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Why Starbucks is crashing in the US, but booming in Australia
After decades of struggling to meet our high coffee standards, Starbucks is enjoying record profits Down Under thanks to a new generation of customers.
- by Shona Hendley
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Lee Kum Kee
Saucy business: The billion-dollar brand you know by sight, if not by name
A 136-year-old condiment company, Lee Kum Kee, is evolving to reach a new generation – but many trade secrets still stay in the family.
- by Jessica Yun
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Coffee
Australian coffee brand Vittoria humbles Moccona in glass jar fight
The $15 billion American-Dutch coffee giant JDE picked a fight with Sydney coffee company Vittoria – and lost.
- by Jessica Yun
Domino’s CEO Don Meij steps down after 22 years
After serving as global chief executive since 2002, Meij will be replaced by former Coca-Cola executive Mark van Dyck.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Supermarkets
Profit under pressure: Woolworths shareholders take one for the team
The chief executive has to convince Canberra and Woolies’ customers that she is responding to the cost-of-living crisis rather than the ker-ching of the cash register.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Earnings season
Woolworths cops hit to food profits as customers trade down
Supermarket giant Woolworths has warned that first-half profits will suffer at its supermarkets as customers continue to look to cheaper products amid the cost-of-living crisis.
- by Kayla Olaya
Can the dud end of Sydney’s CBD be saved? This heritage restoration sure thinks so
A warehouse building from 1886 has new life as a Japanese-inspired precinct of six restaurants and bars, in what some believe is a turning point for an unloved patch of the city.
- by Michael Koziol
A million people visited Lakemba’s night markets this year. There’s a big shake-up coming
The local council has made four changes to the annual event, including cutting back on hours.
- by Anthony Segaert
One dead, dozens sick in E.coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in US
The news comes in an already tough year for the Chicago-based McDonald’s chain.
- by Jonel Aleccia
‘Close to going over the edge’: Ex-CFO fined over Milklab cover-up
Freedom Foods (now Noumi) former chief financial officer Campbell Nicholas has been penalised for his part in covering up warehouses full of expired stock, which he has expressed remorse for.
- by Jessica Yun
End ‘lazy spaces’ and embrace grit: The woman tipped to succeed Clover wants a cooler Sydney
Back on the city council, environmentalist Jess Miller says Sydney needs to make better use of what it already has - and drop its obsession with “shiny” things.
- by Michael Koziol
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