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Starbucks Corp.'s (SBUX) Seattle's Best Coffee brand--once thought doomed when its biggest retailer, Borders bookstores, closed in 2011--is working on a comeback.The more value-oriented brand is hoping to rebuild its retail business, which was all but lost when Borders closed its roughly 400 stores that housed Seattle's Best cafes. On Monday, the chain opened 10 drive-through locations in Dallas, using a new format designed to compete with the likes of Dunkin' Donuts, and help it expand to new markets in the southern and eastern U.S."Dallas is exciting for us because we are targeting on-the-go, value-conscious customers," said Frank Sica, vice president and general manager for Seattle's Best Coffee. Right now, they are getting their coffee at convenience stores or McDonald's Corp. (MCD), he added.Dunkin' Donuts, which is part of Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (DNKN), recently outlined plans to expand in the Dallas area, through a joint venture with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his f...
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT) is taking direct aim at Starbucks Corp. (SBUX), its one-time partner turned bitter courtroom rival, in the coffee wars, touting in its ...
FBN’s Lou Dobbs on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to ban items from soda to guns while the city faces issues with its educational system and rising homeless population.
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT) cut prices for its Maxwell House and Yuban coffees by about 6%, following a similar move by rival J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM) this week.Both...
Growing Your Business: After 25 years in the running, Auntie Anne’s pretzels president and COO Bill Dunn gives the company’s secrets to growth and success.
Former Gov. George Pataki, (R-NY), on the unintended consequences of the health-care law.
American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Scott Gottleib and Greenleaf Book Group CEO Clint Greenleaf on the impact of the health-care law on costs and the quality of care.
FBN's Diane Macedo breaks down late-morning market news.
FBN’s Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets early in the trading day.
J.M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) said Tuesday it cut the list price for the majority of its U.S. packaged coffee products by an average 6%, citing sustained lower prices for ...
Restaurants and retailers are bracing for the blizzard approaching the Northeast, as its impact will be either boom or bust on their sales.Some stores, like Sears Ho...
Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins parent Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN) revealed fourth-quarter profit that surpassed Wall Street expectations on Thursday as average ti...
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., the Canton, Mass., parent of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins ice-cream stores, reported that fourth-quarter net income tripled on 4% low...
Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (DNKN) named Chief Executive Nigel Travis to the additional role of chairman as Jon Luther intends to retire, effective May 15.Mr. Luther, ...
Starbucks Corp.'s (SBUX) quarterly profit climbed 26% as the coffee giant attracted more customers with its loyalty program in the U.S. and China.Starbucks has logge...
Dunkin' Brands (NYSE:DNKN) said its first-quarter profit slid 8.3%, weighed down by one-time charges and higher expenses, while most same-store sales results improve...
Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) is lowering the price of its packaged coffee sold in U.S. grocery stores, following similar moves by competitors now that green coffee prices ...
Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) on Friday said it would cut grocery list prices on its namesake and Seattle's Best packaged coffee by 10 percent or more on May 10, as c...
Carlyle Group LP has hired a former UBS banker to launch an Indonesia office, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, becoming the first major private equit...
OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) and Office Depot Inc. (ODP) on Tuesday named the committee members who will oversee the process of finding a new chief executive to lead the com...
