How Starbucks Could Benefit From Serving Alcohol
Victoria Zhang, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 1 hr 24 mins ago
Starbucks , the largest coffeehouse company in the world, appears willing to go beyond its traditional coffee business and turn its baristas into bartenders. The company has been testing booze sales in Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, and...
'Mad Money' Lightning Round: Sell Starbucks at $72
at The Street - Sat Mar 29, 5:00AM CDT
Cramer prefers Boeing over AerCap Holdings and CBS Outdoor over Chambers Street Properties.
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Next Week's Game Plan
at The Street - Fri Mar 28, 7:21PM CDT
Cramer says the market needs both a China stimulus plan and positive U.S. employment numbers to sustain any gains.
Final Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies were up at the close of trading:
Starbucks Quickly Becoming a High-End McDonald's
Ted Cooper, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 4:30PM CDT
The basic revenue formula for restaurants is customer traffic times average ticket price equals revenue. Normally, there is a trade-off between the two; more people go to McDonald's than Starbucks because fewer people want to pay a premium...
Midday Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 12:33PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are up at 1 p.m.:
Early Glance: Restaurant companies
AP - Fri Mar 28, 9:22AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top restaurant companies are up at 10 a.m.:
Maria Bartiromo launches Fox Sunday show
By DAVID BAUDER - AP - Fri Mar 28, 8:38AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Political junkies have plenty of choices on Sunday-morning television. That's not the case for those who follow business, a niche that Maria Bartiromo hopes to fill starting this weekend on Fox News Channel.
McDonald's offers free coffee for breakfasters
AP - Fri Mar 28, 8:30AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is offering free coffee to its customers for a limited time as competition for the breakfast crowd intensifies.
Sozzi: Starbucks' Secret Cult Underworld Is Exploding
at The Street - Fri Mar 28, 5:00AM CDT
Something is brewing at Starbucks that has nothing to do with mobile payment. In fact, what's happening harkens back to simpler times when folks expressed themselves with their natural talents.
Starbucks Vs Dunkin’ Brands
Jayson Derrick, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 3:10PM CDT
Shares of Starbucks have pulled back from their 52-week high of $82.50 as investors had concerns about slower same-store sales growth in the first quarter and the month of December. Going into March, winter weather issues could challenge...
How a Starbucks With Beer and Wine Actually Works
at The Street - Thu Mar 27, 10:55AM CDT
Starbucks has been selling alcohol at a limited number of locations for more than a year now. Its Starbucks Evenings of beer, wine and small plates of food haven't turned it into a bar.
McDonald’s Lags Behind...Again
Nickey Friedman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 9:00AM CDT
Want to order a burger or a coffee using your smartphone? Better not come to McDonald's just yet. The Golden Arches are slow to become McDigital. While Starbucks has already been allowing customers to pay via mobile in increasing numbers,...
MoPals.Com, Inc. Receives Prestigious Loyalty Marketing "COLLOQUY Recognizes" Award
Marketwire - Thu Mar 27, 7:03AM CDT
MoPals.com Inc. ("MoPals") (OTCQB: MOMO), the world's first community-driven, crowd-sourced loyalty program that bridges the gap between social media and reward platforms is pleased to announce that it has received the first "COLLOQUY Recognizes" award, a new program that honors the companies, programs and initiatives that exemplify the most innovative advancements and forward-thinking strategies in loyalty marketing. In addition to Mopals, Tesco, Starbucks and Bloomingdales also were honorees of the award. The winners were announced in the March 2014 COLLOQUY issue published yesterday.
Is It Too Late to Buy Starbucks?
Andrés Cardenal, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Mar 26, 8:08PM CDT
Source: Starbucks. Starbucks has been one of the most remarkable success stories in the consumer sector over the past several years, and the company has rewarded shareholders with substantial gains over time. However, market saturation could be...
Is The Starbucks App the Final Push For Restaurant Mobile Payments?
at The Street - Wed Mar 26, 12:41PM CDT
Are consumers willing to pay and tip their restaurant servers via their smartphone? Maybe, maybe not, but a host of mobile payments apps are betting that eventually they will and feverishly working to get restaurants to sign on.