Discount chain Dollar Tree is raising its price cap to $7 in stores nationwide as inflation continues to affect shoppers across the globe. Click here to read the story at entrepreneur.com. Discussion Questions:
Reddit priced its stock on Wednesday at $34 a share, the top of the anticipated range, a signal that investors are excited about the company’s IPO on Thursday. The social media giant raised nearly $500 million in the offering. Click here to read the story at techcrunch.com. Discussion Questions:
It’s been a rough time for Red Lobster following a costly “endless shrimp” deal that contributed to some serious losses. Click here to read the story from entrepreneur.com. Discussion Questions:
Red Lobster’s parent company, Thai Union Group, disclosed earlier this month that the seafood chain took an unexpectedly large loss in the third quarter of the year because its $20 shrimp promotion wasn’t very profitable and was more popular than the company anticipated. Click here to read the story at Read more…
The cattle part as Meredith Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and calves. Click here to read the story at qz.com. Discussion Questions:
Is the beloved American fast-food-franchise model facing a reckoning? Click here to read the story at fastcompany.com. Discussion Questions:
After years of pumping cash into the sizzling electric-vehicle market, Tesla Inc. and other major automakers are facing a new dilemma: what to do when demand chills. Click here to read the story at fortune.com. Discussion Questions:
Ian Miller, owner of the Slaughterhouse in Des Moines, Iowa, makes a living out of scaring people to death. Click here to read the story at thehustle.co. Discussion Questions:
If you are a connoisseur of fancy coffee and fancy coffee shops (or even just fancy-ish), you’ve probably noticed that the price of your favorite drink is higher than it used to be. Click here to read the story at vox.com. Discussion Questions:
The future of fast food is already here with AI already taking orders and the first “underground delivery system” on the way. Click here to read the story at axios.com. Discussion Questions: