SEATTLE Starbucks Corp. reported a 17.7-percent surge in its fiscal 2007 first quarter profit versus a year earlier, on revenues that jumped 21.8 percent to a record $2.36 billion. Revenues were driven by same-store sales growth of 6...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $7.25 per hour in three phases over a 26-month stretch, but sought to temper the blow to restaurants and other small businesses by tacking several tax...
PHILADELPHIA Aramark Corp., the contract foodservice company based here, appointed industry veteran Christopher "C.T." Nice vice president of food and beverage for its Sports and Entertainment Group. In his new post, Nice will be...