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McDonald’s and Starbucks, two staples of the busy Saturday running errands, are both experiencing a couple of problems

Posted on by Ted Bauer

Start on the Starbucks front: holiday foot traffic (i.e. people out-and-about in stores) was 1/2 in 2013 what it was in 2010; phrased another way, more people are shopping online — and that’s hurting adjacent stores in malls (i.e. Starbucks… Continue Reading →

The Heinz-McDonald’s breakup probably isn’t that big of a deal, and has more to do with Brazil

Posted on by Ted Bauer

Breathlessly, The Huffington Post called it “the divorce of the century.” But in reality, McDonald’s and Heinz have been through this dance before — notably in 1973, when a tomato shortage caused Heinz to focus less on their bulk fast-food accounts. After that,… Continue Reading →