Peter Romeo

Today, customers merely have to say what they want, without any pesky humans interfering as the request is dispatched to the kitchen in a readable form.

With or without Howard Schultz at the helm, Starbucks plans to drive innovation as part of a five-year strategy for a quantum leap in sales. Here’s a quick review.

Mick McGuire, an investor known to play an active role, also wants a seat for himself.

But the Texas Roadhouse chain will likely be back in court in May to contend stats don't prove it discriminated against over-40 applicants.

The event is now being described as more of a prank than an attack.

Here's a preview of the multimillion-dollar messages that chains will be delivering via the big game.