Restaurants

Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America

Goodbye to ‘bags fly free’ on Southwest Airlines, the last freebie in America

Bob Elliott

Passengers check in for Southwest Airlines flights at Chicago Midway International Airport on Feb. 18, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott ...

KFC moves U.S. headquarters from Kentucky to Texas

KFC moves U.S. headquarters from Kentucky to Texas

Mickey Vernon

Signage outside a Yum Brands Inc. KFC restaurant in Shelbyville, Kentucky, on Jan. 29, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | ...

McDonald’s (MCD) Q4 2024 earnings

McDonald’s (MCD) Q4 2024 earnings

Mickey Vernon

McDonald’s on Monday reported disappointing quarterly revenue, dragged down by weaker-than-expected sales at its U.S. restaurants following an E. coli ...

Companies holding the line, working behind the scenes

Companies holding the line, working behind the scenes

Ev Richard

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2025. Xinhua News ...

Chuck E. Cheese makes comeback after bankruptcy

Chuck E. Cheese makes comeback after bankruptcy

Mickey Vernon

Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company has spent $230 million renovated its stores. Source: CEC Entertainment Four years after exiting bankruptcy, ...

McDonald’s to close three CosMc’s locations — and open two more

McDonald’s to close three CosMc’s locations — and open two more

Mickey Vernon

A sign hangs outside of a CosMc’s restaurant, a concept recently launched by McDonald’s, in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on Dec. 11, ...

Wendy’s, Denny’s, Red Lobster close locations in 2024

Wendy’s, Denny’s, Red Lobster close locations in 2024

Mickey Vernon

A rough year for the restaurant industry led many chains to close underperforming locations in 2024, as they try to ...

CEO departures at U.S. companies hit a record this year

CEO departures at U.S. companies hit a record this year

Bob Elliott

Clockwise from top: Former Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun (CNBC), Starbucks former CEO Laxman Narasimhan (Getty Images), former Nike CEO John ...

Father, son plead guilty in 0 million New Jersey deli stock scheme

Father, son plead guilty in $100 million New Jersey deli stock scheme

Adesola Mojo

Peter Coker Sr. outside U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, March 15, 2023. Dan Mangan | CNBC Peter Coker ...

Fast-food companies KFC and Chick-fil-A bet big on chicken tenders

Fast-food companies KFC and Chick-fil-A bet big on chicken tenders

Lawrence Booth

Fast-food companies like Yum! Brands’ KFC and McDonald’s are getting back into chicken tenders as a way to attract consumers ...