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Food
Inside Chili's quest to craft a value-priced burger that could take on McDonald's
Behind the Menu: How the casual-dining chain smashes expectations with a winning combination of familiarity and price with its new Big Smasher burger.
Financing
Here's the big problem with all these $5 meal deals
The Bottom Line: With McDonald’s planning a $5 value meal of its own, more brands are already jumping onto the bandwagon. But not everybody will pay $5.
Financing
What did the Starbucks CEO expect?
The Bottom Line: Howard Schultz needed just one bad quarter to make public his displeasure with the coffee shop chain. But the stage was set for that two years ago.