ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The U.S. economy added 678,000 jobs in February, which was higher than economists anticipated, but the fight for labor isn’t over yet, and some companies are focusing on much of the workforce wants most: time. Tech hospitality company SevenRooms offers a “Fresh St...

WASHINGTON—St. Patrick’s Day consumer spending is expected to reach $5.87 billion this year, according to data from the National Retail Federation. Fifty-four percent of consumers plan to celebrate, with the average consumer spending $42.33. Making a special dinner at home is the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The American Red Cross is celebrating its annual Red Cross Month celebration this month, a national tradition started nearly 80 years ago when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first national Red Cross Month proclamation in 1943 to recognize those giving ...

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.—Dollar General announced that it will create about 10,000 net new career opportunities in fiscal 2022 through new store, distribution center and private fleet growth, according to a news release. The discount retailer says that the additional jobs will expan...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—U.S. President Joe Biden today announced a ban on U.S. imports of crude oil, natural gas and energy from Russia in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued war on Ukraine. “We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war,” Biden said in comments thi...

NEWTON, Mass.—Forty-one percent of the average restaurant’s sales now come through digital channels, including mobile apps, aggregators and websites, according to a new report by Paytronix. On-premise accounted for 32% of sales, and phone calls made up 26% of sales. Restaurants r...

ANKENY, Iowa—Casey’s announced the 89 local schools benefiting from its Cash for Classrooms grant program in 2022, according to a news release. Casey’s Cash for Classrooms program supports projects, physical improvements and resource requests at accredited K-12 public and nonprof...

By Jerry Soverinsky ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Less than six months into a global pandemic, most companies holding their collective breath, trying to stay afloat at a time when consumer spending was plunging and unemployment soaring, Kyle Knutson assessed conditions at his rural Wisconsin c...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Stuckey’s was called “the forerunner of the modern convenience store” in a 1995 article in the Society for Commercial Archeology Journal, but the c-store chain that dotted highways across the South and Southwest in the ’50s and ’60s slowly whittled away from a pea...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—The top 10 quick-serve restaurant apps in the U.S. were up 13% in February, when adjusted for seasonality and year-over-year data, reports QSR Magazine. Among the top 10 apps was Taco Bell, coming in at No. 4. Taco Bell is averaging about 100,000 more daily active...