A well-known premium meat company known as the "King's butcher" has been saved, but the factory where it built its name is closing. For anyone following major food companies cutting jobs, this is the kind of story that shows how a brand can survive while a local workplace disappears. Donald Russell, a premium butcher founded near Balmoral in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1974, has closed its factory in Inverurie with 90 jobs [...]

Costco and Sam's Club dominate the warehouse club industry, attracting millions of shoppers with bulk discounts, low-cost fuel and exclusive member perks. While both retailers offer similar benefits, each has advantages that may make it a better fit depending on shopping habits. Membership costs The two chains are priced similarly. Costco's standard Gold Star membership costs $65 per year, while its Executive membership [...]

Florida’s restaurant industry is continuing to feel the pressure of rising costs and weaker consumer spending, and now another major fast-food chain is quietly shutting down locations across the state. The closures are tied to the bankruptcy of one of the brand’s largest franchise operators, which oversees more than 100 restaurants throughout the Southeast. Multiple Florida locations have already gone dark as the company [...]

Florida is losing more than just another restaurant chain. It’s losing one of the few major dining brands that actually started there. Bahama Breeze, the Caribbean-themed casual dining chain founded in Orlando in 1996, has officially begun a full exit from Florida as parent company Darden Restaurants closes and converts the brand’s remaining locations. A Florida original disappears For years, Bahama Breeze felt [...]

Another major fast-food chain is quietly shrinking its footprint, and one state is feeling the impact more than most. As Wendy's moves forward with a plan to close 300+ underperforming restaurants nationwide this year, Texas has emerged as one of the biggest hotspots for location losses. Wendy’s closures nationwide The fast-food chain has announced plans to close hundreds of lower-performing locations across the United [...]

For California shoppers who grew up on lunchbox snacks, after-school cartoons and weekend grocery runs, the snack aisle is starting to feel strangely familiar again. As more retro foods return to stores, these nostalgic grocery comebacks are giving shoppers from San Diego to Sacramento another reason to slow down in the cereal, candy and cookie aisles. This is not just a “remember these?” list. Some of these treats [...]