BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Payments Briefing” subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. Dunkin’ Donuts is piloting a new “next-generation concept store” in Quincy, MA where it will test multiple new offerings related to ordering, payment, signage and branding, and more, […]
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Traders betting against restaurants are getting clobbered (CMG, SBUX, MCD, DRI, CBRL, DPZ, YUM, DNKN, CAKE, SHAK)
Marina Nazario/Business Insider It was forecast to be a tough year for chain restaurants. Cheaper groceries and more expensive food at restaurants slowed restaurant sales in 2016. Restaurants were also faced with rising pressure to raise their workers’ wages. But traders who bet against some of the industry’s big names are mostly counting losses. “The entire […]
A European company you’ve never heard of is buying Panera Bread for $7.5 billion (PNRA, DNKN)
Hollis Johnson (Reuters) – JAB Holdings, the owner of Caribou Coffee and Peet’s Coffee & Tea, said on Wednesday it would buy U.S. bakery chain Panera Bread Co in a deal valued at about $ 7.5 billion, including debt, as it expands its coffee and breakfast empire. JAB Holdings offered $ 315 in cash per […]
Dunkin’ Donuts doesn’t want to be a place where you’d ‘sit and write your screenplay’ — and that could be key in beating Starbucks (DNKN, SBUX)
Kate Taylor Dunkin’ Donuts is doubling down on its “everyman” reputation. “When we think about the sentiment of consumers in America right now, our brand stands for something that is all about hard work, transparency, values — that’s our brand,” Scott Hudler, Dunkin’s chief digital officer, said on Tuesday at a media day. “It’s America […]