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Amazon launches new grocery brand merging Fresh and Happy Belly products

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson explains Amazon’s billion-dollar settlement with the Federal Trade Commission on ‘Making Money.’ Amazon announced Wednesday the launch of Amazon Grocery, a new private-label brand that merges popular items from Amazon Fresh and Happy Belly into one “grocery essentials” collection. The retail giant’s new brand features more than 1,000 grocery […]

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Trader Joe’s and Walmart recall frozen meals over deadly listeria outbreak

Possible government shutdown could interrupt release of September jobs report; Apples thinnest iPhone ever passes bend test; Maxwell House changes name for National Coffee Day.  A listeria outbreak affecting certain recalled frozen meals sold at Trader Joe’s and Walmart has led to four deaths as well as 19 hospitalizations, according to the Centers for Disease Control […]

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McDonald’s brings back Monopoly with big prizes

McDonald’s franchise owner Scott Rodrick says his business has experienced ‘cost pressure’ since California’s minimum wage increase targeting fast food franchises on ‘Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street.’ McDonald’s is bringing back its famed Monopoly game for the first time in nearly a decade with lucrative prizes as the brand continues to try to lure back customers.  […]

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Cracker Barrel closes 14 Maple Street Biscuit Company locations

Founder of XX-XY Athletics Jennifer Sey analyzes why customers rejected the pitch to change the restaurant chain’s logo on ‘The Evening Edit.’ Maple Street Biscuit Company, a Cracker Barrel-owned restaurant chain, shuttered more than a dozen locations that fell short of its financial expectations.  Cracker Barrel warned in its earnings call last week that 14 […]