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Innovation is great, until it isn't
The Bottom Line: Starbucks pushed through products recently while skipping its traditional testing processes, even as the coffee shop giant was working to improve operations. Those ideas are contradictory.
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Fast-food chains get some big wins, despite a tough consumer environment
The Bottom Line: Wendy’s Krabby Patty Kollab generated strong sales for the chain. McDonald’s got traction with its Chicken Big Mac. Both proved that good marketing can win, even these days.
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Corporate greed cooked BurgerFi, franchisees say
The once-promising better-burger chain has a new owner out of bankruptcy, but franchisees wonder whether damage done under prior leaders leaves any hope for a new beginning.