Mid-Market Pulse

Menus with higher-calorie meals may drive revenues for mid-size franchises. Um...Hooray?

Mid-Market Menus Expand Sales, And Waistlines What do a burger, fries, and milkshake have in common with a company’s balance sheet? According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) the winners of the latest Xtreme Eating Awards are all midmarket companies. Among them the Cheesecake ...

Amazon Looks to the Skies for 30-Minute Shipping Same day shipping? How about same hour shipping? Amazon.com asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to let it test delivery drones outside its Seattle headquarters through an exemption from current rules that restrict use of commercial drones in U....

Hey kids, smoking's new gateway habit now tastes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Thin Mints, and Tootsie Rolls!

E-Cigs Now Taste Like Tootsie Rolls. Not Cool. Tootsie Roll Industries isn’t sweet on e-cigs. The mid-market candy maker, along with Girl Scouts of the USA and General Mills, wants makers of liquid ni****ne to stop using their brands to sell electronic ci******es. Unlike regular ci******es, the Fo...

Gillette and Schick aren't the only ones who will be selling shaving kits this weekend. Dads, take note!

Mid-Market Innovators Want To Change How Dads Shave Upstart shaving companies are hoping to disrupt Father’s Day with cheaper and more innovative ways to buy razors. For decades, the $2.95 billion shaving market has been dominated by two industry giants: Proctor & Gamble’s Gillette brand and Schick,...

Restaurant workers protesting for higher wages are being warned they could be replaced by robots. That's dumb. Keep your signs up.

Simply Replacing Cashiers with Kiosks Is A Waste of the Technology Be careful what you wish for. That’s the dire warning for fast food workers around the country protesting for a higher minimum wage. Over 100 McDonald’s employees were arrested last week during a demonstration for higher wages that shut down part of ...

A health rating on the door wasn't enough. Now Yelp has the dirt on which restaurants are violating health codes.

Franchises Beware: NYC & Yelp Teamed Up against health violations Internet restaurant reviewers have plenty to say about rude waiters, long waits, and inedible food. But now Yelp’s online ratings of local eateries can actually save lives. New York City health inspectors combed through nearly 300,000 Yelp reviews to ...