
You may not have heard of moringa or regenerative grazing yet. But there’s a good chance you will before long.
Physical stores are sprucing up their fruit and vegetable offerings to drive traffic and keep Amazon at bay.
A study shows a cash incentive pays off in the long run
A label that says ‘light’ reads ‘less tasty’ to most consumers, a new study finds.
Monsanto’s Mike Frank says there is a danger in making the discussion of genetically modified foods into a debate of good vs. bad.
New services collect data from their members, giving growers information about what works best.