Foods

America’s K-Shaped Economy Is Breaking Fast Food’s Old Playbook

For the past few decades, fast food consumption has had a reliable recession indicator: when budgets tighten, Americans head for the drive-thru.However, in today’s K-shaped economy, analysts say that the old playbook is breaking — and some of the biggest chains are finding that even price cuts aren’t bringing customers…

How Walmart Helped Whole Foods Accidentally, John Mackey Said

Early in its history, Whole Foods got some indirect help from an unlikely source: Walmart.John Mackey, who cofounded Whole Foods in 1980, told podcast host David Senra in an episode released last week that Walmart’s move into groceries in the late ’80s helped the grocery chain find a wider audience.In…