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A popular American grocery store chain’s retail footprint will grow this year and beyond, thanks in part to customer demand. Wegmans Food Markets has a location opening in Rockville, Maryland next week and another launching in Norwalk, Connecticut in July. The store in Norwalk, scheduled to debut July 23, will mark Wegmans’ first location in the Constitution State, according to the company. Once those locations officially go live, they will bring the total […]

JetBlue is implementing a slew of cost-cutting measures, including axing some flights, as economic uncertainty has lowered consumer confidence and subsequently dampened consumer demand. CEO Joanna Geraghty told staff in an internal note on Monday that it's "unlikely" that the company will reach a break-even operating margin in fiscal 2025 after years of financial strain."We’re hopeful demand and bookings will rebound, but even a recovery won’t fully offset the ground we've […]

Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it will remove all FD&C artificial dyes from its U.S. portfolio by the end of 2027 amid pressure from the Trump administration to phase out artificial colors from the nation's food supply.Kraft, one of the largest food and drink manufacturers in North America, also said it would not launch any new products in the U.S. with artificial colors, effective immediately. Kraft Heinz said it […]

Ford is activating its national network of dealerships to directly support some of the nation's biggest nonprofits, such as the American Red Cross, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity and Team Rubicon. As part of Ford Philanthropy's "Building Together" initiative, which kicked off in June, the auto company is leveraging resources across its organization from its cars, employees and dealers, to help these organizations make a tangible impact. Ford Philanthropy is the […]

Lawmakers are taking aim at China with recently introduced legislation that would bring more oversight on foreign ownership of U.S. farmland. A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Improvements Act (AFIDA) this month. The move was first reported by Fox News Digital. The legislation seeks to implement recommendations published by the Government Accountability Office in January 2024, which found the AFIDA was ill-equipped to combat foreign ownership of American […]

Harley-Davidson is recalling over 82,100 Softail motorcycles due to a faulty part that could damage its rear tire and make it suddenly lose pressure.The company said in a report filed earlier this month with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the recalled 2018-2019 FLDE, 2018-2021 FLHC, 2018-2024 FLHCS, 2018 and 2023 FLHCS ANV, 2020-2024 FXLRS, 2022-2024 FXLRST and 2022 FXRST Softail motorcycles may have a certain type of rear […]

American Express has significant updates in the pipeline for its Platinum credit cards. The company’s U.S. consumer and business Platinum Cards are slated to get "major" updates "later this year," American Express said.American Express executive Howard Grosfield said Monday in a statement that the company is "going to take these Cards to the next level, not only in what they offer in travel, dining and lifestyle benefits, but also in how […]

An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner turned around and went back to its point of origin after takeoff, just days after the airline experienced a deadly crash that killed 241 people onboard.Air India's flight AI315 returned to Hong Kong on Monday as a precautionary measure due to "a technical issue," the airline told Reuters. The flight was headed to New Delhi before it returned safely and underwent checks "as a […]

Activist investor Barington Capital Group is calling for Victoria's Secret to restructure its board of directors and scrap its recently adopted shareholder rights plan. James Mitarotonda, the CEO of the New York-based hedge fund, which owns more than 1% of the company’s outstanding common stock, told Victoria's Secret Chair Donna James in a letter Monday that it has failed to realize its potential since its separation from its parent company, L […]