Convenience store chain Wawa is leveraging its dedicated, regional customer base to fuel a national expansion. Wawa boosted its footprint from six states in 2023 to 12 in 2025, aiming to grow to 1,700 stores by 2030.
Private equity firms Carlyle and Boyu Capital are thought be the frontrunners to acquire a majority interest in Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX, ETR:SRB)'s China operations, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The media outlet noted that the entirety of Starbucks' operations in China is expected to be valued at $4 billion, not including royalties, which are still being negotiated.
One attractive feature of dividend increases is that they're usually announced well in advance of the day the enhanced payout is distributed. Savvy income investors, then, wisely keep track of companies making dividend payments to take early advantage of upcoming hikes.
Long-term Starbucks shareholders have written to the company to resume talks with its workers union to discuss staffing, wages and other issues, a letter posted Thursday on the New York City Comptroller's website showed.
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