Evie Liu

Evie Liu

Reporter

LATEST ARTICLES

Shake Shack Leans on Loyalty Program and Tech to Drive Growth

Shake Shack Leans on Loyalty Program and Tech to Drive Growth

The burger chain joins a list of restaurant chains leaning into loyalty programs to drive growth.

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Falling Egg Prices Drag on Cal-Maine Earnings. Why The Stock Is Rising.

Falling Egg Prices Drag on Cal-Maine Earnings. Why The Stock Is Rising.

Falling egg prices hurt the egg producer’s top and bottom lines in the third quarter.

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McCormick, Unilever to Combine Food Businesses. Investors on Both Sides Hate the Deal.

McCormick, Unilever to Combine Food Businesses. Investors on Both Sides Hate the Deal.

The spice maker will combine with Unilever’s food business, creating a new company with about $20 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025.

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U.S. Farmers Plan to Plant Less Corn in 2026. The Iran War Is One Reason.

U.S. Farmers Plan to Plant Less Corn in 2026. The Iran War Is One Reason.

One spillover effect of the conflict is higher fertilizer costs.

2 minute read

Food Needs Fertilizer to Grow.  Your Grocery Bill Could Spike.

Food Needs Fertilizer to Grow. Your Grocery Bill Could Spike.

Roughly one-third of the world’s traded nitrogen fertilizer moves through the Strait of Hormuz. 

4 minute read

Olivia Wassenaar

Olivia Wassenaar

Olivia Wassenaar is partner and global head of the infrastructure group at Apollo Global Management.

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Papa John’s Stock Jumps on Reported Takeover Bid

Papa John’s Stock Jumps on Reported Takeover Bid

A Qatari-backed investment firm has submitted an offer valuing the company at roughly $1.5 billion.

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Campbell’s Stock Falls After Earnings. Its Place in the S&P 500 Is at Stake.

Campbell’s Stock Falls After Earnings. Its Place in the S&P 500 Is at Stake.

The S&P 500 is designed to represent the largest and most liquid companies. Campbell’s is now among the smallest companies in the index.

3 minute read

Activist Investors Target Food Companies as Growth Slows. Lamb Weston Is the Latest.

Activist Investors Target Food Companies as Growth Slows. Lamb Weston Is the Latest.

Activists target companies with strong brands but lagging stocks, seeking cost cuts, portfolio pruning, or corporate breakups.

3 minute read

Trump Admin Will Insure Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

Trump Admin Will Insure Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

It’s the latest bid from the White House to solve the oil crisis caused by the Iran War.

3 minute read

Vertiv, Lumentum, Coherent, and EchoStar to Join S&P 500

Vertiv, Lumentum, Coherent, and EchoStar to Join S&P 500

The changes highlight the growing weight of technology and communications infrastructure in the U.S. market.

2 minute read

Big Meat in Washington’s Crosshairs as Beef Prices Soar. What It Means for Tyson Foods, Other Stocks.

Big Meat in Washington’s Crosshairs as Beef Prices Soar. What It Means for Tyson Foods, Other Stocks.

Large processors argue scale is necessary to keep meat prices affordable.

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Most Restaurants Grow Sales by Raising Prices. These 3 Relied on Foot Traffic.

Most Restaurants Grow Sales by Raising Prices. These 3 Relied on Foot Traffic.

Restaurants that raised prices over the past few years were looking to offset a surge in costs across labor, food, and operations.

3 minute read

How the Iran Conflict Could Pressure Consumer Staples Companies

How the Iran Conflict Could Pressure Consumer Staples Companies

Supply chains could be disrupted, costs could go up, and demand could weaken. But an analyst still expects staples stocks to outperform.

2 minute read

Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Phase Out Anthropic Technology

Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Phase Out Anthropic Technology

The directive follows Anthropic’s refusal to grant the Pentagon broader military access to its AI systems without restrictions.

4 minute read

Paramount Is Officially Buying Warner Bros.

Paramount Is Officially Buying Warner Bros.

Warner Discovery was always a must-have for Paramount, so this is a great outcome for shareholders.

3 minute read

Fast-Casual Restaurants Are Still Struggling. Why There’s Reason for Hope.

Fast-Casual Restaurants Are Still Struggling. Why There’s Reason for Hope.

The chains, once the darlings of the stock market, had a messy 2025.

4 minute read

C3.ai Plummets 17% on Another Rough Quarter

C3.ai Plummets 17% on Another Rough Quarter

Management reported a slide in total revenue and a bigger loss than expected.

2 minute read

Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Chipotle Loyalty Programs Fuel Growth

Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Chipotle Loyalty Programs Fuel Growth

Starbucks, McDonald’s, Chipotle, and other chains are finding more effective ways to get customers coming back for more.

Long Read

Cava Stock Surges on Outlook for a Brighter 2026. But the Test for Fast Casual Restaurants Isn’t Over.

Cava Stock Surges on Outlook for a Brighter 2026. But the Test for Fast Casual Restaurants Isn’t Over.

The market has punished fast-casual restaurants that have seen slower growth.

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