Last-minute holiday spending boosts year end retail
U S consumer spending surged in the final stretch of December offsetting a slow start to the holiday season. Brick-and-mortar sales rose 6.5 percent in the week to December 24 while MasterCard data showed total spending near 4 percent for November through December. Analysts raised forecasts with Customer Growth Partners predicting 4.9 percent sales growth for November and December.
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National Retail Federation
Pete Madden
AlixPartners
RetailNext
MasterCard
Craig Johnson
Customer Growth Partners
Reuters
Restaurant Brands moves to curb antibiotics in chicken
Restaurant Brands International plans to switch Burger King and Tim Hortons to chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine. The change targets U S stores in 2017 and Canada in 2018 amid concerns over antibiotic resistance and superbugs. McDonald s and Wendy s have already begun similar moves.
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Tim Hortons
Restaurant Brands International Inc
U.S
Canada
Restaurant Brands International
McDonald’s Corp
Wendy’s
From Scoops to Ownership Peggy Cullivan runs Heyn's Ice Cream
Peggy Cullivan grew up near Heyn's Ice Cream in Iowa City and started working there at 14. After owner Paul Heyn left her the business, she ran it full time by 20 and expanded with a North Liberty location in 2015. The shop makes 14 percent fat buttermilk ice cream and invites customers to sample flavors.
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Heyn
Cullivan
Paul Heyn
Iowa City
Heyn’s
North Liberty
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
S. First Ave
Anna Pienta
Heyn’s Ice Cream
E. Cherry St
Heynsicecream.com
Peggy Cullivan runs Heyn's Ice Cream with new manager
Peggy Cullivan owns Heyn's Ice Cream with two Iowa City and North Liberty locations. She oversees about six employees, increases in summer, and spends winter as the driving force. She teaches her manager Dawn Fowler while handling daily operations and deliveries between stores.
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Cullivan
Heyn
Dawn Fowler
Delta cancels 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners from Northwest order
Delta Air Lines ends an 18 aircraft Dreamliner order valued at about 4 billion dollars inherited from the Northwest merger. The carrier will continue existing plans for 120 737-900ERs while pursuing other fleet needs and maintaining strong 787 demand overall.
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Northwest Airlines
Delta
Boeing
American Airlines Group
Northwest
John Dern
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