Heather Haddon

Starbucks plans to close around 250 underperforming cafes across North America this week, the latest move under Chief Executive Brian Niccol to streamline and boost the profitability of its operations.

Darden Restaurants expects a rise in beef imports to ease its soaring costs for the commodity. The owner of LongHorn Steakhouse told investors it should benefit from the Trump administration allowing more beef to enter the U.S. tariff-free and from Mexico after lifting a ban because of cases of New

To make the economics work for all you can eat meat and potatoes, executives with the Golden Corral buffet chain watch not only what their customers consume, but what they throw away.

Golden Corral scrutinizes buffet waste, marries costly shrimp with cheaper hush puppies and mines data to make money off bottomless offerings.

High fuel prices are taking a bite out of Domino’s U.S. sales, and depressing restaurant development at the world’s biggest pizza chain. Domino’s reported a 0.3% increase in U.S. same-store sales for its third quarter, a result of consumers buying fewer items, CEO Joe Jordan said. “Man, when the ga

The switch at thousands of U.S. restaurants deals a setback to PepsiCo as it struggles to revive sales of its signature soft drinks.

KFC said it has struck a deal with Coca-Cola as its beverage provider at thousands of U.S. restaurants, a blow to longtime supplier PepsiCo.

Former PepsiCo-owned chain switched sides after a secret showdown, replete with taste tests and discussions over strategy.

Inside a Yum Brands meeting room across two days in Plano, Texas, KFC executives and franchisees tasted samples from the biggest rivals in soda—Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

Sweetgreen is boosting pay for top store managers to help the salad chain break a more than year-long sales funk. The restaurant chain says that store managers with more than three years on the job at its highest-volume locations can earn over $200,000 in total compensation, including base pay and