Leslie Patton

A Popeyes chicken sandwich is seen in the foreground as customers wait in line Aug. 22, 2019, in Kyle, Texas. A shortage of smaller chickens derailed Popeyes' challenge to reigning chicken sandwich champion Chick-fil-A.

Chick-Fil-A vs. Popeyes fast-food chicken sandwich war hindered by shortage of smaller birds

January 29, 2020 at 9:36 p.m.

Fast-food titans, embroiled in a chicken-sandwich battle, are trying to beat each other with small weapons. Little chickens, whose quarter-pound breasts fit perfectly inside a bun, are proving essential to...

The Popeyes chicken sandwich has become a national phenomenon since its August 2019 release.

Chick-Fil-A’s war with Popeyes drains supply of little chickens

January 28, 2020 at 8:50 p.m.

Starbucks’ latest bid to perk up sales growth: On-tap coffee

June 3, 2018 at 12:38 p.m.

Starbucks Corp., facing slowing sales growth in the U.S. and an increasingly saturated coffee market, thinks it's found a new way to get customers in the door: on-tap brews from...

A Subway sandwich location in Chicago is seen on May 20, 2016.

Subway looks to fix its low-tech image after U.S. sales slump

June 4, 2018 at 2:15 p.m.

Subway Restaurants, facing one of the worst slumps in its history, is hoping to win back customers by losing its low-tech image. The sandwich chain is introducing touch-screen ordering kiosks...

Retail is dying? Tell that to fast-food chains losing top talent

June 5, 2018 at 3:45 a.m.

Customers cussed at him and threw ice cream at him. Finally, Don-Wesley Andrews had enough. He quit McDonald's in Sacramento, California, for a job at Wal-Mart. Like many other Americans,...

Beverages sit on a counter inside a New York Starbucks on Jan. 18, 2016. The coffee chain implemented mobile ordering in 2015.

‘Order ahead’ catches on, making Starbucks victim of success

June 6, 2018 at 12:15 a.m.

For some time now, restaurant chains have been adding mobile order-ahead options, betting they'd be popular with their customers. But even they were caught off guard with just how big...

Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski named Starbucks his top restaurant stock for 2017 in a report on Tuesday. He estimates that the company will increase its worldwide restaurant count by 8.4 percent this year and boost same-store sales by more than 5 percent.

Starbucks to top McDonald’s as restaurant king, analyst says

June 6, 2018 at 4:25 p.m.

Starbucks is poised to overtake McDonald's as the world's most valuable restaurant chain, and the coffee giant could ultimately have a staggering 50,000 locations. That's the prediction of Nomura analyst...

McDonald’s revamps $4 billion McCafe brand as it lags Starbucks

June 9, 2018 at 12:40 a.m.

McDonald's, losing ground in its battle for the nation's coffee drinkers, is planning to shake up its McCafe brand — part of a bid to challenge Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts....

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania walk at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2016.

Build-that-wall pledge has companies bracing for labor shortages

June 9, 2018 at 8:40 a.m.

For corporate America, there's a lot to like about President-elect Donald Trump's platform: fewer regulations, lower taxes and a singular devotion to deal-making. Yet there's one signature campaign pledge —...

A worker sprays almond trees with pesticide at Del Bosque Farms Inc. in Firebaugh, California, U.S., on April 6, 2015.

Dairy farmers think almond milk is bogus, but Americans love it

June 14, 2018 at 10:42 a.m.

Milk, the kind from cows, is still Americans' favorite complement to a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich. But it's feeling the heat from milk, the kind from almonds. You can tell by the...

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