Financing
Humane Society asks the SEC to investigate McDonald’s
The advocacy group says the company is making misleading statements on its use of gestation crates as a fight over animal welfare intensifies.
Operations
Cava is investing $30M in a food processing facility
The 57,000-square-foot facility in Virginia will be used to create and package dips and spreads branded under the fast-casual chain’s name to be sold in grocery stores nationwide.
C-store operators have a valuable demographic to target, according to “Making the Grade: Student Consumer Impact on the Retail Fuels and Convenience Marketplace,” by the NPD Group. The report, which collected 12 months of data ending in June 2012, found that the 19 million college student population accounts for billions of dollars spent each year on C-store products.