US

Walmart Changes Starting Pay Structure For Entry-Level Store Workers

Walmart is changing the hourly starting wage structure for entry-level store workers, as companies seek to reduce costs in a slowing job market.

PepsiCo To Remove Plastic Rings On Beverage Multipacks In North America

PepsiCo plans to replace plastic rings across beverage multipacks with paper-based solutions in the US and Canada.

Hormel Foods Cuts Annual Forecasts On Weak China Demand, Adverse Pork Prices

Hormel Foods has cut its annual revenue and profit targets after missing quarterly results as the Skippy peanut butter maker wrestled with lower pork and t...

Japan's Seven & i Aims To Keep Sogo & Seibu Workers After Buyout: Report

Japan-based retailer Seven & i Holdings intends to keep the roughly 5,000 workers at its loss-making department store Sogo & Seibu employed even af...

Rising Caffeine Levels Spark Calls For Ban On Energy Drink Sales To Children

Paediatricians and parents are calling for the US to treat new high-caffeine energy drinks like alcohol and cigarettes and ban their sale to minors as a si...

Ornua Chief Executive John Jordan Steps Down

John Jordan, the chief executive officer of Irish dairy firm Ornua, has stepped down from the position to pursue an opportunity with a US-based private equ...

UK's Pret Takes Coffee Subscription Service To US And France

British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger will launch its monthly coffee subscription service in the United States and France this year after the sch...

Instacart Reveals IPO Filing, Disclosing PepsiCo Investment, Profitability

Grocery delivery service Instacart said its core business turned profitable after making public its filing for a long-awaited stock market launch, while al...